Sky Bingo Game Rules

1. Getting started on Sky Bingo

1.1 Provided you have an Account with us, you will be able to log in to Sky Bingo through our website's home page or directly when you launch Sky Bingo on a mobile or other interactive application. The first time you log in you will be asked to choose a username or nickname, and this will be displayed in the Chat Room and if you win a game, or use our Chat Service. This should be chosen appropriately by you. Note, we reserve the right to change any chat name to something more appropriate.

2. Tickets & Strips

2.1 To play Sky Bingo, first you must buy tickets for the game and then once the game starts, shapes, symbols, or numbers between 1 and either 90, 80 or 75 are called out randomly. When a shape, symbol or number called matches one on your ticket, it's marked off. All tickets must be bought up to 10 seconds before the game starts (depending on the game). A ticket is an individual grid made up of a number of rows and columns dependent on the game type selected.

2.2 A strip is a group of 'x' amount of tickets dependent on the game type. Every possible number from the game type will appear on each full strip. For example, in 90 Ball Bingo, every possible number from 1 through to 90 will appear on each full strip of 6 tickets.

2.3 When you're playing Sky Bingo, you can see your tickets and strips in the 'Ticket Area' of the Bingo window.

3. Buying a Bingo Ticket

3.1 To buy tickets, you must first be logged into Sky Bingo. You can then choose a Bingo room to play in and select the number of tickets you'd like to buy.

3.2 Tickets can be purchased in advance of our promotional games via our pre-buy option. To do so, launch the bingo game you'd like to play and open settings. If available, here you'll find the option to pre-buy tickets. Please note that you cannot cancel tickets for future games once they've been purchased and confirmed.

3.3 The price of a ticket varies for each Bingo game. When tickets are available for purchase, the ticket price is clearly published on the face of each ticket in the 'Purchase Tickets' section on screen, and in the pre-buy section.

4. Sky Bingo software and the Random Number Generator

4.1 All our games use the same RNG and have been tested by an independent organisation, approved by the Gambling Commission (GB) and the Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner. We ensure all games are put through rigorous tests before releasing it for customers to access.

4.2 Gaming Associates has evaluated the RNG, scaling, mapping algorithms, and the online games against technical standards for the jurisdictions of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar. The evaluation has been performed through source code review, functionality testing, emulation, verification of mathematical treatise, and statistical analysis.

5. Winning at Sky Bingo

5.1 Dependent on the variant, there are numerous ways to win in a game of Bingo. This is dependent upon the game you are playing; you can see this by clicking the 'i' icon on the Bingo room tiles.

5.2 If you're a winner, but don't mark your card as you're going along, you'll still win the prize as the game will automatically recognise that you've won. Winnings are paid directly into the winner's Account.

5.3 The minimum stake for Sky Bingo varies by which game you play. Depending on the game, you will be shown the value of your ticket and the maximum number of tickets that may be purchased for that game. Please refer to the rules within the Bingo rooms for more information.

5.4 Prizes are usually credited instantly, however please allow up to an hour after winning for the prize to be credited to your Account.

5.5 If you're lucky enough to get a Full House, you could be in for a Jackpot prize. You can win an online bingo Jackpot if you mark all your numbers within a certain number of calls before any other player. Online bingo Jackpot prizes vary from game to game and there are several different types of Jackpots to play for:

Fixed Jackpots, offer a set prize amount that never changes no matter how many times they've already been won.
Progressive Jackpots, increase in every game up until they have been won.
Community Jackpots are shared between all contributing players. They can be split in a variety of ways, but the most common split is 50% of the prize for the player who triggered the jackpot, with the other 50% split between the other players.

6. Free Bingo

6.1 "Free Bingo" is an exclusive promotional game which will appear on site at designated times. These times can vary day by day/week by week and are not specific set times or durations.

6.2 When "Free Bingo" is available to play, a game launcher icon will be displayed on the Bingo homepage.

6.3 "Free Bingo" is not a version of any existing pay to play game available on Sky Bingo.

These Terms & Conditions apply to "Free Bingo" but you must adhere to our General Terms & Conditions.

6.4 Each player can enter in to every game in a "Free Bingo" session and will be allocated one strip (six tickets) per game.

6.5 "Free Bingo" has a One Line, Two Line and Full House prize. Prizes are a fixed amount and can change from game to game.

6.6 Prizes will be shared if more than one player wins at the same time.

6.7 Prizes are paid out in real money and have no wagering requirements. Any prize won will be credited to the player's withdrawable funds balance straight away after playing the game.

6.8 Your "Free Bingo" tickets are allocated as soon as you hit the "Enter for free" button. This button must be clicked at the start of each game you would like to play.

6.9 A malfunction of the game server during play voids all plays, but such a malfunction after the game has finished will result in the prizes being honoured in line with the output of the game server.

6.10 In the unlikely event that "Free Bingo" should malfunction or not run as intended, due to technical issues on Sky Bingo's part, every endeavour will be made to rectify the situation as soon as possible.

6.11 No responsibility will be accepted for any technical difficulties that the player may have which inhibits them from participating.

6.12 Players participating in "Free Bingo" will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions and agreed to be bound by them when participating in "Free Bingo".

7. Sky Bingo Chat

7.1 Sky Bingo Chat is a fun online community where you can chat with friends and other Bingo players or get help from a Chat Moderator (CM).

7.2 Whilst using Sky Bingo Chat you must abide by the Chat Room Guidelines (available in our Sky Betting and Gaming General Terms & Conditions article, section titled 'Chat Facilities') and the terms as set out in our General Terms and Conditions, Section 23 (Chat Facilities), available here.

7.3 We have CMs to make sure our Chat Rooms stay fun and friendly. They work independently and cannot answer queries about your Account or refunds. If you feel you have been a victim of chat abuse on Sky Bingo, please let one of CMs know about it immediately. They will investigate the problem for you and the player(s) involved will be dealt with accordingly.

7.4 The CMs have the authority to revoke your chat privileges if you persistently break our rules, ignoring our advice and warnings. The CMs and our Customer Care Team can also block or ban players from the Chat Room or enforce a complete block on a player from playing Sky Bingo if they do not conform to the Chat Room Guidelines. If you have your chat facility revoked, when you enter a Bingo room and try open chat, you will see a message telling you that you are currently unable to access our chat rooms.

7.5 If you send a message containing indecent, vulgar or discriminative language (including racial, sexual or ethnic) on Sky Bingo, the message may not be broadcast to other players. The sender will be notified that the message was not sent because it contains banned words. Please be aware that although we do our best to keep our lists of banned words current to avoid offensive behaviour in our Chat Rooms, we cannot always guarantee that such conduct will not take place. Please contact our Customer Care team if you feel that something is inappropriate or goes against our Chat Room Guidelines or General Terms and Conditions.

8. Bingo Chat Games

8.1 Bingo Chat Games are free games that our CMs play with Sky Bingo players who are logged in to the Chat Room.

8.2 As all our CMs are so unique, they each have their own chat bingo games to play with the chance to win bonus funds.

8.3 Players will receive their prize the next working day.