by Ken Quintanilla

Guam - Seven different organizations bid for the casino at this year's Liberation Carnival, which eventually was won by Guma Mami. And according to Mayors Council of Guam executive director Angel Sablan, the winning bid for the casino more than doubled last year's, with Guma Mami coming out on top with $708,000. Last year's winning bid amount was $306,000.

Meanwhile, the winning bid for bingo went for $37,000, won by the Haya Cultural Heritage and Preservation Development Foundation, for other games of chance including the color game, beto-beto and the over-&-under game went for $65,000. Those particular games were won by the Agana Heights Athletes Organization.

Games of skill went for $42,000, whereas food, confectionaries and drinks went for $26,000. Sablan adds all the winning bids were paid in full this week with a potential $5,000 to $6,000 possibly next week for more food and kid games. The next step is the assignment of spaces on April 13 with building the following day.