Pinoy Bingo Night

Pinoy Bingo Night
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Genre	Game show
Presented by	Kris Aquino
Starring	Brod Pete (Bingo Caller) Mel Feliciano (Bingo Commissioner)
Country of origin	Philippines
Original languages	Filipino and English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	2 (as of March 31, 2009)
Production
Producers	American Broadcasting Company, Fox World
Production locations	Cainta, Rizal
Camera setup	Multi-Camera
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	ABS-CBN
Release	March 302009

Pinoy Bingo Night is the Philippine game show version of National Bingo Night, which premiered on the ABS-CBN on March 302009. Hosted by Kris Aquino with Brod Pete as the "bingo caller" and Mel Feliciano as the "commissioner", who refereed the playing studio audience.

Gameplay

Members of the studio audience attempt to win a game of bingo while competing against a solo studio contestant. Each episode consists of two games without any distinction other than order (the original version has three games represented by red, white and blue bingo cards). Furthermore, the bingo cards used in this show don't have the "Free" space in the center.

In each game, the solo contestant competes in a minigame that also serves to unveil the numbers being called for the game. He or she then tries to complete the minigame and outlast the audience before they could declare bingo. If they are successful, they win P1,000,000; if an audience member beats them to it, they walks away with nothing and the audience member win P50,000. In case of a tie, the audience member still wins.

Contestants could only use certain drawn balls to put towards their game, determined by correctly guessing whether the next number is either red or black, odd or even, depending on the game.

The minigames and their rules are as follows:

• Bingo 500: The contestant aims to have all their bingo balls drawn add up to 500. In order to be credited to the total, the contestant has to correctly guess that the next drawn ball is odd or even.
• 9 Ball: The contestant aims to eliminate the billiard balls 1 to 9. In order for this to happen, the contestant must guess if the text on the next drawn ball is colored red or black. A correct guess would eliminate the billiard balls corresponding to the digits on the drawn ball.
• Money Bags: The contestant chooses one of three bank account numbers. The player has to eliminate the ten-digits of the account number (if a digit appears at least twice in the number, all instances of that digit is eliminated). Game play is the same as 9 Ball.
• High 7: The contestant has to draw six balls bearing the number 7 (such as "B-7," "I-17," etc.).

Home viewing game

Home viewers could collect pre-printed game cards by exchanging proofs-of-purchase of the show's sponsors or purchasing amounts of a certain value, depending on the sponsor. Twenty numbers are drawn and those numbers should appear in an X-pattern the card for it for it to be declared a winning card. Winning cards could be redeemed for a P150,000 daily cash prize and a P50,000 bonus cash prize.

External links

• Pinoy Bingo Night article at ABS-CBN.com