A Bingo 90 ball for all players And there’s lots of choice at Gala Bingo! Some of the 90-ball bingo games offered includes ITV’s The Chase Bingo, Coronation Street Bingo and Emmerdale Bingo. There’s also Castle, Metropolis, City and Rush Speed Bingo. At Gala Bingo, you can enjoy more of your favourite soaps in our TV Specials room, which hosts Emmerdale Bingo games. In each game, there are as many as five prizes to play for including a Country Miles prize and Emmerdale Trail jackpots.
Emmerdale Bingo followed rival Soap, Coronation Street, into the Gala Bingo lobby during 2015. This 90 ball game invites players to 'escape to the country' and enjoy in-game features such as the Country Miles bonus. However is this TV themed bingo variation worth playing or should you stick to the basic game?
- Type Of Game: 90 Ball Bingo
- Cost: 10p
- Open: 24/7
- Jackpots: Emmerdale Trail Jackpots
- Extras: Country Miles Bonus
- Special Features: Emmerdale style bingo calls
Emmerdale Bingo is a traditional 90 ball game that's set in the fictional Yorkshire village. Numbers are called as usual with the main object of the game to win one line, two lines and the full house. The bingo calls are done in a Yorkshire accent (we're not sure if it's a former Emmerdale star). However the calls have been adapted especially for the game.
Emmerdale Trail Jackpots
Amongst the calls you'll hear Home Farm Tree (33), Dingle's like to Skive (35), Sheep On The Run (71), Tom King's Up In Heaven (57) and The Hotton Bus Never Comes (61). The calls are just part of the Emmerdale theme. Each game also has Emmerdale Trail Jackpots and a Country Miles bonus. In many ways these features are very similar to those that you'll find on Rainbow Riches Bingo.
At the end of each game you'll see a white Range Rover Evoque drive around the village. The number of moves it will make is determined by the winning number call. At selected points along the route are Emmerdale locations and these correspond to a jackpot: The Woolpack Café Main Street (40), The Grange B&B (60), The Vets (80) and Dingles’ Garage (90).
Country Miles Bonus
If the car lands on any of these fixed points then a prize is awarded. A £75 prize for the full house winner is given when the car arrives at Dingles’ Garage. For the other locations the prize is £50 and this is shared between the full house winner and roomies who have purchased tickets for the game.
Purchase a minimum of 6 tickets in any Emmerdale Bingo game to activate the Country Miles feature game. Every move that the car moves along the village adds 0.011 of a mile to your total. In order to win a Country Miles prize you need to collect a total of 50 Miles. This means the car must make 4545 moves which equates to a few hundred games just for a £2.50 bingo bonus!
Our Verdict
Emmerdale Bingo is a fun version of the 90 ball game. We like the Emmerdale Trail Jackpots and the number calls are good fun. A bonus is always nice, but we do feel the Country Miles feature isn't that attractive in value terms. One thing we do feel is missing are classic clips - as you get in Coronation Street Bingo. We'd love to see videos featuring the Sugdens and Mr Wilks during the game intervals.
Emmerdale Bingo is exclusively available to play at Gala Bingo.
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What is Emmerdale Bingo?
As the name suggests, Emmerdale Bingo is a 90 ball bingo room that is themed around the ITV soap Emmerdale. Even the bingo caller has a Yorkshire accent with custom calls such as 'Yorkshire cup of tea, number three'.
In additional to the usual 90 ball three-part game, it also has two extra features: The 'Emmerdale Trail Jackpot' and the 'Country Miles Collection'.
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How to play
The basic bingo game plays like any other 90 ball game. There are prizes for the first player(s) to claim one line, two lines and then a full house. The two extra features in this game only come into play at the end of the game, once the full house winner has been declared.
Emmerdale Trail Jackpot
At the top of the screen you'll see a car on a road with a number on top of it. This number signifies how far along the road the car has driven so far. To the right of the car there is a sign which features one of 5 Emmerdale-based locations, as well as the distance to each:
- The Woolpack: Location 20
- Cafe Main Street: Location 40
- The Grange B&B: Location 60
- The Vets: Location 80
- Dingle's Garage: Location 90
Depending on the number that was called when full house was won, the car will drive that number along the trail. For example, if 50 was the last number called, the car would move 50 spaces along the trail.
If the car stops directly on an Emmerdale jackpot location, a fixed amount prize will be won. If the car drives past the location, the amount is not paid out.
The Emmerdale Trail is a loop of the village, so when the car goes past 90 it then starts again at 1 and keeps going.
All the jackpots other than Dingle's Garage pay out to the community. The Dingle's Garage jackpot is paid to the full house winner(s) only.
Emmerdale Country Miles Collection
To the left of the car you will see a speedometer with the words 'Country Miles' just above it. On your first visit this will always read as 00.00.
Every move that the car drives along the road at the end of the normal bingo game will count as 0.011 of a mile. So in our earlier example, if the game finished on number 50 and the car moves 50 spaces, this would increase your Country Miles counter by 00.55 miles (50 x 0.011 = 0.55).
When you have collected a total of 50 miles you will receive a £2.50 bonus.
It's a bit of a grind trying to win this feature, as you will need the car to have travelled 4,545 spaces in total to build up the necessary mileage. Even if every single game finished on number 90 (very unlikely) it would still take over 50 games to get the mileage you need. The game will of course remember your mileage, so you can build up the miles over a long period of time. But when you eventually get that £2.50 bonus, will it have been worth all that time and effort?
Always buy at least 6 tickets!
The Country Miles Collection feature is not activated unless you buy a minimum of 6 tickets. So if you want to take part make sure you buy at least this amount on every game.
Where can I play Emmerdale Bingo?
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Emmerdale Bingo was originally launched as it's own standalone room, but in 2020 it was moved to become part of the TV Specials room. This room is open daily from 8.00am - 2.00am exclusively at Gala Bingo.
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However, the TV Specials room has other TV-themed games on a rotation, so Emmerdale Bingo will only be available at specific times. The best way to find out exactly when is to enter the room and then click on the 'schedule' button.