The Nation - News from March 23, 1987

More than $1 million in cash and prizes was given out during 12 hours of bingo in the opening day of the Seminole Indian tribe’s new bingo hall, billed as the world’s largest and richest. Almost all of the 5,600-seats in the cavernous arena were filled when the serious bingo began at nightfall Saturday at Big Cypress Reservation between Fort Lauderdale and Naples, Fla. David Hill, a Pompano Beach landscaper, took home the day’s biggest prize of $125,000 during a tense final game. “They called out four numbers while I was waiting for that last one, and I had a heart attack each time,” Hill said.