reel bingo
- Studio: Tombola
- Our Rating: 8.8
Are you frustrated with endless repetitive bingo games? Then Reel Bingo by Tombola might just be what you are looking for! This fruit machine inspired bingo variant uses rows of three-reel slots instead of regular bingo tickets, and each call will be for a row of three fruit machine symbols… who needs balls anyway?!
I’m not entirely sure why this game uses 35 balls, but the play mechanics are very similar to the 30-Ball and 40-Ball bingo games. Each player is permitted to buy one ticket only – you can choose from several stakes – and the prize fund or each stake is displayed before you buy. The prize fund naturally increases as you get closer to the start of each game, so there is an excellent chance it will increase after you purchase your ticket.
- Software: Tombola
- Theme: Fruits & Slots
- Cost Per Ticket: 10p Upwards
- Jackpots: No
- Bonus Rounds: Yes
- Balls: 35
- Our Rating: 8.8
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reel bingo theme, tickets & prizes
Reel BingoTombola’s bingo games are almost all entirely proprietary, allowing them to devote more time and effort to theming their games than other bingo sites that use off-the-shelf solutions. As such, Reel Bingo looks much more coherent than some other bingo games, and I feel that this adds a touch of class to the whole experience – I’m sure this won’t matter to some players, but for me, I really appreciate this kind of thing in an endless sea of near-identical bingo games.
Let’s talk some more about these unusual ticket layouts! As you can see in the picture above, your ticket comprises two columns of five sets of three-reel fruit machine slot outcomes. Each round offers two prizes – the first is awarded to the first player who clears one of their two columns, whilst the second is awarded to the first player to fill their entire bingo card.
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Reel Bingo GameplayWe don’t have an article on 35-ball bingo specifically here at our site; however, should you want a rough introduction to the format, I would probably recommend reading our 40-Ball article instead. Obviously, the ball count is slightly different, but the gameplay mechanics are otherwise nearly identical.
Playing Reel Bingo couldn’t be simpler – just choose a stake from 10p, 25p, 50p, £1, or £2, and then watch and wait as the prize pool increases with further players buying tickets. When the timer hits zero, the game will begin, and you’ll finally catch a glimpse of how much money has made it into the prize pot!
Oh, and on a personal note – I managed to win the full house prize during my first session playing this game, collecting around £150 on a £1 ticket. Call it beginners luck if you like, but it’s hard not to like a game when it’s so amazingly kind to you!
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Reel Bingo Winning PlayerMany online bingo games come with a bonus game of sorts that plays out at the end of some or all rounds, but Reel Bingo’s variation on the theme is a little different to what I have seen in the past. Rather than the bonus round being reserved exclusively for the full house winner, every player involved in the game is given a shot at collecting the prize instead!
There’s a major caveat here; the bonus round only occurs once every ten or so games. The trigger for the bonus can be spotted as one row of symbols that is called during the game will all have BAR labels tagged on top of them. Every round where this occurs will feature the bonus game at the end.
During the bonus game, all players are in a race to be the first to collect ten BAR symbols. It’s essentially just a second game of bingo, but the prize is larger than that for the main game, so it’s always exciting when you manage to get involved in a round that includes the bonus.
Pros
- The quickfire format makes Reel Bingo perfect for a quick game.
- The rooms aren’t too quiet nor too busy, making the prizes exciting but realistically winnable at the same time.
- The bonus game is set up in a unique and interesting way that would be great to see in other online bingo games.
Cons
- It’s a shame that the bonus game doesn’t trigger more often!
- No progressive jackpots.
- Only one ticket per game may not be to everybody’s taste.
reel bingo final thoughts
Reel Bingo is an interesting hybrid between bingo and slots – each call is effectively a slot machine spin, but it’s definitely more bingo than slot. If you enjoy this kind of hybrid game, you might also want to look at the Slingo slot machines.
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Article by Chris Howlett
Chris has over 11 years of experience playing and writing about bingo and online slots.
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