{"id":293769,"date":"2023-10-12T15:34:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T20:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=293769"},"modified":"2023-10-13T12:31:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T17:31:43","slug":"woman-wins-big-at-vegas-bingo-year-after-heart-attack-at-same-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/woman-wins-big-at-vegas-bingo-year-after-heart-attack-at-same-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Wins Big at Bingo Year After Heart Attack at Same Vegas Tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman identified as Pam from Massachusetts won $50,000 Wednesday at a bingo tournament at the Plaza Hotel &amp; Casino in downtown Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293772\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-293772 size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bingo-1-858x597.jpg\" alt=\"Pam from Massachusetts celebrates\" width=\"858\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bingo-1-858x597.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bingo-1-430x299.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bingo-1.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-293772\"class=\"text-description\">Pam from Massachusetts celebrates a $50K win and life itself at the Plaza Hotel &amp; Casino on Wednesday. (Image: Plaza)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are plenty of lucky people who win many times more than that every day in Las Vegas. What makes Pam\u2019s situation special is that it comes a year to the day that a heart attack took her out of the running for the same tournament last year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\"><p><strong>The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.\u201d<\/strong> &#8212; 19th century author Bret Harte<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While playing in last year\u2019s October Super Bingo event, Pam experienced chest pain and was admitted to Valley Hospital, according to the Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>Pam declined an interview with <em>Casino.org <\/em>and asked the casino not to reveal her last name.\u00a0Here&#8217;s a video of her win, though:<br \/>\n<div class=\"arve\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"vimeo\" id=\"arve-vimeo-87353639766ed8965259d6441751833\" style=\"max-width:900px;\">\n<span class=\"arve-inner\">\n<span class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 500 \/ 281\">\n<span class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" data-arve=\"arve-vimeo-87353639766ed8965259d6441751833\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/873536397?h=e9c408ca2b&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963&amp;html5=1&amp;title=1&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/873536397?h=e9c408ca2b&#038;dnt=1&#038;app_id=122963&#038;html5=1&#038;title=1&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.casino.org\\\/news\\\/woman-wins-big-at-vegas-bingo-year-after-heart-attack-at-same-tourney\\\/#arve-vimeo-87353639766ed8965259d6441751833\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/player.vimeo.com\\\/video\\\/873536397?h=e9c408ca2b&dnt=1&app_id=122963&html5=1&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Super Bingo is a three-day tournament held nine times a year, drawing around 1,000 people for each event. The next tournament is scheduled for Nov. 27-29.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Plaza, Pam has played in October&#8217;s tournament for the past four years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman identified as Pam from Massachusetts won $50,000 Wednesday at a bingo tournament at the Plaza Hotel &amp; Casino in downtown Las Vegas. There are plenty of lucky people who win many times more than that every day in Las Vegas. 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