TV Specials Bingo

TV Specials is a Multi-variant Bingo room with a twist. A modern graphical brand is applied to standard games scheduled, but you will also see Emmerdale Bingo and The Chase Bingo games scheduled in this room with their accompanying brand styling.

When scheduled, the room offers Bingo prizes, Feature games and Jackpots depending on the game variant scheduled.

Please see the following help text sections below for each variant type available to be scheduled in this room:

Emmerdale Bingo

Emmerdale Bingo games run in the TV Specials room will be standard 90 Ball Bingo games with all standard Bingo prizes as well as five additional ‘Emmerdale Trail’ Jackpot locations and the well-known ‘Country Miles’ collection feature.

 

Emmerdale Bingo Standard Prizes

There are three standard prizes to be won in the Emmerdale Bingo game:

  • 1 line- Matching all the numbers on one Horizontal line in a ticket
  • 2 lines- Matching all the numbers on two Horizontal lines in a ticket
  • Full House/Bingo – Matching all the numbers displayed in a ticket.

When all numbers in a ticket are matched, you will be a winner and will receive the current prize.

The Bingo game will automatically identify a win and display a win animation notification and the Bingo Caller will make an announcement. Winners will be visibly published in bingo info panel.

Two or more players can win/share a prize in bingo, i.e. players may have tickets which meet the prize criteria on the same ball. In such circumstances, the cash prize will be split in equal proportions between the winners.  A single player may also win a prize more than once too. Winnings will be deposited directly into the player's account.

Emmerdale Country Miles Feature Game

Emmerdale Bingo features a Country Miles feature game, where players can collect Miles to win a prize.

  • Each time you buy a minimum of 6 tickets, you activate the Country Miles feature game. Every move that the Car drives along the Village Road at the end of the standard Bingo game, will count as 0.011 of a mile.
  • To win the Country Miles, prize the player must collect a total of 50 Miles.

Car Position

  • When the Car has made a full lap around the Emmerdale village (1 to 90) the car will start a new lap of the village.
  • The Country miles score will be reflective of the amount you have collected relative to steps moved in all games.

The player’s progress towards winning the Country Miles prize is recorded during the game, the player has visibility of this each time they enter the Emmerdale Bingo room.

Any winnings from the Country Miles collection feature will be paid out as Cash.

Emmerdale Trail Jackpots

The Emmerdale Trail Jackpot feature consists of a Car which moves around the Emmerdale village at the end of each game.

Depending on the number that was called when the Full House prize was won, the Car will drive a corresponding number of moves along the Emmerdale trail.

If the Car stops directly on an Emmerdale Jackpot location, a fixed amount prize will be won.

If the Car drives past a Jackpot destination the amount will not be paid out.

The Emmerdale village trail has 5 jackpot locations:

 

  • The Woolpack: at location 20
  • Café Main Street: at location 40
  • The Grange B&B: at location 60
  • The Vets: at location 80
  • Dingles’ Garage: at location 90

All Jackpots other than the Dingles’ Garage prize are paid out to the Community.

The Dingles’ Garage prize is a Jackpot amount reserved for the Full House winner only.

N.B In the case of split wins the jackpot amount is split between players based on stakes.

The Emmerdale Trails Jackpots can only be won on Emmerdale Bingo games scheduled, and not on The Chase Bingo games.

Malfunction

In the case of any malfunction, all bets and winnings are null and void.

Unresolved Bets

Unresolved bets placed but remaining undecided in incomplete games will become void after 90 days and will be forfeited to charity

The Chase Bingo

The Chase Bingo games run in the TV Specials rooms will be standard 90 Ball Bingo games with all standard Bingo prizes as well as the recognisable ‘Beat the Chaser’ feature game.

The Chase Bingo Standard Prizes

There are three standard prizes to be won in The Chase Bingo game:

  • 1 line- Matching all the numbers on one Horizontal line in a ticket
  • 2 lines- Matching all the numbers on two Horizontal lines in a ticket
  • Full House/Bingo – Matching all the numbers displayed in a ticket.

When all numbers in a ticket are matched, you will be a winner and will receive the current prize.

The Bingo game will automatically identify a win and display a win animation notification and the Bingo Caller will make an announcement. Winners will be visibly published in bingo info panel.

Two or more players can win/share a prize in bingo, i.e. players may have tickets which meet the prize criteria on the same ball. In such circumstances, the cash prize will be split in equal proportions between the winners.  A single player may also win a prize more than once too. Winnings will be deposited directly into the player's account.

The Chase Feature game

The Chase Bingo games includes the well-known Beat the Chaser feature game at the end of the standard Bingo game. The Full House winner is eligible to play Beat the Chaser.

The Winner is offered 3 amounts to choose from, (a higher, mid and lower value). The player will have 10 seconds to select an amount, if an amount is not selected within this time frame the mid value will be selected by default.

The Chase board is a trapezium divided into 7 segments, the position in which the player starts the game is dependent on the selection made.

Once selected the player will play against a Chaser

The outcome of the game is based on simulated questions being answered. The player can see the outcome of each ‘answer’ by watching the results scoreboard located within the game display.

The aim of the game is to reach the segment of the board marked ‘Home’ before being caught by the Chaser

  • A correct answer will allow the player to move one space towards home
  • A correct answer for the Chaser will allow them to move one step towards the player
  • An incorrect answer for both will keep the player/chaser on the segment that they currently occupy

If the player reaches home before being caught, they will win the cash amount selected at the start of the game. If the player is caught before reaching home, they will lose the Chase and be awarded a consolation prize.

Consolation Prize

The Consolation prize awarded will be 50% of the Lowest offer made at the start of the Feature game. All consolation prizes will be awarded to Cash.

Malfunction

In the case of any malfunction, all bets and winnings are null and void.

Unresolved Bets

Unresolved bets placed but remaining undecided in incomplete games will become void after 90 days and will be forfeited to charity