Definitions for "bonanza"
Rules for "Bonanza Bingo" vary from parlor to parlor but typically the caller draws 50 numbers before the start of the session. If a player can get a blackout on any one of the Bonanza Bingo sheets purchased, using the 45 numbers selected ahead, the player wins an "instant" prize. Towards the end of the session, if there is no winner, additional numbers are drawn until there is a victor for a "consolation" prize.
A progressive coverall Jackpot that is usually played as the 13th game of the session. Forty-five numbers are drawn before the session and players mark them on separate cards and set aside. There is an additional fee to play this game, usually $1. The countdown begins at 48 numbers or less and go up one number per week to 52 numbers or until won. The amount of the jackpot is determined by card sales for that game.
This progressive blackout jackpot is commonly played 13th in the session. Before the beginning of the session, 45 numbers are drawn and marked by the players, in a different set of cards than the play cards. Normally, there's an additional fee of $1. A countdown begins at 48 numbers, or less. Every week another number is added until getting to 52 numbers or until the game is won. The card sales for the game determine the jackpot amount.
Keywords:  rich, vein, lode, placer, exceptionally
In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.
an especially rich vein of precious ore
(1) the discovery of rich ore.
The annual scrapbooking and cardmaking event held in spring at Birmingham NEC. See www.discoverbonanza.com for details.
Bonanza was an American western/cowboy television series which aired on NBC from September 12, 1959 until January 16, 1973. Bonanza was the first network television series to film all of its episodes in color. The main sponsor of Bonanza was Chevrolet and the stars appeared endorsing their vehicles.
Keywords:  lik, unregulated, jars, fortune, boom
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed lik an assembly line"
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