Comments on: John Stefan Wins $100,000 on “Bingo America”

By: David

David — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:54:24 +0000

The bonus game is beyond fixed… not shocking they gave the huge score to a veteran. It never takes anyone more than 4 picks to find a match; because it is predetermined. I can’t believe this sham hasn’t been called out yet.

Awesome for this guy though! Congrats to him.

By: Devon

Devon — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:33:29 +0000

That was really awesome! I always hope somebody can walk away with tons of cash and that did it.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:48:48 +0000

This is even harder to win than SOTC’s “Winner’s Board”. Now that I think about, there should be a few “INSTANT WIN” spaces. If you get one of those, you automatically win the next prize you get.

By: Marc Power

Marc Power — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:21:34 +0000

oops my bad, must read slower,

By: J.C.

J.C. — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:41:58 +0000

Uh, Marc that would be Ben that was complaining about the prizes not me.

By: Chris Parsley

Chris Parsley — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:10:09 +0000

yes but not cause I was watching it on GSN, it was actually hyped/promoted on the horseracing channel (they were there live) to air the dream derby race and take bets on it.

Remember tonight $100 bingos at home due to tax day!

By: Marc Power

Marc Power — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:09:32 +0000

Wow that came out of the blue! and it was the one ep. I haven’t seen AAGGGGHHHH!!! But that’s gotta be tough to do, i would think there’s only one possible match for $100K on the board. and i agree J.C. what they should have instead of the symbols is the word and a picture (like Whammy did).

thinking about that I think one thing they should add to the baord is the “bingo bonanza” which is a growing prize package (a la Gambit galaxy)

and lastly, unless I’m forgetting anyone, excluding Blackjack & poker shows and the web games thing, this is only the 6th time someone has won $100,000 or more on a GSN show, the others: Al Winchell ($102,150 on Russian Roulette), Todd Truly ($102,200 on Russian Roulette), Maria Lay ($102,000 on Russian Roulette), Ken Jennings (Grand Slam winner), and whoever it was that won the $250,000 for American Dream Derby (does anyone even remember that flop?)

By: Ben Z.

Ben Z. — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:40:07 +0000

Still not overly impressed by the bonus round, but I’m happy for the show, and happy for the contestant. Unfortunately, they went and ruined the exciting game show moment they had on Friday, with one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen, not only on Bingo America, but in all game shows I’ve ever watched. It was Monday’s episode during the bonus round. The contestant picked his first number, and the prize was revealed. When the next number picked was revealed, there was a question mark. Patrick Duffy said, “That’s today’s mystery prize.” He followed this IMMEDIATELY by saying, “…and tonight’s mystery prize is a laptop computer package.” Remember now, The mystery wasn’t revealed after it matched on the bonus board, but as soon as the first number was picked. What’s the point? Just have it say laptop package. I found this to be totally absurd, and, to me, in the world of game shows past and present, it trumps almost, remember, that’s almost, anything Patrick Wayne related.

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:54:29 +0000

Big money does not make for a good game show. Yes, I understand that it’s nice to see GSN put some money into its game shows for once, but once the main game gets to be more than $1400 or $1600, I’ll be impressed. A crap shoot for $100,000 does not excite me at all, even if it’s big money for GSN. Russian Roulette took lots of skill to win the $100,000. Yes, there was the luck of the draw of the drop zones, but if you were really good at the bonus round, you could have two or possibly 3 zones left when you went for the $100,000, thus upping your odds.

I’ll say this one more time. Bingo America sucks. This $100,000 win has the same feeling as winning big money on Show Me the Money did. Who cared about that? Almost nobody.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:21:20 +0000

Because it’s still the first big one day win on GSN in years, that’s why!