The basic game of bingo consists of the bingo caller randomly selecting bingo balls and calling the numbers. The UK gambling players then check their cards/tickets for the numbers, and call out bingo when they have achieved the required pattern. One of the variations of the game consists of the progressive jackpot. This is true in both the land-based and online versions of the casino game. The progressive game is one in which the size of the jackpot increases every time the game is played. Sometimes land-based bingo sites link together for the progressive games, as they do in Las Vegas, pushing the size of the jackpot into five or six numbers. The progressive games are exciting to many players who are drawn by the size of the jackpot. One of the things to look for is the rules pertaining to the progressive game.

If the rules require that the coverall for the progressive in the seventy-five number version of the online gambling game be reached in forty-eight numbers or less, you may not even want to waste your time playing because it is almost impossible. If the number of calls is around sixty, this is more doable.  Before overloading yourself with cards for the progressive jackpot, be sure to know the rules pertaining to the number of calls. If the number of calls is unrealistic, the player may not even want to buy additional cards for the game unless the consolation prize is large enough. The very nature of progressive games will continue to attract players who look at the size of the jackpot.