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Up to 4 cards can be played with this 60 ball machine, and the default has all 4 of them on screen and ready to play. To deactivate some of the cards takes a click of the arrow icon at bottom left to go to the game menu. Also found here are the buttons for setting the bets. Each bet is made per active bingo card, so depending on how many cards are played, will alter the total betting range. Credit value can also be altered from 0.25 to 2 for each credit placed. Wagers are from a low limit of 1 up to 20 per card. So playing all 4 cards the range is 4 to 80 for the max bet.

The cards are in a 5 x 3 layout with numbered sections up to 60. The cards are coloured according to the bet placed so when the total bet is 4, the cards have a lilac edge, set to 8 they are green, and so on up to maroon for the maximum. The main play area is blue so these colours contrast nicely.  The ball release is in the centre of the play area with a spinning dollar sign when the game initially loads.

Thirty balls are released into the checking area below, and the speed in which this happens can be set at normal, fast or turbo. As the cards are automatically crossed off, it removes the need to check them off as they fall with many players prefer turbo setting. There are 12 winning combinations and these are shown as a strip along the top of the play area and to help identify what has been crossed off, these will also flash for wins or when near to wins. If the machine thinks that a payout is close, it can award a further 10 extra balls but these balls mainly have to be paid for. Sometimes a free ball is awarded as a Z ball and these allow players to pick a number from any card to mark it off. The top hat reveals the ball to a drumroll.

If the bonus combination is made, this will open a new screen with a 4 x 1 mini slot game to for extra prizes. Matching the gold one eyed Zitro bingo ball, star, four leaf clover or top hat along the payline will keep players well rewarded.

Zitro Interactive tends to keep their bingo games basic but classy with their understated use of 3D graphics to please the eye. Other companies like to put on more of a show and this can be seen with the free Circus Bingo video bingo game by MGA. The game interface is visible and prompts for coin denomination to be set when the game initially loads for setting the bet.

Bingo cards can be turned on or off by clicking directly on the play area. It has 15 ways to win plus 3 bonus games. It makes use of a clown character to release 30 of the 60 balls to the checking area and 14 extra balls can come into play if near to a winning combination, either free, a joker to play, or bought. Its betting range isn’t quite as high as Power Mania Force, but its top prize is a cool 37,500 coins to try to cash out from the big top with. It's a vibrantly coloured game and perfectly demonstrates how online bingo can be great fun and entertaining to play.

Bingo has been a popular game for many years and online video bingo is growing in popularity too. It’s fast, fun and can be played for free or for real cash. We enjoyed Power Mania Force for it’s no frills approach to concentrate on the game of bingo rather than too many bonus rounds, although the mini slot game was a welcome addition. The auto play is good as it stops as soon as there are extra balls to buy.

Many games, like Circus Bingo allow auto purchase of these which is fine for high rollers with bulging bank balances, but for the average punter money can soon dwindle away with the price of those extras. If online video bingo is your passion, check out Power Mania Force and may the force be with you!