Salsa Bingo Lottery

Salsa Bingo is a lottery from Atlantic Lottery Corporation Lotto, a daily bingo draw, drawing 25 numbers out of 75 and a random number generator draws 25 winning numbers, draws every day with escalating jackpots of a minimum of $10,000.

It is available in the four Atlantic provinces of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

How to play Salsa Bingo

• Cost: $2
• Top Prize: $50,000
• Theoretical Prize Payout: 63%
• Theoretical overall odds of winning: 1 in 3.04

You can play Salsa Bingo either online, at a retailer or with a mobile app.

It’s a fun mix of traditional bingo and lottery, with each ticket giving players two bingo cards. You win by matching the drawn numbers to create bingo patterns.

The game offers:

• A starting jackpot of $10,000, which increases daily until someone wins.
• Daily draws, offering frequent chances to win.
• A unique bingo format, rather than traditional lotto number selections.

1. Play Salsa Bingo Online

• Sign in to ALC.ca and under the “Draw” menu, click Salsa. A “play area” will come up.
• From the drop-down menu, choose the number of Salsa purchases you want. For $2, the lottery computer will randomly generate 2 Salsa Bingo cards.
• For an additional $1, you can add a TAG to your ticket. You can play TAG up to 10 times on each ticket. (Know more about Tag below)
• You can purchase for future draws by choosing the number of advance plays you want from the drop-down menu. You can play from 2 up to 10 consecutive draws.
• Your wager is considered official when it appears in your Transaction Detail as “completed”. You can print out your wager from here if you wish. If you are a winner, you will be notified by email or by message.

2. Play Salsa Bingo at Lottery Store

• If you wish to play at a retail shop then just ask your lottery retailer for a Salsa Bingo ticket.
• For $2, the lottery computer will randomly select 2 Salsa Bingo cards.
• For an additional $1, you can add TAG to your ticket. You can play TAG up to 10 times on each ticket.
• You can purchase for future draws by telling your retailer how many games in advance you’d like to purchase. You can play from 2 up to 10 consecutive draws.

3. Play Salsa Bingo on Mobile

The Atlantic Lottery Mobile App allows you to enjoy all of the benefits of having an alc.ca account from your mobile device. It’s available on tablet and smartphone, for iOS in the App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store.

• Download the mobile app
• Buy the Salsa Bingo Ticket and play the game,
• Scan your tickets to see if you won.

Salsa Bingo TAG

When you play Salsa Bingo it just means you can have an add-on game available when you play Salsa Bingo TAG numbers are always lottery computer-generated for you.

To play TAG, ask your retailer for a selection slip for the main game you wish to play.

Complete your selection slip like you normally do.

For an additional $1, you can add TAG to your ticket. You can play TAG up to 10 times on each ticket. Simply indicate the number of times you wish to play TAG by marking the appropriate TAG box on the slip.

Salsa Bingo Draw

Every day, at approximately 11:29:59 p.m. Atlantic time, the Atlantic Lottery will draw 28 Salsa Bingo alphanumeric winning combinations from the letter B-I-N-G-O and numbers one to seventy-five (1 to 75). Each Salsa Bingo draw will be conducted using a computer number generator located at Atlantic Lottery’s head office in Moncton, NB.

How to Win

• Win with a line(s) – Lines are defined as any complete horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line, consisting of either 5 numbers or 4 numbers + FREE space, but do not include lines that form a Big X.
• Win with a Big X – Big X is two complete diagonal lines consisting of 8 numbers + FREE space and including the 4 corners.
• Win on both cards – You can win on both however, only one prize may be claimed per card.

Prize Payouts

Match	Number of Prizes	Prize Amount
BigX + 2 or More	0	$57,500.00
4 Lines	0	$2,500.00
BigX + 1 Line	0	$1,000.00
BigX	8	$400.00
3 Lines	5	$250.00
2 Lines	107	$10.00
1 Line	1,635	Free Ticket

Where to find Winning Numbers

Verify the numbers on your ticket with the winning numbers for that draw date. You can find winning numbers in a variety of different locations including:

The Atlantic Lottery (AL) website at corp.alc.ca

Most newspapers across the Atlantic region

Or by phone, at 1-800-561-3942.

Or by the Atlantic Lottery Mobile App

Or even on Facebook Winning Numbers are displayed

How to Claim Prizes

There are two ways to claim the prize: One with the retailer and the other having it online.

You need to sign the lotto ticket before validation. By signing your ticket, you are protecting your potential winnings from being claimed by anyone else.

If your ticket is a winner of up to $250, it can be redeemed at most lottery retail locations.

If your ticket is a winner of up to $9,999, it can be redeemed at a branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) in Atlantic Canada, or in person at Atlantic Lottery’s Head Office in Moncton, NB.  You can Call 1-800-561-3942 for more information, business hours, or to make an appointment.

If your ticket is a winner of $10,000 or more, contact Atlantic Lottery at 1-800-561-3942 for more information and to make arrangements to claim your Major Prize.  You may choose to visit the Atlantic Lottery Head Office in Moncton, NB, or one of the Regional Offices in Dartmouth, NS or St. John’s, NL.

For prizes of $10,000 and more, the player receipt will say “Claim Centrally” which means you should present your ticket to an AL office. The player receipt will also say “Complete Claim Form” and it will also show the amount of the win. You will be asked to sign and complete the back of the ticket if you have not already done this.

If you have a ticket that can’t be redeemed at a retail location, please follow the following process:

Under $1000, send the ticket to the lotto office

If $1000 and over, send the ticket complete the attached player claim form and return it to ALC along with your ticket(s).

You also require a photocopy of a government-issued photo ID (a driver’s licence or passport for example).  For those who do not have photo ID, photocopies of two pieces of secondary ID such as a birth certificate or Medicare card can be used

For prize claims of $10,000 or more, please contact ALC at 1-800-561-3942 for more details about how to claim your prize.

Conclusion

Salsa Bingo by the Atlantic Lottery Canada is a unique and engaging twist on traditional lottery games, offering players in Atlantic Canada a fun and fast-paced experience with a bingo-style format.

With $2 per ticket you can get a chance to win fixed prizes, free plays, or a progressive jackpot that starts at $10,000 and grows until someone hits the top pattern. Add-on features like TAG give even more opportunities to win.

Still, you should play responsibly as it is a game of chance and set a budget that you can afford to lose.

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