How to Play
- The usual draws will take place each Monday in a 2-hour TV live show from CyBC, between 21:00 and 23:00. Special draws will be carried out in different hours and days, after they are announced in at least two daily Cypriot newspapers.
- Each Bingo card contains 15 numbers, the date of draw, a unique number and thermal clue of authenticity (the latter applies only for printed cards).
- The minimum numbers that are needed for a winning card are 13.
- The numbers of the draw are announced immediately during the draw in the live television program.
- When a card supplements the 15 numbers, is considered as the winner card and the draw is finished. A few minutes later, the presenter may announce if this card was sold by phone/internet or from any kiosk.
- Since 21/02/2005 all bingo cards that supplements 14 numbers, win smaller prizes.
- Since 07/03/2005 all bingo cards that supplements 13 numbers, win smaller prizes.
- In each live television program there will be 3 draws. The color of each Bingo card (green, yellow or blue) is assigned to a different draw (e.g. blue-colour cards in blue draw with blue balls). About 200,000 printed Bingo cards are available for each colour. The number may be increased without any announcement. In addition, there is the possibility of purchasing bingo cards via the M-Bingo service or online with credit card via the CC-Bingo service.
- M-Bingo offers the possibility of buying your Bingo cards via your telephone. With each call you get 3 Bingo cards. The cards may be bought through mobile or landline phone every day and time, as well as during the TV live show from CyBC.
- CC-Bingo offers the possibility of buying your Bingo cards from the Internet, with your credit card. The cards may be bought every day and time, up to 15 minutes before the first draw begins.
- In the special festive draws, the Bingo cards will have different colour.
- In the lottery machine ‘Bingo Blower’ there are balls with numbers from 1 till 90 (inclusive), giving the limitation of 1,600,000 different combinations.
- The number that is drawn is announced by the presenters in Greek and in English and is also presented onscreen.
- CyBC undertakes the verification of the winning card, if the prize is more than 100 CYP. If 13 or 14 numbers are supplemented and the prize is less than 100 CYP the verification and the payment or the winning cards is done by the kiosks that exchange Super Bingo Cards. The holder is required to bring the winning card (or the SMS), his political identity and, in the case where he used M-bingo services, a previous account of the telephone line from which the call took place. In the case that the winner bingo card was bought from the Internet via CC-Bingo service, the holder is required to bring a bank account statement of the credit card, which was used to buy this card and his political identity. If 13 or 14 numbers are supplemented, the prize will be credit in his credit card account, 5 working days after the show. In the case of legal entity, it’s required a genuine certificate of registration by the Tax Office as well as a genuine certificate of Administrative Adviser of the company in which the reward is paid. After the confirmation of the validity of the card, the holder of the winner Bingo card can receive the prize in a bilinear cheque. CyBC is compelled to pay the holder of the winner card within 6 working days.
- In the case where the holder of a Bingo card does not watch the process of the live draw, he or she can be informed the numbers that were drawn from the newspapers or the Internet at www.cybc.com.cy or www.superbingo.com.cy or in TELETEXT of CyBC in page 164.
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