Types Of Bingo

Bingo is one of the most exciting games. To make the most of your bingo playing, you need to learn the different styles and types of game that are available online. Here, you will find different types of bingo, with some additional tips on winning strategies.

Basically there are two different types of online bingo: 75 ball bingo and 90 ball bingo, which just refer to the number of balls involved in the game. Within these two games there are many variations, the speed the balls are drawn, the pattern you have to fill on the bingo tickets, how many lines you need to fill to win, the types of jackpot offered, and the ticket prices. So here are some descriptions of bingo games you will find online:

Horizontal Bingo:

In the many variations involved in bingo, there are many different patterns that online bingo sites use for players to bingo on. If you are playing bingo and the website instructs you that you are playing horizontal bingo, it means that you have to make a straight, but horizontal, line of numbers on your tickets. It is easy to win at horizontal bingo, if your numbers are coming in on the middle line.

Vertical bingo:

If the site you are playing at instructs you that you to find a vertical line, it means that you have to form a straight line in a vertical manner on your bingo tickets. When the numbers are being called, check whether your numbers are running from the top to bottom or from the bottom to top. Vertical bingo, like horizontal bingo, is one of the more popular patterns in the traditional 5 column games found on many websites.

Diagonal Bingo:

If you are playing diagonal bingo, it means that you have to form a line of numbers in a diagonal, from top left to bottom right or top right to bottom left. The diagonal lines always include the free middle square so it does not give you an advantage as all players will need the same amount of numbers to win, usually four.

Coverall Bingo:

Coverall bingo is a very popular form of the game. it is also referred to as Blackout bingo. It is the hardest pattern to get, it makes the games last longer and is more exciting because it keeps you in suspense right up until the point that somebody bingos. Usually coverall bingo is used for the progressive jackpots, and most sites require you to bingo within 40 calls to win the progressive jackpot.

Pattern bingo:

Pattern bingo is one of the more fun games that you can play online. Depending on whether you are playing 90 or 75 ball bingo, there are more or less patterns that are available to the websites. Pattern bingo is easy. As the numbers are being called you need to mark of the corresponding numbers on your tickets, and try to re-create the pattern on your tickets.

Multiple winners:

In bingo it is common to be more than one winner at a time. All the winning players win an equal share of the jackpot. There are differences between the 75 ball bingo game and the 90 ball bingo game when it comes to multiple winners. For 75 ball bingo game you may get two winners but it is not too common. In 90 ball bingo game you usually get multiple winners for each individual game.

Bingo is a good game to get into, not only because it is exciting, but also because it can be helpful if you want to learn about the odds and probabilities.