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Review Excite Bingo by Regina Espinosa, WINNERonline.com 22 June 1999
Cost to play: Free Excite Bingo is a great site with 2 styles of bingo to play. The games are fast and furious. I played both the Progressive Jackpot and EZ Win. I really like the setup at Excite. You can choose a chat room by age, by marital status (or lack of!) or by inclination (extreme bingo?). This is a great feature because the chat groups are a reasonable size for talking to fellow players and you can get comfortable in a like-minded group. In all the rooms people mostly chatted about the game. I'll let you discover for yourself what goes on in the uncensored extreme chat room. I started with Jackpot. The prize was $750 and I joined the game just before all the rooms filled up. Only 48 numbers are called and the patterns are challenging. It's a fast paced game with a number called every 13 seconds. I liked the card setup a lot. You get 3 cards and the pattern is marked in white. The numbers are listed clearly above the play area. Another feature I liked was that the caller doesn't call any non-pattern numbers if they come up. The games lasted 3 or 4 minutes and the chat room really heated up towards the end. And then the shout "bingo!" The winner was immediately displayed and the game started again in 2 minutes. I really liked the fast turnaround time. After several games, I decided to relax the pace and headed to the EZ WIN room. EZ Win plays the same as Jackpot but the patterns are easier and all 75 balls are called. There are the same chat room divisions here but the mood is much more relaxed. Maybe it's because the prize is smaller. This game is played for tickets towards the daily draw for $50. I played several games and came close to winning a few times. When I tried to get back into Jackpot I couldn't because all the rooms were full. And no wonder! The jackpot was almost $800! Check out this site soon. |