The popular American pastime has reached the television scene. As an interactive game of luck, bingo has re-captured the interest of the public as a fresh TV game show called the National Bingo Night.
The ABC Network televises the show Fridays (now the official 'national bingo night'), and Ed Sanders hosts the game (aside from having been one of the show's design contributors.)
The National Bingo Night indeed highlights a new design for players apart from the traditional method of playing bingo. The game has become more interactive as the TV contestant is set to compete with the audiences. The show consists of three rounds called Red, White, and Blue round, with each round having a different studio contestant. In all of the rounds, the goal of the National Bingo Night contestant is to race to win bingo against all of the studio contestants. First, he guesses what the next ball would be (whether red or black, higher or lower, or odd or even). The giant bingo sphere dispenses the ball. And if the contestant's guess is correct, then he gets to use the ball in the future. If no one bingos until the show is almost over, the referee confirms that there are no audience bingos and the TV contestant wins technically. But if one of the audiences bingos, he win NOTHING no matter how close he got to winning.
Televiewers could also take part in the fun. They could easily print out their bingo cards from the ABC website (ABC.Com) and play in each of the show's three games. To win, you should be able to mark on your bingo card - five blocks, all in a row, either up, down, or diagonally. You can log in to the site if you win, but make sure that you have your winning card marked on the bottom with a 10 digit serial code to serve as verification. Remember, you have to submit your winning claim on the Monday immediately following the Fridays weekly broadcast, on or before 6 o'clock pm ET. Of course, you also have to be at least 18 years of legal age before you can claim your prize.
Speaking of the prize, National Bingo Night players (whether studio or at-home) could win as much as $50,000 each. As also reported, during the show's first run, over a total of $500,000 worth of cash and prizes had been rewarded. That's a huge giveaway. What's more is that they could give more in their December comeback as the holiday season approaches. The winner could be you!