Using Gala Wiz

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During my visit the Gala Bingo hall in Poole yesterday I thought I would try out the Gala Wiz, the electronic way to play bingo.

My husband came with me and being the type to shy away from change, he chose to stick with the paper tickets whilst I thought I would brave the Wiz.

The main difference is the amount of tickets you can purchase and play - with paper tickets it would be impossible to play more than 6 tickets, with the Wiz you can play up to 24 tickets!

I toodled off to the desk to buy my Wiz and purchased the standard package which cost £28.25 - for this I got

6 tickets for the Red Preview

12 tickets (9 + 3 free) for the Orange 3 page early

12 tickets (9 + 3 free) for the Yellow 10 page main

2 tickets for the Party Extra

12 tickets (9 + 3 free) for the Yellow Grande Finale

2 Side Bets

The High Five Game 6 tickets - played manually

The Big N National Game - played manually

Hubby paid £20 for his tickets and received the following:-

6 tickets for the Red Preview

6 tickets for the Orange 3 page early

6 tickets for the Yellow 10 page main

1 ticket for the Party Extra

6 tickets

1 Side Bet

The High Five Game 6 tickets

The Big N National Game

So in terms of value for money, the Wiz seems to come out tops.

There are three types of packages available, the Standard (12 tickets), Bargain (18 tickets) and Ultimate (24 tickets) all with varying prices. The downfall for me being that it takes away from the equality in the chance to win for all players. A bit like players who max (buy all cards) at online bingo

Having said that, for ease of use you cannot fault the Gala Wiz - you simply mark the number using a pointer type device on the key pad, and the Wiz does everything for you.

This is how the Wiz in play looks:- (please excuse the quality - taken from my phone)

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The screen will always keep you up to date with how many numbers you are waiting for, the last number, and how many calls. It will also always keep your best card at the top.

 

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Should you only have 1 number until bingo you're screen will change and the number you are waiting for with a little man animation will show - if you have multiple cards awaiting 1 number - all numbers needed will show.

 

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Although the game is all done electronically now, if you miss a number, the Wiz will not register it on your cards. You do have to ensure that you mark all numbers correctly as if you were still playing paper cards.

Also, you still need to stop the game by shouting bingo, the game is not stopped automatically.

Although I enjoyed using the Wiz, it was the novelty factor that had my interest - the chance to play with something new. I will be back to good old paper tickets next game!

 

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