FPN Poker Bingo — Official Rules & How to Play

Player-facing rules document. Lives at bingo.fpnpoker.com/rules and is the canonical reference for prize claims and disputes.

How to Play

What is Poker Bingo?

It's bingo, but every cell on your card is a real playing card. As the dealer calls cards, you daub your matches just like in regular bingo. But here's the twist: as you daub, you're also building a poker hand. The game continuously evaluates your daubed cards and tracks the best 5-card poker hand you've made.

When you hit BINGO, the game stops and announces both your bingo win and your final poker hand. If your hand is rare enough — and you got there fast enough — you win cash.

Getting your bingo card

No purchase or league membership is required to play. Every new player receives 6 free bingo cards (5 Straight Bingo + 1 Blackout) upon creating an account at bingo.fpnpoker.com or in the FPN app.

Additional cards are earned by participating in live FPN poker league sessions — one card per session attended. Open the FPN app or visit bingo.fpnpoker.com and your cards will be waiting.

Cards are always free. No purchase, no entry fee, no payment of any kind.
One card per league session attended, capped at 20 per rolling 30-day window.
Cards expire 6 months from the date issued.
Each card can be played only once. Cards cannot be transferred between players.

Two game modes

Each card you receive is one of two modes:

Straight Bingo — The classic. Get any 5-in-a-row (row, column, or diagonal) and you win bingo. The center FREE square counts as daubed.
Blackout — Daub every single non-FREE card on your grid (24 total). Slower to win, but the prizes are bigger.

You'll be told which mode applies to each card.

How dealing works

Tap Start Game to begin. The dealer calls one card every 6 seconds. When a called card matches one on your grid, that cell is yours to daub — tap it to mark it.

Cards on your grid that have been called but not yet daubed will glow gold. That's your hint.

Poker hand evaluation

While you daub, the game continuously evaluates your daubed cards (excluding the FREE square) and shows your current best 5-card poker hand at the bottom of the screen. As you daub more cards, your hand gets better.

The game tracks all 10 standard poker rankings:

Royal Flush
Straight Flush
Four of a Kind
Full House
Flush
Straight
Three of a Kind
Two Pair
One Pair
High Card

When you hit bingo, your hand is locked in.

Bonus cards for fast bingos

Even if you don't win a cash prize, fast bingos can earn you bonus cards added to your account on the spot. The earlier in the game you hit bingo with a strong hand in your daubed cards, the better your shot at triggering a bonus.

Bonus cards are awarded automatically. You don't need to claim them or know the exact thresholds — if you've earned them, they'll appear in your account the moment your game ends. Bonus cards inherit the same 6-month expiration window as regular cards.

The thresholds and reward amounts may be adjusted over time as the program evolves. Win fast and you'll see the system reward you.

Prizes

There are four ways to win cash or prizes. You can win at multiple tiers from the same game.

🎰 The Royal Flush Jackpot (Blackout)

Achieve Blackout with a Royal Flush in your daubed cards, in 40 dealer calls or fewer, and you win the FPN Poker Bingo Royal Flush Jackpot's primary pool.

The jackpot has a three-pool cascading structure, designed so the prize is always alive and slightly slower wins still pay:

Pool	Wins on	Starts at	Grows by	Caps at
Primary	Blackout + Royal Flush in ≤40 calls	$1,000	$100/week	$5,000
Secondary	Blackout + Royal Flush in 41–46 calls	$0	$100/week (only after primary is capped)	$2,500
Tertiary	Blackout + Royal Flush in 47–50 calls	$0	$100/week (only after secondary is capped)	$1,000

The FPN Poker Bingo Royal Flush Jackpot is funded entirely by FPN Inc. No player funds, entry fees, or purchase proceeds contribute to the prize pool.

Side pot mechanics

The three pools build in sequence and pay out independently. Here's how it works:

Building the pools. Each week the primary pool grows by $100 until it reaches its $5,000 cap. Once the primary is at $5,000, weekly increments shift to the secondary pool until it reaches $2,500. Once secondary is at $2,500, increments shift to the tertiary pool until it reaches $1,000. The primary and secondary pools hold at their caps; they don't keep growing past them.

Winning the primary pool ( ≤40 calls). When a player wins the primary, they take whatever is in the primary pool — anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000. The secondary pool's value then cascades up to become the new primary. The tertiary pool's value cascades up to become the new secondary. The tertiary resets to $0. The pools never restart from zero — there's always a pool ready for the next winner.

Winning the secondary pool (41–46 calls). When a player wins the secondary, they take whatever is in the secondary pool. Secondary resets to $0 and starts growing again (after primary is capped). No cascade.

Winning the tertiary pool (47–50 calls). When a player wins the tertiary, they take whatever is in the tertiary pool. Tertiary resets to $0 and starts growing again (after secondary is capped). No cascade.

Odds of triggering the primary pool: approximately 1 in 87,000 cards.

✈️ The Royal Rebate (Straight Bingo)

Achieve Straight Bingo with a Royal Flush in your daubed cards, in 22 dealer calls or fewer, and you win a $200 Vegas Travel Rebate.

The rebate is paid in cash or check at the FPN National Championship event upon check-in at the FPN registration booth.

Odds: approximately 1 in 12,000 cards.

🎟️ The Royal Flush Drawing (every 6 months)

Hit any Royal Flush on any card during the 6-month promotional season, and you're automatically entered into the Royal Flush Drawing held at season close.

One Royal Flush = one entry.
Hit five Royal Flushes during the season? Five entries.
No cap on entries per player.

Drawing prize: a seat in the FPN National Championship event plus a $200 Vegas Travel Rebate.

Drawings: Two per year (one per 6-month season).

The drawing is conducted using a publicly auditable HMAC-SHA256 algorithm with a published seed. The full audit trail is available on request.

🏆 Monthly High Hand Leaderboards

Throughout each calendar month, two leaderboards run side by side — one for Straight Bingo and one for Blackout. Each tracks the best poker hand achieved across all cards played in that mode.

Top 3 in each leaderboard win FPN Store credit:

🥇 1st: $25 FPN Store credit
🥈 2nd: $15 FPN Store credit
🥉 3rd: $10 FPN Store credit

That's 6 winners every month, 72 winners every year.

The leaderboards update live. You can check your rank anytime in the app.

How ties are broken

If two or more players achieve the same hand:

Fewer dealer calls wins. A Royal Flush in 18 calls beats a Royal Flush in 22 calls.
Higher hand value within the same rank wins. Aces over Kings (Full House) beats Kings over Queens. King-high Flush beats Queen-high Flush.
Earliest timestamp wins. First to achieve the hand takes the spot.

For Royal Flushes specifically, all four suits are mathematically equal, so Royal-vs-Royal ties go straight to fewest calls, then earliest timestamp.

Eligibility & Fine Print

Eligibility

Open to legal residents of the United States, aged 18 or older (or the legal age of majority in their state of residence, whichever is higher). No purchase, payment, or league membership is required to participate. Void where prohibited by law.

All new players receive 6 free bingo cards (5 Straight Bingo + 1 Blackout) upon account creation. Additional cards may be earned through participation in live FPN poker league sessions at no cost.

How to Enter

The FPN app (iOS, Android) or bingo.fpnpoker.com. You must be signed in to your FPN account, verified by phone number via SMS.

Card Limits & Expiration

One bingo card issued per league session attended.
Capped at 20 earned cards per rolling 30-day window (excludes welcome and bonus cards).
Cards expire 6 months from the date issued.
Bonus cards earned through strong play are added immediately and follow the same expiration window.

Prize Fulfillment

Travel Rebates ($200) are paid in cash or check at the FPN National Championship event upon check-in at the FPN registration booth. Rebates are non-transferable and have no cash equivalent if the championship is not attended.
Royal Flush Jackpot prizes over $600 require IRS Form W-9 and will be paid by bank transfer or check within 30 days of claim verification.
FPN Store credits are issued as a discount code via email within 7 business days of leaderboard close. Winners must have a verified phone and email on their freepokernetwork.com account to receive the discount code.
National Championship seats awarded via the Royal Flush Drawing are reserved in the winner's name and are non-transferable.

Taxes

Winners are responsible for all applicable taxes on prizes won. FPN will issue Form 1099-MISC for cumulative winnings of $600 or more in a calendar year. Winners must provide a valid Form W-9 prior to receiving any prize that triggers reporting requirements.

Game Integrity

All gameplay outcomes are determined by FPN's secure server-side random number generator. Each card is generated using a cryptographically-seeded shuffle algorithm; both the grid and the dealer's call sequence are independently randomized. Game results are final.

Any game can be re-derived from its stored seeds for audit. Players who wish to dispute an outcome may submit a request through their FPN account; FPN will provide a verifiable replay.

Disqualification

FPN reserves the right to void any prize claim arising from:

Multiple accounts operated by the same person
Automated or scripted gameplay
Tampering with client-side game state
Any other circumvention of intended gameplay

Modifications

FPN reserves the right to modify game rules, prize amounts, jackpot increment rates, pool caps, and trigger thresholds with reasonable notice posted at bingo.fpnpoker.com and on freepokernetwork.com. Changes will not retroactively affect prizes already awarded.

Dispute Resolution

All disputes regarding gameplay outcomes, prize claims, or rules interpretation will be resolved by FPN management. Decisions are final.

Sponsor

FPN Poker Bingo is sponsored by FPN Inc dba FPN Gaming, 4151 38th St S, Suite C, Fargo, ND 58104. This promotion is funded entirely by FPN Inc and is offered as a reward for community participation. No purchase or payment is necessary to enter or win. This promotion is not a sweepstakes, contest of chance with consideration, or gambling activity.

Last updated: May 22, 2026. Questions? Contact support@fpngaming.com.