Ok Bingo Players - this one is for you

[SanFranBayCruiser]

I always play and never, ever win... Who are the lucky people out there who have won and has anyone every won the Bingo where the cruise in a Category 12 cabin is the prize? If so, can you select any ship and 7 day itinerary? Any blackout dates? (Yes, I'm guilty...I only play the "win the cruise" bingo cards! :D

[jfritz126]

I won $1000.00 playing bingo on the first nite of our Miracle cruise. But I never won the cruise bingo. But......I was happy with $1000.00!!!!!

[btyko]

They no longer play for a category 12 cabin. The prize now is for an ocean view cabin.

 

My wife won the free cruise on the Triumph in December 2003. We took our free cruise last year.

 

You have a year to use the free cruise.

 

You can book any cruise up to 7 days. If you want, you can book a longer cruise and pay the difference.

 

If you want more than two people to the cabin, you can pay for the extra people.

 

The only blackout dates were Christmas and New Years weeks.

[DaisyL]

WOW, that's great to win a free cruise ... I never win anything but last time on the Legend I won $100 at bingo; was happy with that !! ;)

[pcruz4ever]

I've won at bingo twice on Carnival. The first time it was for the big pot mid-week -- unfortunately there were 24 other winners, so we each ended up with $20! Last cruise I seemed to be on a winning streak -- won $50 on slots (which I never win), averaged winning $70 per night at Funship 21, and even won $200 at bingo on the last day of the cruise!! It was a great week, doubt I'll ever see luck like that again.

 

One cruise I was on years ago with a single world cruise, one of the women in our group won snowball bingo jackpot at the end of the cruise, made enough money to pay for the cruise she was on and two more after that!!

[3some]

I won the snowball bingo on a Celebrity cruise in 2003 for $2400. Almost paid for the cruise.

[KruznKel]

Bingo is Bingo wherever ya play it on land or not.. my best friend is a "bingo bunny" I call HIM LOL and he plays every other week sometimes he wins $1000 others he loses just the luck of the draw same as the slots!!!

[Wennfred]

My first Cruise on the Holiday, The very first day on the lido deck while scuffing down a sandwich, a beauitful lady came up to me and told me if I wanted to buy a Lotto ticket or something like that but that I had to give her a set of 3 numbers, so I selected number 362, she told me she was a Dancer (she was so beautiful I think I just gave her my wallet and said here take it LOL).

 

Anyways on the very last day of the cruise, I was walking around with only 10.00 in my front pocket and figured well I better try my luck at Bingo one more time, during the bingo they stopped and read off these Lotto numbers and they called mine, I had forgotten all about it but the computer told them the Person was from cabin R15, That when I jumped !!:eek: The older ladys that I sat with to play bingo saw that I freaked out and started to point at me :confused: . I ran up to the Pool deck and found my wife and told her to give up those tickets or else!:D

 

The pot was 952.00 boy was I happy :) Everywhere I went after that people would point their fingers at me and say he is the guy that won the lotto LOL:cool:

[Casshew]

Last August on NCL in Alaska.. we didn't go to Bingo all week, but on the last day we decided to go - the jackpot was 2200.00

 

My Dad and I split 6 cards for 20.00 each... and they kept pulling our numbers, pulling our numbers, pulling our numbers... I thought my Dad was going to have a heart attack it was so exciting... finally we had 1 number left O65... and the caller said Ohhh .... Sixty........ ffff.... fffff.....fffff....

 

five!

 

we screamed and jumped around and it was so much fun. Unfortunately, someone else also called Bingo - so we received 1100.00 each. My dad and I went down tothe casino and cashed our chit for 550.00 each, it was a great moment :)

[Hbasket1]

When we got married on the Conquest in 2003,on our wedding day I won $500 Bingo at the early evening session, then went back 4 hours later and won $500 again! What are the odds of that!? I felt like it was truly my lucky day!!

[crazycath]

My first and only cruise, so far, which I won (the cruise in a sweepstakes) I won 70 dollars in bingo.

 

DH and I went to the casino and had a blast!

 

It was the Esctasy from Long Beach to Catalina to Ensenada and back, just a 4 dayer , whetted my appetite, and am booked on 2 more cruises.

 

Hope to win another cruise and more bingo pots!

 

Cathy

[derf5585]

Bingo Odds

from

http://www.homepokergames.com/bingoodds.php

 

Odds of getting five in a row in Bingo = 1 - ( 1 - Urn[5, 70, X, 5] )8 * (1 - Urn[4, 71, X, 4] )4 .

from

http://www.mathpuzzle.com/gamble.html

[Crazy about cruising]

I won cruise bingo on the Imagination in 2000. Back then it was for a cat12 and the cabin was great.

[micbooth]

On my first cruise on the Pride, I won $600.00 on bingo and $300.00 on the slots. I won $540.00 on the slots on The Mariner last year. My sister won over $3000.00 on the last bingo game onthe Sovereign and my niece won a free cruise on the Fantasy. Hope we keep up our luck on our cruise in October.

Mick

[cathyoo]

On the Inspiration last Feb I won Bingo the first night $600. The next afternoon my SIL won $300 at Bingo. Her DH managed to lose it all at the casino. Not me, I gave the casino the same $100 I had planned to give them. That cruise was my favorite and I think starting it off with that BINGO sure helped.

[IBEEMOM]

I am a bingo player, but never a winner. I usually spend about $150 on the various games. However I won $40 (not a large win), for an investment of only $8. The bingo game is over very quickly and the slots take more time. On my next cruise, I think I will forego the bingo in favor of trying the slots again.

[judyjbest]

I won $625 playing Bingo on our second Paradise cruise. The guy sitting next to me had his hand up for a bingo card, but changed his mind at the last minute, so the card I purchased would have been his card. When I won, and he watched them peel off 6 - $100 bills, he was sick! I bought him a drink ...

[Zeke3]

I won $625 playing Bingo on our second Paradise cruise. The guy sitting next to me had his hand up for a bingo card, but changed his mind at the last minute, so the card I purchased would have been his card. When I won, and he watched them peel off 6 - $100 bills, he was sick! I bought him a drink ...

 

Oh my gosh! That would be my luck!!! At least you bought him a drink to soften the blow!

[loops]

My husband won the free cruise when we sailed on the 3-night cruise aboard the Fascination in May 2003. The prize was for 2 people. category 6A for a 3, 4 or 5 night cruise aboard any of their ships. If you want you can upgrade or extend the length of the cruise which will come out of your pocket. We were able to bring our daughter along and paid third person rate for her. You are responsible for flights, transfers and port fees. We took our free cruise April 2004 aboard the Miracle (5 nights out of Jacksonville Fl.)

[SanFranBayCruiser]

great stories everyone, it gives me hope that maybe i'll win

[derf5585]

I always play and never, ever win...

 

It seems as if only you and I have not won.

[MimiTwo]

I won the Bingo cruise on the Fantasy in August 2004! That was my first cruise! I will be on the Sensation this month!:)