The popularity of online bingo halls is increasing by the day. Most leading online gaming operators offer online bingo as one of their product verticals. Online casinos are cashing on this popularity by offering bingo based fixed odds games where players compete against the house. Playtech online casinos offer a game titled Pop Bingo. It is listed under Arcade Games in the Keno and Numbers sub category. Visually the balls pop out from a frying pan like pop corn and hence the name Pop Bingo. The balls are referred to as pops in the game description.

In Playtech Pop Bingo the objective of finishing the card ahead of the other competitors has been replaced by the objective of finishing the card with fewer pops. The fewer the pops required to complete the card, the larger will the payout be. Playtech Pop Bingo is based on the 90 balls variant and each card has 15 numbers randomly allotted in the usual format. Completing the card within 40 pops offers a payout of 10,000 to 1; within 45 pops offers a payout of 1,000 to 1 and within 50 pops offers a payout of 100 to 1. Thereafter the payouts start decreasing rapidly reaching 5 to 1 for 65 pops and finally 0.5 to 1 for 88 pops. In all there are 13 levels of payouts. If 89 or 90 pops are required to complete the card then the player does not win anything.

The material choice that the player makes in Playtech Pop Bingo is the bet amount. The bet amount varies from $0.10 to $100. There are sufficient choices available within this range for all players to find a suitable bet amount. The payout table actually displays the absolute payouts for the bet amount chosen. With a bet of $100 the maximum payout at 10,000 to 1 is $1 million. The player cannot choose the numbers on the card as in online keno. A fixed card is provided as in real bingo halls. But players can replace the card any number of times by clicking on the New Card button. Players who go by logic know the numbers on the cards do not matter because the pops are drawn randomly. But there is a breed of online casino players that sets store by lucky numbers and patterns and this feature caters to such players.

The screen layout is as follows. The card and the operating buttons are on the left of the screen. The master sheet containing all 90 numbers is on the right of the screen. Below the master sheet is the animated frying pan from which the pops emerge and stick to numbers. The payout table is displayed on top. Therefore everything fits uncluttered on the screen without the need to scroll or toggle.

After the card is selected and the bet amount set, the player clicks on the Play button to start the game. The number of pops released at any time is indicated on a counter. The payout valid for the current number is highlighted on the table. If the number called is on the card it gets circled. Hence the player is made aware of the rapidly changing situation through appropriate visuals and this sets Pop Bingo apart from other bingo based casino games. When all the numbers on the card are marked the payout, if any, is announced. Pop Bingo can be played at all Playtech online casinos like Omni Casino, Bet365 and Paddy Power.