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What is Mega Ball?

Mega Ball is Evolution's live bingo game show: buy cards, watch 20 balls drawn, then a random Mega Ball applies a 5x-100x multiplier to any completed lines.

ByCasino Desk·Casino & Slots Editor

Reviewed byKris Fawkes·Chief Editor

What it means in practice

Mega Ball is a live bingo-lottery game show from Evolution in which you buy numbered cards, watch 20 balls drawn from a pool of 51, and then see a single randomly selected Mega Ball with an attached multiplier applied to any lines it completes. You win by matching numbers on your cards to form completed lines (rows), and the game blends the structure of bingo with the multiplier drama of a game show. Each card costs the same fixed stake, and you can play multiple cards in a single round to cover more numbers. After the 20 standard balls are drawn, the presenter reveals one extra Mega Ball carrying a random multiplier ranging from 5x up to 100x. If that final ball completes a line on any of your cards, the multiplier is applied to that line's payout, which is where the largest wins come from. Two Mega Balls can appear in one round, and their multipliers combine. Worked example: you play 4 cards at £1 each, staking £4 for the round. After 20 balls you have one line needing just one more number to complete. The Mega Ball drawn is your missing number and carries a 50x multiplier. A single completed line that would ordinarily return, say, £2 is instead multiplied to £100. Without the Mega Ball matching, that near-miss line simply pays nothing extra. Mega Ball's advertised RTP is around 95.05%, which affiliates should present alongside its high-variance nature; multiplier hits are rare, so most rounds return little. Compare with Crazy Time, Dream Catcher and other live game shows built on multiplier mechanics.

Why it matters

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