This was our 34th session of the season. We were joined by 8 players including Con Downey, visiting us from Phoenix. We played a total of 23 games in which we scored an even total of 16,568 points for a 720.3 points-per-game average. We played 47 bingos this session. Of those bingos, two were phonies that went unchallenged. As of this session, we have paid out $836.82 in prizes for the 2003-2004 season; click here for the list of winners!

Some numbers and other oddness for the session include:
High Game - 481 points by Ed Saunders
High Loss - 391 points by Karen Lundeen
Low Win - 322 points by Ed Saunders
Bingo King - Ed Saunders for an average of 1.8 bingos per game
Cool Power Tile Bingos - FRIZZES by Karen Lundeen and QUIXOTES by Joshua Kassel

Ed Saunders was the top player, turning in a perfect 5-0 +414 scorecard. The contests for the evening were for High Win, which Ed scooped up with a 481 game. The other contest for the evening was to commemorate the July 8th ringing of the Liberty Bell and first ever public reading of the Declaration of Independence. Lewis Saul picked this up with a 72-point play of UNITERS (The founding fathers were UNITERS who unanimously approved the Liberty Bell project"). Both Ed and Lewis take home prizes of $6.00.

One of the progressive jackpots was won. Turning in a 137-point play of FRIZZES, karen Lundeen takes away the 100+ Point Play Jackpot dor $1.50. The other three progressive jackpots will each have $1.50 added to them.

The next Session (15 July) will feature the following contests:
- Low Win - A prize will be awarded to the person with the lowest winning score. (~a quarter of dues collected)
Power Tile Bingo - A prize shall be awarded to the highest-scoring bingo using any of the four power tiles J, Q, X, or Z (e.g., INJURES, QIVIUTS, COAXERS, ZAREEBA, etc). To qualify, you must play the actual J, Q, X, or Z tile. Designating a blank as a J, Q, X, or Z does not count.   (~a quarter of dues collected)
- Triple-Triple Jackpot - $2.62 plus an eighth of the evening's dues will be awarded to any player(s) who scores a  Triple-Triple Play. Note this cannot be combined with the 100+ Play Jackpot.
100+ Play Jackpot - An eighth of the evening's dues will be awarded to any player(s) who scores 100 or more points in a single play. Note this cannot be combined with the Triple-Triple Jackpot.
- 600 Jackpot - $20.61 plus an eighth of the evening's dues will be awarded to the player to any player(s) who score 600 or more points in a game.
- 9+ Bingo Jackpot -$2.62 plus an eighth of the evening's dues will be awarded to any player(s) who scores a bingo containing nine or more letters.

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+  Bingos by Player

Below are the bingos played during the 08 July 2004 session at National Scrabble Association Club #565. Phony bingos are listed in red lower case.

Naurlene Canterman - 6 Bingos
EMBRACED (CAMBERED)
FURLESS
GAUNTLET
INDEXER
PRINTERS (SPRINTER, REPRINTS)
SENATOR (TREASON, ATONERS)
Con Downey - 6 Bingos
BUMPERS
COESITES
DEPOSES (SPEEDOS)
ELONGATE
outtrain
SHINNED
Daniel Forrest - 3 Bingos
KILLERS
REFINING (INFRINGE)
SPORING (PROSING)
Joshua Kassel - 6 Bingos
NASTIER (ANESTRI, ANTSIER, RATINES, RETAINS, RETINAS, RETSINA, STAINER, STEARIN)
OUTLAWED
QUIXOTES
STRINGED
TAWNIER
TINIEST
Monique Kornell - 3 Bingos
DRAINERS (SERRANID)
STOWAGE (TOWAGES)
STUDIES (TISSUED)
Karen Lundeen - 5 Bingos
FRIZZES (FIZZERS)
GEEKIEST
RAISING (AIRINGS, ARISING)
TONNAGE (NEGATON)
VIOLATER
Lewis Saul - 9 Bingos
AIRINGS (ARISING, RAISING)
ALIUNDE (UNIDEAL)
ARRAIGN
CUTLERY (CRUELTY)
FARINAS
KARATES
NORITES (OESTRIN, ORIENTS, STONIER)
SHOUTER (SOUTHER)
UNITERS (NUTSIER, TRIUNES)
Ed Saunders - 9 Bingos
ENHANCER
gastrate (REGATTAS)
INVENTS
JEALOUS
NATRONS (NONARTS)
ORGANIZE
STRAITER (TARRIEST)
TEMPING (PIGMENT)
YTTERBIA

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