How to Play Online Bingo?

There are two major Bingo games played across the world, each with their own distinct bingo rules to win.

How to play European Bingo: 90 Ball bingo

Each individual face card is called a ticket. 90 Ball bingo tickets consist of 3 rows and 9 columns. Each row contains 5 random numbers and 4 blank spaces. 90 ball bingo is almost always played with strips of tickets which is a set of 6 tickets, containing all 90 numbers. At each bingo number call, a number is crossed off.

The game is played with 3 patterns. The patterns are called One Line, Two Lines, and Full House. The first player to cross off a horizontal line wins the first prize. Then the first player to cross off two horizontal lines wins the next prize. Finally, the first player to cross all the numbers on a ticket wins the maximum prize.

How to play American Bingo: 75 Ball bingo

75 ball bingo tickets are square cards containing five rows and five columns to create twenty-five squares. Each column has a letter at the out of BINGO. Once again, the ticket is filled with random numbers. There is only one free space on the ticket.

The playing pattern is announced at the beginning of each game. You can also play a coverall game, where the winner is the first person to mark off all the numbers on their ticket and the jackpots are usually much higher.

Progressive Bingo Game

Some online bingo sites offer progressive bingo games also. This game contains a jackpot which increases from game to game. When the pattern is announced at the beginning of the game, it will have a number representing the total number of calls needed to win the jackpot. If a player achieves the pattern in these calls or less, they win the progressive jackpot.

Online Bingo Rules

When playing online, your bingo cards are randomly selected for you. Most online bingo games give you 3 or 4 cards. Every online bingo game has a caller or a display board for the bingo numbers. The bingo game pattern is also displayed. Some bingo games automatically mark the numbers on your bingo card for you.

There are 75 or 90 possible bingo numbers. Each of these numbers is represented by a ball in a large rotating bin. The Caller spins the bin, selects a ball, and announces it to the room. The players check all of their cards to see if that number appears on their card. If it is, they mark it. When a player has a bingo, he or she calls out BINGO.

Player’s chances of winning online bingo depend on the number of cards in the game and how many cards he is playing.