(1) A player wins progressive jackpot bingo by covering all the numbers on his or her bingo card within a specified number of calls. The number of calls for the first game shall be at least 48. The number of calls shall increase by one in each succeeding game until a player wins the progressive jackpot bingo prize. (2) (a) The starting prize for progressive jackpot bingo shall be any of the following: 1. Fifty percent of the card sales for the first progressive jackpot bingo game. 2. An amount specified before the start of play, not to exceed $500. (b) The prize for each succeeding game of progressive jackpot bingo shall be 50 percent of the card sales for the game plus the prize amount from the preceding game. (3) After the specified number of calls for a game of progressive jackpot bingo are completed, if no person has won, the game shall continue until a player covers all of the numbers on his or her card and that player shall be awarded a consolation prize of not less than $100. The consolation prize may not be paid from the 50 percent of card sales used to fund the progressive jackpot bingo prize. (4) No card for a game of progressive jackpot bingo may be sold after the game has begun. (5) Once started, progressive jackpot bingo shall be played at each succeeding bingo occasion until a player wins a game of progressive jackpot bingo, except that progressive jackpot bingo may be played only once per day. (6) Progressive jackpot bingo may be played only on special bingo cards.
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