The Ultimate Guide To Bingo Tournaments
That said, a handful of sites still run them now and then, so here’s our ultimate guide to bingo tournaments.
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What is a bingo tournament?
What counts as a bingo tournament varies from player to player and from site to site. Here are the two types we’ve come across:
Chat-based bingo tournaments
A few years ago, a bingo tournament was essentially a chat game that ran for a whole session rather than a single game. The prizes were bigger than in a single chat game. Here’s one example we remember from a bingo site that has since closed.
Bingopoly was, in essence, a two-hour chat game. The usual reward for winning a chat game on the site was 1,000 loyalty points. With ten chat games played per hour, 20,000 loyalty points would be handed out across a two-hour session.
The tournament had a prize pot of 30,000 loyalty points (£30 in bonus funds), with 20,000 going to the winner and 10,000 to the runner-up.
It was all about scoring points, which were awarded when a full house was won. Each of the 90 balls that could win a game was linked to a space on the Bingopoly board. For example:
46 was the 90-ball bingo room and worth 5 points.
77 was one of the chat hosts and worth 50 points.
82 was a gamble card, and you lost 20 points.
You also earned a 50-point bonus for collecting a set of three ‘properties’.
This type of tournament encouraged you to chat with the other players and the hosts, and it was a good way to keep everyone in the room and playing.
Slot-based bingo tournaments
This example comes from Foxy Bingo, and it’s all slot-based. You have around a month to earn points and climb the ‘Prize Peak’ for free spins, casino bonuses and cash. The higher you climb, the more you can win.
Why We Picked It:
Unibet Bingo runs on Relax Gaming software and offers mini-game cash tournaments every week. WhichBingo rates it 4.5/5.
Key Details:
– Weekly mini-game cash tournaments
– 90-ball and 75-ball bingo plus 30-ball HexaBingo
– Bingo Wheel rewards system
– 24/7 live chat support
Bingo promotions or bingo tournaments?
Take the word tournament literally and you could argue that any promotion an online bingo site offers is a tournament of sorts.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines a tournament as “a series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize”. By that definition, any bingo promotion that asks you to complete a set of tasks to qualify could count as a bingo tournament.
In the end, it comes down to context and what you expect a bingo tournament to be.
Playtech’s Bingo Championship Series is a current example, with two Events and a January Final. 18+. Opt-in and eligibility terms apply.
Note: As with any bonus funds or free spins, winnings from bingo tournaments are likely to come with wagering requirements, which are set out on the promotion page. Check them before you opt in.
