1. PLAY COMMERCIAL BINGO
This isn't your grandma's bingo. Instead of having someone yell
letter and number combos - like C-4, B-2 or R-18 over a muffled
sound system, Super Bowl Commercial Bingo is played by marking off
items seen or heard during commercial breaks.
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posted at 3:01 pm on Sat, Jan 31, 2009.
Lauren, Super Bowl does start at 3:30 pm pacific time... not noon.