Bingo Help

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For 90 Ball Bingo there are up to 4 different ways to win a prize, depending on the game played. A 90-ball game has between one and 3 parts, and may also have a consolation prize. A ‘1 line’ prize is won the first time all five numbers on a horizontal line are called and daubed. Similarly the ‘2 lines’ prize is won the first time all numbers on any 2 horizontal lines are called and daubed. The ‘Full House’ prize is won the first time all the numbers are called and daubed on a ticket on all three lines. Consolation prizes are won by a randomly selected loser at the end of a game. They are not available on all games.

In "pari-mutuel" games, the value of the prizes will be a proportion of total funds generated by the tickets sold for that game. See the Bingo Schedule page for details. These often have a minimum prize, so even when few people are playing, you can still win a tidy little sum. When many people are playing the prizes will exceed the minimum prizes in some cases and will increase beyond the minimum depending on the total funds generated by the tickets sold. Generally, for 3 part games (1 line, 2 lines and full house prizes) the Full House prize will grow bigger than the 1 line and 2 lines.
For Example: For a game with minimum prizes on a 3 part game of £5 for 1 line, £10 for 2 lines and £15 for a Full house. If the total funds generated by the tickets sold was £20 the prizes would be the minimum amounts above. If the total funds generated by tickets sold was £100 the prizes could be e.g. £10 for 1 line, £20 for 2 lines and £40 for the Full House. The remaining £30 is divided into jackpot contributions and house takings.

Other games are "Fixed Prize" games where the amount won in a given prize is fixed. In decreasing jackpot games for instance, the value depends on the stage of the game it is won on: the value starts very high and gradually decreases from a set call number, so e.g. a full house won on the 50th call may win £1000 whereas a FH won on the 51st call might win £950, etc. Jumping Jackpot games are similar to decreasing jackpots, but in these games the value of the Full House prize “jumps” – it increases on some calls, and decreases again on others, making this an exciting game full of surprises!

Fair for All games are bingo games with a fixed price, and set number of tickets, so that each player has exactly the same chance of winning. Fair for All games often get extra points in associated tournaments, such as the Champion’s League.

Progressive jackpots (PJP) games are the exciting games with BIG winnings! A proportion of the funds generated from ticket sales in associated jackpot games are pooled into an overall jackpot fund. This means that the Progressive jackpot prize fund grows and grows until it is won. Any game contributing to the PJP is eligible to produce the jackpot winner, who wins the associated game part by the specified call number for that jackpot. This winner will win both the jackpot and the game's Full House prize.

Tickets are bought within the bingo room. You can select tickets individually, by strip, using the Quick Pick options, by clicking ‘Pick’, or the slider bar ‘ticket selector’ for multiple ticket purchases. To purchase the tickets you have selected click the BUY button, or double-click the ticket to deselect. If you don’t like the tickets that you see you can change them by clicking on ‘New Tickets’. Selected and purchased tickets are colour coded. Only the tickets purchased by you will be displayed once the game begins.

You can buy as many tickets as you like up to a maximum of 36 tickets. However it depends on the type of game. There are free tickets given out on some games so you could have up to 72 tickets on some games.

By clicking on the ‘Autobuy’ button you can automatically have your bingo tickets bought for you for future games. You can select the amount of tickets you wish to buy and the number of games you want to autobuy for. A green light will show beside ‘Autobuy’ on the bottom of your screen if you have it currently set up to autobuy.

you can also pre-order tickets for games to be played in the future. You can click on the pre-order button on the game page to buy tickets up to a week in advance. You must be signed in for button to appear. You can also check which games you have pre-ordered tickets for in ‘My Account’ and cancel the order if you want. When you pre-order, the tickets are only bought just before the game starts so you’ll need funds in your account at the time of the game for the tickets to be bought successfully.

The numbers called are shown on the top right hand side of the bingo window. The last number called out is displayed on the top of the screen, and the previous six numbers are displayed to the right of this. All numbers called since the beginning of the current game are highlighted to the right of this again, in the number grid. Numbers displayed on your tickets which have already been called out will be daubed automatically, so don't worry if you lose track for a while! 

If you win a big ‘Winners’ message will appear on your screen displaying your alias and telling you whether you've won a line, two lines or the Full House. Equally, if another player wins in your game, you will see this with details of their win. You can also scroll through the last few winners on this screen.

In the mean time, your tickets are ordered in the screen so that those closest to winning a line appear first, and are colour coded according to the number of numbers you have yet to get to complete the next prize.

Consolation prizes are sometimes offered on special games. If you don't win any of the prizes on the normal game (1 line, Full House prize, etc.) you will be in with a chance of winning a consolation prize on the games that the consolation prize is offered. At least one player is randomly selected as a consolation prize winner from the group of players that have not won during the game.

In between games, or during games if you want, you can play the ‘mini slots’ game. It’s a mini version of a regular slot game right inside the bingo window, so you can chat and play at the same time! Select the coin value you wish to play with and bet up to 3 of these coins on each spin.

To play select the Mini Slot game tab within the Bingo game. After the game has loaded you may modify the credit value you wish to play with by clicking on the arrows located to either side of the credit value indicator (located to the right of the slot reels). The right arrow will increase the credit value and the left arrow will decrease it. To the right of the slot reels you will see the Cash button. Selecting this will show an update of the coins available (found below the buttons). At the bottom of the machine there are two buttons you can use to bet. Use the BET ONE button to bet the denomination you chose to play. Clicking this button again will increase your bet by one coin denomination each time. Use the BET MAX button to bet the maximum allowance for the game you have chosen. This is the maximum bet allowed and affords you a chance at the highest payouts. To pull back bets just continue selecting BET ONE and once it's at the maximum bet it will then cycle back to bet value of 1. When you have placed your bet, push SPIN to spin the reels and hit your payout. If you have chosen to BET MAX, then the reels will spin automatically. Mini Slots has a special symbol that counts as wild. When a wild symbol is present on an active payline, it will substitute for any other symbol to form a winning combination.
In a mini-slots session, once you have committed an action on the game, the credits total is subsequently displayed as the total available credits less the current wager in the coins field.

THREE TIMES THE RICHES:
For denominations of 0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 1 RTP = 92%
For denomination of 2 payout = 94%

TROLLING FOR TREASURE
For denominations of 0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 1 RTP = 92%
For denomination of 2 payout = 94%

GET CRACKING
For denominations of 0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 1 RTP = 92%
For denomination of 2 payout = 94%

HOLLYWOOD REELS
For denominations of 0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 1 RTP = 92%
For denomination of 2 payout = 94%

JOKER POKER
For all denominations RTP = 96.38%

JACKS OR BETTER 10
For all denominations RTP = 97.3%

JACKS OR BETTER 50
For all denominations RTP = 97.3%

JACKS OR BETTER 100
For all denominations RTP = 97.3%

LIVING LARGE
For all denominations RTP = 90%

GORGEOUS GEORGE
For all denominations RTP = 90%

BRING HOME THE BACON
For all denominations RTP = 92%

MINI SLOTS
For denominations 5p, 25p, 50p RTP = 85%

For denomination £1 RTP = 87%

For denominations £2 and £5 RTP = 89%

BINGO BETS
Bingo War 95.00%
Oddly Enough 94.72%
Totally Odd 95.00%
Hot or Not 91.84% - 92.31%
Row Range 94.89%
Lucky Number 93.33%
Bingo Cocktail 95.13%
Tiny Total 93.11% - 95.62%
Better Bettor 92.75% - 94.72%

The new Loyalty Scheme started on 28th March 2008. In My Account under the Bonus section you will be able to see the Loyalty Level you are currently at, and the number of Loyalty points you have earned. These points help you to progress to the next level, and are earned from your deposits and bingo/games played, among other things. Your Loyalty level defines the amount of bingo bonuses you can earn, your personal bonus exchange rate, and other great benefits.

Bonuses will be awarded as unqualified bonuses, meaning that you must first meet certain criteria before they can be used to play bingo or games. The bonus will expire if you don’t reach the criteria before a set expiry date.

Qualified bonuses are available to use in bingo and some other games. Qualified bonuses are earned in chat games and tournaments. Once you meet certain conditions defined by your Loyalty level, your deposit bonuses will become qualified.

If you have qualified bingo bonuses you can exchange them for real cash by clicking on ‘bingo bonuses’ on ‘My Account’. The details of the exchange rate are given here and how much it will release in real cash. There may be certain restrictions, regarding your existing cash balance.