Screeno (a portmanteau of "screen bingo") was a form of bingo played in American movie theaters during the Great Depression of the 1930s. To bolster attendance on slow weeknights, the neighborhood movie houses would feature the game in which audience members would have a chance to win cash prizes. The story is that many a theater was saved from bankruptcy by the advent of Screeno (sometimes spelled in capitals: SCREENO). The game was played between the two main movie features.
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| - Screeno (a portmanteau of "screen bingo") was a form of bingo played in American movie theaters during the Great Depression of the 1930s. To bolster attendance on slow weeknights, the neighborhood movie houses would feature the game in which audience members would have a chance to win cash prizes. The story is that many a theater was saved from bankruptcy by the advent of Screeno (sometimes spelled in capitals: SCREENO). The game was played between the two main movie features. (en)
- Screeno (ang. screen – ekran + bingo) – odmiana bingo popularna w amerykańskich kinach w czasach wielkiego kryzysu. Była jednym ze sposobów, w jaki właściciele kin próbowali przyciągnąć publiczność na mało popularne seanse w tygodniu. (pl)
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| - Screeno (a portmanteau of "screen bingo") was a form of bingo played in American movie theaters during the Great Depression of the 1930s. To bolster attendance on slow weeknights, the neighborhood movie houses would feature the game in which audience members would have a chance to win cash prizes. The story is that many a theater was saved from bankruptcy by the advent of Screeno (sometimes spelled in capitals: SCREENO). The game was played between the two main movie features. A number dial and a giant spinning needle were projected onto the movie screen. Patrons were provided with toothpicks to punch out the winning numbers on their cards. Apparently, on most nights patrons paid a modest fee for their cards, but one night a week was designated as “Bank Night” in which the audience would get free Screeno cards with their movie tickets. A 1937 romantic-comedic-musical movie entitled “Thrill of a Lifetime” featured a song called “Keno, Screeno and You.” In 1937 Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City tried to have Screeno banned as part of his anti-gambling crusade that also targeted pin-ball and bingo in the city. His efforts were blocked by the courts. (en)
- Screeno (ang. screen – ekran + bingo) – odmiana bingo popularna w amerykańskich kinach w czasach wielkiego kryzysu. Była jednym ze sposobów, w jaki właściciele kin próbowali przyciągnąć publiczność na mało popularne seanse w tygodniu. Zasady screeno podobne były do zasad bingo. Widz kinowy kupował za niewielką kwotę lub otrzymywał za darmo (karty dawano gratis jako dodatek do biletu kinowego raz w tygodniu, w czasie tzw. Bank nights). Następnie, w przerwie między dwoma prezentowanymi danego wieczoru filmami na ekranie wyświetlano kolejne wygrywające numery, które też ogłaszał ze sceny pracownik kina. Widzowie zaznaczali na swoich kartach te liczby, poprzez dziurkowanie kuponu otrzymaną od obsługi wykałaczką. Pierwszy gracz, któremu udało się uformować wzór z zaznaczonych numerów, wygrywał. W screeno można było wygrać nagrodę pieniężną. Gra była niezwykle popularna (zimą 1936-1937 proponowano tę rozrywkę w ok. 1000 kin i zapewniła przetrwanie wielu zagrożonym bankructwem kinom), z czasem jednak została w niektórych stanach uznana za nielegalną grę hazardową – w kwietniu 1938 roku screeno zostało uznane za nielegalne w Filadelfii, a we wrześniu tego samego roku w Nowym Jorku (w kinie Jewell Theather aresztowano wtedy ok. 600 graczy). Z powodu kłopotów z prawem gra w screeno z czasem zanikła. (pl)
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