ChasingDavements 1 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 BEWARE of RC’s hidden game rules. I signed up for Bingo today ($100) with hopes of winning the grand prize of a free cruise that RC advertised before taking my money. Guess what — during the grand prize game, I got Bingo! I won right?! Nope. As it turns out, if someone else gets Bingo, you must play a tie-break round (it lasted less than 10 seconds). They don’t tell you that until after they take your money. After the game, several people approached saying they felt it was unfair, that we should both get a cruise. My biggest complaint isn’t that I lost when I won, it’s that they kept this “minor” rule to themselves until after swiping my SeaPass and letting me sit down with a handful of cards. I’ve been on six RC cruises and I’m no stranger to the many ways they get your money (as I use my $20/day WiFi), but this is just flat-out wrong. To make things worse, an employee approached me at the end and said he’d drop something off in my stateroom for coming in “second” (since when is second a thing in Bingo?). I’m still waiting. Has anyone else encountered this? I guess the house doesn’t pay. ANGELA ROMAN 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
princevaliantus 1,291 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 Lesson of the Day: Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain!! Welcome to the World of Royal !! ANGELA ROMAN 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wstephensi 163 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 Sorry fro your disappointment. I play the free cruise Bingo every cruise and have been aware of this rule for some time. The Bingo caller on my June cruise made sure to point this out before we started. I'm still waiting to win that free cruise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChessE4 743 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 6 hours ago, ChasingDavements said: BEWARE of RC’s hidden game rules. I signed up for Bingo today ($100) with hopes of winning the grand prize of a free cruise that RC advertised before taking my money. Guess what — during the grand prize game, I got Bingo! I won right?! Nope. As it turns out, if someone else gets Bingo, you must play a tie-break round (it lasted less than 10 seconds). They don’t tell you that until after they take your money. After the game, several people approached saying they felt it was unfair, that we should both get a cruise. My biggest complaint isn’t that I lost when I won, it’s that they kept this “minor” rule to themselves until after swiping my SeaPass and letting me sit down with a handful of cards. I’ve been on six RC cruises and I’m no stranger to the many ways they get your money (as I use my $20/day WiFi), but this is just flat-out wrong. To make things worse, an employee approached me at the end and said he’d drop something off in my stateroom for coming in “second” (since when is second a thing in Bingo?). I’m still waiting. Has anyone else encountered this? I guess the house doesn’t pay. We hear you and sympathize. When it is a cash prize, I believe the multiple winners split. That is what happened to my wife years ago. After all the excitement she won $37 after paying $35 to play.... We gave up playing bingo after our second or third cruise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
monctonguy 1,732 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 Interesting..and good to know. Sorry to hear as well. Perhaps 2nd place is a free cruise..on NCL..... Larry Muster, Fuzzywuzzy, 12thman and 2 others 2 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markm 42 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 Unfortunate you were not aware of the rules, it can make you feel pretty perturbed . From our decades of playing "land" based Bingo, it has been our experience in a non-cash grand prize with multiple winners, no one receives the grand prize, but are given a cash prize that is usually smaller than the buy in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FManke 2,608 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 People still play bingo? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fuzzywuzzy 890 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 28 minutes ago, FManke said: People still play bingo? Yea, but it's supposed to be something the older crowd (like me) are into (I don't play) yet whenever I walked by a venue where it was going on most of the people were 20 to 30 years younger than me. Weird. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
monctonguy 1,732 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 I have never played Bingo...except when cruising....I figure whynot....usually a fun time...good mix of ppl usually too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FManke 2,608 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 14 minutes ago, Fuzzywuzzy said: Yea, but it's supposed to be something the older crowd (like me) are into (I don't play) yet whenever I walked by a venue where it was going on most of the people were 20 to 30 years younger than me. Weird. Maybe it's the cool retro thing to do Fuzzywuzzy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dodgestang 467 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 I play bingo occasionally....for fun....not to win. If you want a free cruise.....just gamble in the casino a little bit each day. Hoski 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KLA 1,813 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 I actually enjoy Bingo on Sea Days... I don't go in with high expectations but it's something kind of fun and different to do! Matt, monctonguy and fonemanbob 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChessE4 743 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 1 hour ago, KLA said: I actually enjoy Bingo on Sea Days... I don't go in with high expectations but it's something kind of fun and different to do! And there are some loyalty perks that help with the cost, I believe extra cards to play if you buy a package. Hoski 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
monctonguy 1,732 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, ChessE4 said: And there are some loyalty perks that help with the cost, I believe extra cards to play if you buy a package. Yeah...based on your C&A level if I remember correctly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mworkman 2,370 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 Been there and done that..only it was with Carnival Cruise line back in 2004. We haven't played bingo since then..too many unwritten rules that you don't find out until after the fact. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob&Ana 78 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 Sorry just to clarify did the other people get the grand prize for the FREE Cruise? Or did no one get it.... I don't feel it's really a scam if someone does actually win the prize, I guess if it was cash $5000 you could have split the prize but a FREE Cruise can't be split so it makes sense that there can only be one winner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kontraxed 170 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 Occasionally, I play bingo on the ship. A couple of cruises ago I actually won the free cruise for two. Before each of the grand prize bingo games, they always announced the rules including multiple winners. I'm surprised they didn't announce the rules in your game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crabbycruiser 44 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 I remember the jackpot bingo where the jackpot would roll over to the next day if no one won, of course no one won it until the last day of the cruise. I believe the jackpot was determined by the number of cards sold during the cruise. That last day of bingo was always in the theater and was always PACKED, the jackpot being in the thousands by the end of the cruise. Is this still being done? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MotleyCruiser 404 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 My 1st cruise ever. First cruise BINGO play ever I won $307.oo. 25 cruises later never ever won again. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeK 311 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 Last time we played bingo they were pushing for everyone to rent one the their electronic bingo tablets. We decided to play the old fashion way. Well the ones that rented the tablets won about 9 out 10 games. That ended the bingo for us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PRebecca 339 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 You won't catch me sharing anything negative very often at all but if that happened to me I would be pretty bummed. Even if I did know the rules and I came so close, oh man. To this day I am still surprised when I don't win the lottery if I happen to play. In any event that stinks you had a bummer experience. Hopefully the rest of your day got better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JLMoran 6,794 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, MikeK said: Last time we played bingo they were pushing for everyone to rent one the their electronic bingo tablets. We decided to play the old fashion way. Well the ones that rented the tablets won about 9 out 10 games. That ended the bingo for us. How do the tablets work? Do they basically automatically register each draw from the bin so you don't have to go hunting through your cards? If you get Bingo, do they make a sound or otherwise do that job for you, too? I always thought part of the point of Bingo was to be quick at finding the matches and marking them, not just calling out "Bingo!" Would be sad if even that part of the game got stripped away. More or less becomes a lottery at that point, where you're just waiting for the balls to be drawn (and more slowly than any actual lottery drawing). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeK 311 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 7 minutes ago, JLMoran said: How do the tablets work? Do they basically automatically register each draw from the bin so you don't have to go hunting through your cards? If you get Bingo, do they make a sound or otherwise do that job for you, too? I always thought part of the point of Bingo was to be quick at finding the matches and marking them, not just calling out "Bingo!" Would be sad if even that part of the game got stripped away. More or less becomes a lottery at that point, where you're just waiting for the balls to be drawn (and more slowly than any actual lottery drawing). Exactly our thought. Took away from the fun of it and besides it didnt seem like you had a chance of winning unless you rented one of their machines Quote Link to post Share on other sites
USCG Teacher 729 Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 9 minutes ago, JLMoran said: I always thought part of the point of Bingo was to be quick at finding the matches and marking them, not just calling out "Bingo!" Would be sad if even that part of the game got stripped away. More or less becomes a lottery at that point, where you're just waiting for the balls to be drawn (and more slowly than any actual lottery drawing). I do believe you just described Keno. Ladyxsuebee and JLMoran 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fonemanbob 387 Posted August 24, 2019 Report Share Posted August 24, 2019 Same odds of winning that are prevalent in the casino lottery or powerball or mega millions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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