Bingo Planets Review

I grew up with bingo. My grandparents lived in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere where entertainment options were limited to bingo nights in neighboring towns and complaining about the weather.

On certain days, they’d even drive to the real deal — drive-in bingo. That’s right, you played in your car and honked your horn if you won. 🚘 Fantastic fun as a kid!

Every summer when visiting, my sister and I got dragged along. The prizes were small, barely enough for a meal by today’s standards, but we still strutted home like royalty if we landed a win. 🥳

Is Bingo Planets by Platipus Gaming as exciting as honking your horn at a drive-in bingo? Not even close. But the payouts 💰 are a whole lot bigger, and nobody yells at you for leaning too hard on the horn.

Gameplay

It’s bingo time, ladies and gentlemen! For a game like this, I pay no attention to what’s happening in the background, but I guess it’s played out in a galaxy far, far away, and there’s a sun shining bright in the center of the screen.

You can choose to play with 1, 2, 3, or 4 bingo cards, each containing 15 unique numbers. Each of the cards has a Bet box, displaying your bet. Your total bet is the sum of all active card bets.

You can activate or deactivate a card by clicking the “X” button in the top corner of the card.

There are a total of 60 balls in the mix, and each round randomly picks 30 of them. When the numbers are revealed, the matching numbers on your cards are automatically marked. The pattern panel at the top of the screen shows possible winning patterns and their respective payouts.

Labels 1L and 2L represent one or two completed horizontal lines.

On your cards, look out for certain colors:

• Red cells - Indicate the numbers that are part of a winning combination.
• Flashing yellow cells - Indicate the numbers that are missing to complete a win.

If a number can award a Bonus game, it’s marked with “+B” in addition to the expected win.

A single card can contain more than one winning pattern, but if one of them is a subset of another that has a higher payout, only the highest payout will be awarded.

As soon as a player gets a BINGO on any of the cards, the round will end.

The game is built around the following stats: a 95% RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.

RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate., a medium/high volatility rate, a 1,500x max multiplier, and a $270,000 max win.

Features

EXTRA BALLS

You can buy extra balls regardless of the number of active cards. If, after the initial draw, your card is a single number away from a win worth 8x or more, you can buy up to 10 extra balls. You can do this even if you’ve already won something.

The cost of each extra ball is shown on the screen and is based on the probability of winning.

BONUS GAME

When a winning combination matches a square pattern on any card, it’s time for the Bonus game. Sticking to the intergalactic theme, you are then presented with 39 UFOs, each of them hiding one of the following:

• Cash prizes - 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 20, 36, or 60 bets per card

• Multipliers - 2x or 3x applied to the next prize

• Black Hole symbols - Ends the Bonus game without a prize

• Aliens - Triggers an extra selection round

ALIEN

Finding an alien lets you pick 1 of 5 planets. Four planets award cash prizes (5, 5, 2, or 2 bets per card), while one of them ends the Bonus game.

Winning sends you back to the main UFO selection to continue. Should you hit the Exit planet, it’s the end of the Bonus round.

Performance

The gameplay was smooth, and I didn’t come across any problems at all.

Max Win

You can bet anywhere from $0.10 to $180. For players who are looking to nail the $270,000 max win, you need to land the 1,500x max multiplier on a $180 bet.

Conclusion

Bingo Planets is a quirky, space-themed spin on classic bingo that mixes straightforward number-matching with some creative extras like extra balls, multipliers, and a UFO bonus round.

The base game hit frequency lands at around 1 in 3.5–4 spins per card (≈25–28%), which is pretty typical for medium/high volatility bingo slots. Triggering the Bonus game is trickier, once every 200+ rounds on average, but when it does, it has decent prize potential.

Compared to similar Platipus titles like Wild Bingo or Lucky Shamrock Bingo, this one has a stronger theme and a more engaging bonus mechanic.

Overall, Bingo Planets has decent visuals and a nice layer of variety through extra balls and UFO picks, but a modest 1,500x max multiplier means it’s best suited for casual bingo fans who enjoy the ride rather than players chasing huge jackpots.

Slot Details

Game Provider: Platipus Gaming
Game Type: Video Slots
PaylinesPaylines are preset lines that run across the reels, and when you land matching symbols on them, that will result in a payout. The more paylines, the more ways you can win, but also the higher your bet per spin.: Up to 4 cards
RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.

RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate.: 95%
Volatility RateSlot games can have low, medium, high, or extremely high volatility rates (or a combination thereof).

The less volatile the game, the more often it should pay out, but the lower the amount, the less the payout, as this is in keeping with the risk you’re taking. Volatility rate should be considered in conjunction with a game’s RTP.: Medium/High
Bonus Round: Yes
Progressive: No
Free Rounds: No
Max Multiplier: 1,500x
Max Win: $270,000
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