They had jackpots in the hundreds when I sailed a few weeks ago. That's definitely more than the price of cards. It was the same as pre-pandemic Bingo, except that they didn't have a final jackpot game, or even the cheesy "$10,000 if you cover your card in X number of calls". I'm hoping that when distancing is a memory, they'll start hosting a final jackpot game in the theatre again. Otherwise Bingo will become a less common indulgence for me. It feels a bit like they're cheating, not offering a final jackpot game, and Bingo is much less exciting without it. I hope it's just a distancing issue and will revert to normal soon.
Got off Magic today. They had two bingos both with a $2,500 jackpot.
I am not sure they ever stopped people from coming into the room, but there were certainly times that they ran out of the automatic bingo machines
I was on the March 19 Fantasy sailing with a friend. Passenger count was about 2500. We played every afternoon (did not play in morning sessions). Got in line 15-20 min before sales started. We bought the family pack, which included 2 electronic game sets(loaded with 24 cards per game each) and 2 “old school” paper packs(which included 3 cards per game). Cost was $70 for 55 cards per game. You could add more cards for 10 for $10. Prizes started about $300 for the first game and ended between $500-$600 for game 4. I won game 2 once and won $388. Amount is shared with the number of bingos for each game.
Just wanted to mention they have large electronic handsets a little narrower than a legal pad of paper and as heavy as a standard text book. They do run out of those and space. We had people on the floor playing no seats were left.
