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Bingo: Jackpots And Prizes

Bingo - as some very successful players know - can make one into a very rich person overnight. But these humongous payouts are the exception, rather than the rule. Bingo can be a very rewarding experience, true, but the rewards a winning player can rake in depends on where and when that player is playing.

For most games played in small halls or online bingo halls, the typical prizes at stake are cash prizes. These can range from 50$ to $100 per game.

However, there are a number of instances where payouts in casinos - specially when its a special high stakes game - can run up to 1$ million or even more than that.

Prizes need not be cash all the time. Some bingo halls award their winners with cars, trips within the country or abroad, or even novelty items.

For most bingo halls, the jackpot they give out in a game depends on how much money they made before and during that game itself (bingo cards sold, entrance fees, etc.). 50 to 60 percent of this figure are the norm when it comes to payouts for most bingo halls. Another factor to consider with these payouts is the limit imposed by the local or state rules.

As an example, no more than $1,100 in total prizes can be rewarded per night in the state of Georgia. However, other states impose more generous terms when it comes to the limit of total prizes that can be handed out compared to that of Georgia's. The state of Louisiana, for example, permits bingo halls to award up to $4,500 in total prizes per night.

Some bingo halls offer progressive jackpots as a prize to entice more players for each succeeding game. This type of jackpot differs from normal ones because in progressive jackpots, the pot continuously grows from one game to the next until a player wins it.

The way this works is the house determines the amount of the jackpot for the first game, and when no one wins during the first session, the jackpot goes up by a pre determined amount. This cycle goes on and on until someone wins the game. To make things interesting for everyone, most of the time players are required to win by blackout in only 49 balls.

Bingo is a very exciting and rewarding game to play. With jackpots that range from as low as $50 or even less in small bingo halls, to super jackpots in mega casinos that can run up to more than $1 million, there really is something for everyone.