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Episode 231 - 1953 Bally Yacht Club

Author
Nicholas Baldridge
Published
Wed 28 Oct 2015
Episode Link
https://foramusementonly.libsyn.com/episode-231-1953-bally-yacht-club

Bally's Yacht Club used a mechanism that was not used in any other bingo!
The numbers on the backbox are arranged in a 9x5 grid.  By default, the second through the sixth column of numbers are surrounded by a yellow border.  This is the card you are playing for.
If you earn the feature, you can move those yellow lines to surround a different set of 5x5 numbers!  This changes the makeup of each row as you move the surrounds.
In my mind this is the precursor to the Magic Screen - just less expensive!
It was likely confusing for new players, which may have been why it was never used again.

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