I had a heart racing, blood pumping, edge of my seat, nail biting experience today. If anyone had seen me they would think I was watching a suspense movie on my laptop. This was no suspense movie, rather a game of bingo. Cozy with a nice cup of coffee I thought I was going to relax and watch the bingo balls bounce. Nothing could be further from the truth. Here is what happened……
South Beach Bingo teased and tantalized me more than any other bingo hall has done to me before. With just a few bucks in my account I had to play very conservative. I searched for a bingo room with the lowest card price, yet a decent prize. I settled on the .10 room with 2 prizes to win. One was for the telephone pole pattern worth $25.00. The other was for any three lines with a prize of $19.02.
I played only 12 cards for $1.20 a game with no free cards offered. The telephone poll pattern is 7 numbers that need to be filled. I happen to glance up at the jackpot at the start of the game and see it is worth a massive $4,454.15. It will take 20 calls or less to win this jackpot. With only 12 cards and 37 players in the room I am less then hopeful.
The numbers are called and one by one a card is being marked off. I start to get a little anxious when I see I have marked off 5 numbers in 6 calls. Omg I need two numbers and there are still 14 more numbers to be called to claim that jackpot. Call number 8 and the card turns yellow with one to go. The 8th number to be called and all I need is one number and I am starting to flip out! One number, 12 more calls to go.
I am so close to that jackpot that I have to run to the kitchen and grab a smoke! That yellow card was beaming so brightly back at me I was about to jump out of my chair. One by one the numbers are being called…..call 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and nothing.
This can’t be, I have to win this. I came in like a freight train. Please don’t die now. 5 more calls to that massive jackpot. Call 16, 17, 18….stand up in my chair begging for I 22. Two more numbers to be called…..19 and 20.
There went my dreams up in smoke. So close yet so far. To make matters worse 33 numbers were called and still I couldn’t bingo for $25 bucks. My adrenaline was still racing. Maybe it was the coffee……nah it was bingo!
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