For them, the activity is closer to a girls' sleepover party than to compulsive gambling, because it gives them an excuse to sit around a table and talk.

The problem was not that I allowed my eldest daughter to invite 16 guests to a sleepover party to celebrate her 10th birthday.

It was like a sleepover party every night.

When a reporter turned up on her doorstep, she seemed elated to have a new friend to take on a tour around the house, and proposed a sleepover party.

"My mother had a sleepover party and my cousin got drunk," boasted Sylvia Polite, 8.

A funky sleepover party, "Bite the Pillow" is nonetheless full of surprising, almost lyrical choreographic invention.

They stood there in the dying light, speaking in hushed tones, occasionally erupting into laughter, as if sharing secrets at a sleepover party.

Polly Klaas (January 3, 1981 - October 1993) was kidnapped by Richard Allen Davis from her home during a sleepover party.

Jewelee makes an appearance at Harley Quinn's sleepover party in issue 3 of Harley Quinn's comic book series.

They claim that this is a common trick used on occasions such as sleepover parties to scare the people present.