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MASHANTUCKET, CONNECTICUT: Foxwoods Resort and Casino

The world’s largest bingo hall recently installed a Sennheiser RF wireless system worthy of such an establishment, replacing an old system riddled with noise squelches and crossed frequencies. Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut got its start in 1986 with high-stakes bingo and has since grown to become the largest resort casino in the world, boasting 6,400 slot machines and 350 tables in a gaming space of 315,000 square feet. The resort itself covers 4.7 million square feet and hosts over 40,000 visitors every day, most from within the New York City-Boston-Hartford-Providence parallelogram.

The size of a football field, the bingo hall employs an elaborate system for calling “bingo!” Each of 36 Foxwoods-employed callers covers an appropriately sized zone of players, listening for any “bingo!” in his or her zone. When a player shouts “bingo!” the nearby caller uses a wireless microphone to relay “bingo!” to the entire hall. It is important that callers acknowledge each “bingo!” If they miss one, the casino has to pay out twice  - at a loss of thousands of dollars.

The Bingo Bugle Newpaper Group, in co-operation with Special Event Cruises is sponsoring the 20th anniversary World Championship Bingo Tournament & Gaming Cruise. Since 1988, this unique special event has caught the attention of the bingo world, as well as becoming the “vacation-of-a-lifetime” for thousands of your bingo friends and neighbors. In honor of this milestone, we have “set the stage” for a special fun-filled 8 days aboard the Miracle, one of Carnival Cruise Line’s newest and grandest ships.

You’ll have the time of your life on this ship.The “Exotic Southern Caribbean” itinerary includes stops at St. Maarten, St. Lucia and St. Kitts, which means historic plantations and fortresses. terrific shopping opportunities and the world’s top beaches.

The grand final of the BWC 2008 will take place on Sunday 16th March and will start at 8pm EST.

The BWC platform allows for one participation per player at the night of the grand final.

There will be 3 qualifying rounds in all on each participating site, with the top 5 players from each qualifying round winning a seat at the Grand Final.

Those players that qualify either on the same site or on any of the Bingo Entertainment N.V. sites in the 1st round will not be able to qualify in the 2nd and/or 3rd rounds and the person next in line will receive their seat.