Progressive Jackpots in Bingo
Online bingo games can have different types of jackpots, such as regular jackpots, fixed jackpots and progressive jackpots.
A regular jackpot is determined by the price of the bingo tickets and the number of players in the game. A fixed jackpot is a jackpot that has a fixed amount that is available to be won, irrespective of the number of players in the game.
A progressive jackpot in bingo is a jackpot that keeps on growing until one lucky player (or players) wins it.
The size of a progressive jackpot in bingo is normally determined by the number of players buying tickets in addition to the contribution made by the bingo site. Read on to find out more about progressive jackpots in bingo games.
How the jackpot keeps growing
In bingo, progressive jackpots keep on growing for a number of reasons. One way progressive jackpots in bingo games can grow is from the number of tickets sold to a game.
The jackpot begins at a set amount and the more people that purchase tickets the bigger the jackpot grows with a small percentage of each ticket sale going towards the jackpot.
Another way a bingo progressive jackpot can grow is during a game. In these special games, the jackpot slowly increases the longer the game goes on. So if no one wins the Full House after so many bingo calls, the prize keeps getting bigger. If no one wins on the 15th ball called, the prize grows larger, then larger again if no one wins on the 20th ball called, and so on.
Playing progressive jackpot bingo games is just like playing in a normal bingo game. However, a progressive jackpot game will have a jackpot meter visible on the site, which shows the current value of the jackpot. As you play the game, you can sometimes see the jackpot increasing in value all the time as the number of bingo calls increases.
How to qualify
In order to have a chance of winning a progressive jackpot in bingo, there are normally some criteria you have to fulfill. Firstly, you need to make sure you are playing in a progressive jackpot game, as these are less common than regular or fixed jackpot games. Secondly, you need to usually bingo within a certain number of calls.
The number of calls to qualify is often 41 calls or fewer but this can vary so make sure you check the game details. If the progressive bingo game is played with a 75 ball bingo card, you will usually need to complete the coverall pattern within so many calls.
Community jackpots
If you are lucky enough to win a bingo progressive jackpot, you might not pocket the entire amount yourself. Sometimes progressive jackpots in bingo are paid out between several players, depending on the rules of the game.
Often the winning players will receive a percentage of the jackpot pool and the rest will be split among all the players who bought a ticket to the game. This arrangement is called a bingo ‘community jackpot’.
Types of progressive jackpot
There are three types of progressive jackpot bingo games: jackpots that relate to one bingo game only, jackpots that relate to multiple bingo games within the same bingo site, and jackpots that relate to multiple bingo games spread across a network of bingo sites.
A stand-alone progressive jackpot in bingo usually grows by players buying tickets to the game. The jackpots in these games are less than the jackpots from linked games because they only take a percentage of money from the players buying tickets to that specific game. The progressive jackpots here are smaller, usually a few hundred pounds, but the chance of hitting the jackpot in these games is highest.
The local progressive jackpot bingo games are jackpots that are linked with other bingo games within the same bingo site. The progressive jackpots in these games are higher than the stand-alone games with the jackpot size often in the thousands. There is a lower chance of winning than in the stand-alone games but the chance is higher than in the bigger networked games.
Wide-area progressive jackpot bingo games are the games that offer the biggest jackpots, often in the tens of thousands. These games are linked together with bingo games from multiple bingo sites all running across the same network. The progressive jackpots in these bingo games are made up of tickets bought across many sites. This makes the jackpots the biggest, but the chance of winning them is the smallest.
Progressive jackpots in other games
When talking about progressive jackpots in online gaming, we often think of slot games rather than bingo games. These slots progressive jackpots keep increasing as more and more people spend money on the slot. Progressive jackpots in slots can also work as stand-alone, local or wide-area network progressive jackpots, in the same way as bingo games.
The money available in slots with progressive jackpots can be in the millions of pounds. In contrast, progressive jackpots in bingo games are usually much smaller than slot games. However, the lower the progressive jackpot, the higher your chances of winning.
Progressive jackpots can also be found in other games, such as online blackjack, Caribbean stud poker and other casino games.
Progressive jackpots in bingo are a great way of winning large amounts of cash for the cost of a regular bingo ticket. These progressive jackpot bingo games have a high level of excitement and anticipation and offer players yet another way to have fun in the bingo rooms!