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I played drunk bingo at Cow Palace — but all I won was a glimpse into our shared humanity – The San Francisco Standard

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Some 8,000 partiers gathered to twerk and chug their way to a bingo win.
When Bernard Santamaria’s wife told him they were going to a bingo rave at the Cow Palace, he paused for a moment. Through his mind went two things: would there be alcohol (yes) and music (yes). Well then fuck it, he thought, why not?
“How high should I be?” the 48-year old asked his wife.
I met Bernard after he had taken a few sips off his dab pen, having just brought a bucket worth of beer and other liquor to the table where I sat with a few of his friends, one of whom was so hammered he was incapable of holding a conversation.
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His group stood up and bopped around to every song, doing iconic moves such as “The Sprinkler,” “The Dougie,” and “The Soulja Boy.”
The rave wasn’t really a rave, Santamaria was quick to point out, since there weren’t hard drugs like he recalls in the ‘90s. But there were nevertheless all the staples of 21st century culture, not the least of which was that the music was exclusively from eras other than this one — from an EDM remix of “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey to “SexyBack” by Justin Timberlake.
We were playing Bingo Loco, an alternative version of regular bingo, by which I mean that it was 90% shenanigans other than bingo and 10% bingo. On the board were Bingo Loco’s representative motto and a warning: “Let’s Get Weird” and “No Dancing on Furniture.”
Sipping on my Black Cherry White Claw that cost me $15, I asked Santamaria why 8,000 people paid $70 to come here. In the end though, it’s still bingo, I said — isn’t that something you can just go play at your local senior center?
“People are bored,” he said. “They want to get out.”
By the end of the event, I would come to understand that no one there thought bingo was the main attraction. Instead, it was an excuse to be around people.
Bingo is uniquely positioned to take on such a role in our attention-deficient society. It’s a game of chance where you’re never really out of it, and you can track along with the people sitting next to you, who are hard not to befriend.
The only skill is the ability to keep your focus long enough to track all of the numbers that are called. 
And in the case of Bingo Loco, that includes constant timeouts from the game to break out into twerk-offs, chug contests, or a slew of jokes about the number “69" when it was called. “I like to call it dinner for two,” the emcee said.
It also meant being sold on the Bingo Loco prizes, which included a 70-inch TV, an inflatable hot tub and a two-person trip to Hawaii.
Not all of the prizes were so desirable, though.
Betsy Johnson, a 70-year-old plant caretaker, won an XXL dildo (in honor of the XXL event, which claimed to be the biggest Bingo Loco ever), which was more like a statue than an actually useful sex toy.
To carry it back to her table, Betsy had to use her belt buckle to tie it up and swing it behind her back.
“I can’t use that,” Johnson recalls saying when she saw how big the dildo was.
Johnson, like Maria Villalon, a 30-year old engineer who sat next to me at my bingo table, heard about the event, which has come to 140 different locations around North America, including Canada and Mexico, on social media.
Villalon said if she had won the dildo she would’ve had to turn it down. She added that she was thrown off by the whole thing upon her arrival, and that it took her a while to settle in.
By the final hour of the three-hour event, she was ready to declare it “kind of lit.”
Ezra Wallach can be reached at [email protected]

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Poll: We'd keep most, but not all, of big jackpot – Magnolia Reporter

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Less than 1 percent of readers say they would give away a billion-dollar lottery jackpot.

Less than 1 percent of readers say they would give away a billion-dollar lottery jackpot.
Most magnoliareporter.com would keep a giant lottery jackpot, but give some of it away.
Starting Thursday, November 13, 2025, we invited readers to select one of five responses to the following question:
“If you won a billion-dollar lottery prize, which of these options would be your most likely choice?”
The results:
Keep most of it, give some of it away, 132 votes, 57.39 percent.
Give most of it away, keep some of it, 65 votes, 28.26 percent.
Keep it all, 30 votes, 13.04 percent.
Not claim the ticket – responsibility for $1 billion is more than I can handle, 2 votes, 0.86 percent.
Give all of it away, 1 vote, 0.43 percent.
Total votes: 230
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Hornets' Drew Peterson: Transferred to NBA – CBS Sports

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The Hornets transferred Peterson to the NBA roster from the G League’s Greensboro Swarm on Sunday.
Peterson will rejoin the parent club ahead of Monday’s game against the Raptors. The two-way player has appeared in two outings with Greensboro this season, averaging 18.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 1.5 steals in 31.2 minutes per contest during that span.
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Two Florida Lottery jackpots were won Saturday, one worth $3.75 million – AOL.com

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Saturday’s two Florida Lottery jackpot winners from the Powerball, Florida Lotto, Cash4Life and Fantasy 5 games played via Quick Pick tickets at Circle K convenience stores.
Neither won the Powerball big prize, which will be up to $570 million for Monday’s drawing.
But, lottery luck found a player whose Quick Pick ticket from the Circle K at 3225 W. Nine Mile Rd. in Pensacola had the Florida Lotto draw numbers of 2, 14, 27, 29, 45 and 53. That ticket is now worth $3.75 Million.
The $119,911 Fantasy 5 evening draw jackpot went to the person holding the Quick Pick ticket with 4, 15, 19, 25 and 28, bought at the Wildwood Circle K at 5797 Seven Mile Drive.
These tickets must be cashed at one of the Florida Lottery district offices, such as the Pensacola office at 6601 N. Davis Highway, or the main office in Tallahassee.
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How Grayscale Holds XLM as the Price Drops More Than 50% – TradingView

From its 2025 peak, Stellar XLMUSD has fallen from $0.52 to $0.26. Grayscale — one of the leading crypto investment funds — has notably managed its XLM holdings during this downturn.
Extreme market fear at the end of the year continues to fuel negative expectations. What does Stellar XLMUSD have to face these headwinds?
Grayscale Holds More Than 116 Million XLM
According to the latest data from Coinglass, Grayscale’s XLM holdings increased from last year, before XLM printed a “god candle” in November 2024 with nearly 600% growth.
Grayscale successfully accumulated XLM from 70 million to 119 million ahead of the rally. This move highlights the fund’s effectiveness as a smart-money participant that positioned itself before major market swings.
However, since early 2025, the fund has stopped accumulating. XLM’s price has stopped setting new highs and entered a downward trend. Compared to the 2025 peak, Grayscale’s XLM holdings slightly decreased to 116.8 million.
The fund’s refusal to sell aggressively reflects its investors’ long-term perspective. They appear to view XLM as a valuable asset in the cross-border payments sector.
More notably, shares of Grayscale Stellar Lumens Trust (GXLM) trade at a premium over its actual Net Asset Value (NAV).
GXLM’s market value sits at $24.85, while its NAV per share is $22.29.
The market price is about 10–15% higher than NAV. This premium indicates that investors are willing to pay above the underlying asset value. This condition has dominated most of the trading sessions in 2025.
However, when comparing Grayscale’s XLM holdings to the more than 32 billion XLM circulating supply, the fund only controls about 0.36% of the supply. This share remains too small to create any decisive impact on the market.
What Does Stellar XLMUSD Have to Counter Selling Pressure?
November 2025 marked a pivotal moment when seven major crypto players — Fireblocks, Solana Foundation, TON Foundation, Polygon Labs, Stellar Development Foundation, Mysten Labs, and Monad Foundation — officially launched the Blockchain Payments Consortium (BPC).
This alliance aims to promote blockchain-based payment standards. BPC focuses on cross-chain integration, enabling XLM to reach millions of users across other ecosystems. These developments could boost demand in 2026.
“During Q3, the Stellar network saw 37% growth in full-time developers, 8 times faster than the industry growth rate,” Stellar stated.
In parallel, the Stellar ecosystem continues to see explosive growth in Real-World Assets (RWA). Total RWA value on the network reached a record $654 million in November 2025, up from $300 million at the beginning of the year.
Charts from RWA.xyz show significant contributions from tokenized funds, including Franklin OnChain US Government Fund and WisdomTree Prime.
However, real adoption stories do not always align with market sentiment. Recent analysis indicates that XLM has historically performed poorly in November. With altcoins drowning in extreme fear, XLM may struggle to escape the broader negative trend.
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Massive £208m EuroMillions jackpot still hasn’t been claimed two days after draw – AOL.com

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The hunt is on for the one lucky EuroMillions winner who may be unaware they have grabbed the £208million jackpot.
The winning ticket in Tuesday’s EuroMillions draw was sold in Munster, Republic of Ireland, the National Lottery has confirmed.
A spokesperson said that the “eye-watering prize” ticket was purchased in a retail store, and a single-ticket holder scooped the 250m euro (£208m) jackpot in Tuesday’s draw.
The winning numbers in the draw, which had rolled over several times, were 13, 22, 23, 44 and 49, with lucky stars 3 and 5.
This will be Ireland’s 18th winner of the EuroMillions jackpot and its largest win.
By Thursday morning, the winner had not yet come forward to claim the biggest-ever win.
In an online post, the Irish National Lottery said: “We can reveal the province where the 250 million euro winning ticket was sold… MUNSTER. Check those EuroMillions tickets.”
National Lottery spokesperson Emma Monaghan told RTE Radio: “Someone in Ireland is a quarter of a billion euro richer this morning.”
She said the ticket for the “eye-watering prize” was bought in a retail store.
“If at all possible stay calm, I know that might be easier said than done. Have a cup of tea and let it sink in.”
The EuroMillions jackpot was capped once it reached 250 million euros. The maximum amount was reached on Friday 6 June, with several rollover draws after where no one matched the five main numbers and two lucky stars.
In total, more than 92,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and Plus games.
The last Irish winner of the EuroMillions jackpot was in February 2022, when a person won 30.9 million euro with a quick pick ticket they purchased at a service station in Ballina, Co Tipperary.
Here are the 10 biggest UK lottery wins to date – all from EuroMillions draws:
Anonymous, £195,707,000, 19 July 2022
Joe and Jess Thwaite, £184,262,899.10, 10 May 2022
Anonymous, £177,033,699.20, 26 November 2024
Anonymous, £171,815,297.80, 23 September 2022
Anonymous, £170,221,000, 8 October 2019
Colin and Chris Weir, £161,653,000, 12 July 2011
Adrian and Gillian Bayford, £148,656,000, 10 August 2012
Anonymous, £123,458,008, 11 June 2019
Anonymous, £122,550,350, April 2021
Anonymous, £121,328,187, April 2018
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