Coverall Jackpot

A Coverall Jackpot is a bingo jackpot that is paid to a player of 75 ball bingo (also known as “pattern bingo”) who covers all of the numbers on their ticket. Some bingo rooms describe a coverall as a “blackout” pattern. Whatever the term used, it is the 75 ball bingo equivalent of the “full house” found in 90 ball bingo games.

Because 75 ball bingo tickets feature five rows of five columns, it is necessary for a player to cover 25 numbers to win a coverall jackpot. In some games the central square (found where the third column and the third row intersect) is marked “free” and this means that it is considered to be marked from the outset. In this case the player must cover the remaining 24 numbers to win the coverall jackpot.

The coverall or blackout pattern is just one of many patterns that are used in 75 ball bingo games. Others include everything from the most simple shapes (think a square or circle) to alphanumeric symbols (1, 2, 3, A, B, C, etc.) and simple representations of everyday objects (such as a teddy bear or palm tree). Whilst these other patterns do of course win prizes for the first player to make them, the coverall pattern tends to be reserved for games featuring a jackpot that is larger than usual.

Many bingo sites have progressive jackpots. These are jackpots that grow with every game played until a player finally wins the entire amount. Winning a progressive jackpot is usually a case of making a coverall pattern within a certain number of balls being called.

Other sites offer various jackpot prizes that depend on the number of balls that have been called when the play makes the coverall. For example, if the player makes a coverall before 48 numbers have been called, they might win £2,000. If they make the pattern within 49 balls, they might win £1,000, and so on.

Article Last Updated: 21/11/2007