How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the usual version of bingo played in the UK. The Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards at Jackpot Cafe have random numbers ranging from one through 90. Once the bingo game has started, the Jackpot Cafe computer will call out all 90 balls (from a pool of 90 balls) in randomized order.

As the numbers are called automatically during gameplay, you will watch the numbers get marked off on your bingo card. If the number that is called is on your bingo card, then that number is marked off. At Jackpot Cafe, if the pattern on your bingo card matches the winning pattern in 90-ball bingo, you’ll hit Bingo and be eligible to win a prize.

The first place winner is the player that covers any one line pattern, the 2nd place winner covers any 2 line pattern, and the “Full House” winner correctly marks off all three horizontal lines on their card.

90-Ball Bingo Cards
The sold in Jackpot Cafe for 90-ball bingo games consist of a 3×9 chart of numbers. Each horizontal line has 9 boxes displaying 4 empty spots and 5 numbers.

The vertical columns are arranged like so:

• 1-9 in the First Column
• 10-19 in the Second Column
• 20-29 in the Third Column
• 30-39 in the Fourth Column
• 40-49 in the Fifth Column
• 50-59 in the Sixth Column
• 60-69 in the Seventh Column
• 70-79 in the Eighth Column
• 80-90 in the Ninth Column

The tickets always contain 3 horizontal lines and 9 vertical columns in 90-ball bingo games. Because each line contains five numbers, each ticket has a total of 15 numbers.

Winning Pattern
In 90-ball bingo games at Jackpot Cafe, there are three winning patterns that can net you a win, and each unique pattern has its own prize amount.

Succeeding patterns in 90-ball bingo are:

• Any One Line (Cover all the numbers in any one row)
• Any Two Lines (Cover all of the numbers in any 2 rows)
• Full House (Cover all 15 numbers on a card)

Sometimes, Jackpot Cafe players can get all three prizes during a game if they are the first one to get all three patterns.

: Prizes & Jackpots
In Jackpot Cafe’s , the prize amount is dependent on how many people are playing in the bingo game and the number of bingo cards you hold.

All bingo games at Jackpot Cafe are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount varies based on hours of play and predetermined patterns. The first person to score “B-I-N-G-O” within a specific number of balls wins the jackpot. In the event nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the next game.

At times, Jackpot Cafe offers a in a select number of bingo games. Jackpot Cafe calls this the “Mega Vault” (often referred to as Bingo Bonanza) Progressive Jackpot and it is played across all participating Leapfrog Gaming sites.

Game Options
A lot of game options exist within Jackpot Cafe. You can buy additional bingo cards, switch the automatic dauber (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, or play video slots while waiting for the next bingo game to start. To suit your individual preferences, you can also customize the Jackpot Cafe interface.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: To play in a bingo game at Jackpot Cafe, you’ll have to purchase at least one bingo card.

You have the option to purchase bingo cards on the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “Quick Buy” tab by clicking the pre-defined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards) or by selecting a set number of cards with the +/- arrow buttons. The price of each card can be seen on the left-hand side of the the “Buy Cards” popup display.

Picking Bingo Cards
To be able to play bingo at Jackpot Cafe, it is a requirement that you purchase at least one 90-ball bingo card.

You have the option to choose specific bingo cards to purchase on the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “Select Cards” tab. You can either select the entire row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button or you can select cards one-by-one by clicking on them individually. The colour turns from grey to orange after a card has been selected.

Playing the Game
After you buy cards at Jackpot Cafe for a bingo game, you will then need to wait for the game to start. You can keep track of the time remaining before the game commences by looking at the “Next Game” countdown timer, which is visible on the left side of the Jackpot Cafe game interface.

New bingo games at Jackpot Cafe commence every few minutes – so you will never have to wait long before the next game begins. While you are waiting, you can play from directly in the game screen.

As soon as the bingo game begins, all details concerning the game appear in the info area at the top of the interface. For example, you’ll see the total number of players, the winning pattern, the jackpot and prize, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you’d like to find out which days/hours are specifically the best times for playing virtual bingo, continue reading…

As far as AM and PM is concerned, playing Jackpot Cafe’s Internet bingo games during the morning, afternoon, dark, or night, makes precisely no difference whatsoever. Nonetheless, some Jackpot Cafe players have stated that the best days to bet online are during the middle of the week, on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, and not on Monday’s. As for Saturdays and Sundays, many remain strictly divided down the middle.

Even though there is not a thread of hard evidence to support these conclusions (on when is the best time to play online bingo), online bingo game providers like Jackpot Cafe assure players that playing bingo online on any day, at any time, gives equal odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Autoplaying) Your Numbers
Jackpot Cafe’s bingo rooms allow you to decide whether you’d like to have the Jackpot Cafe computer daub your cards automatically for you or by manually daubing your bingo card yourself (by clicking your mouse). Letting the system for you will make sure you do not forget to daub a number.

On the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “AutoPlay” tab, you can select any of the bingo cards you bought at Jackpot Cafe to play automatically. Simply click the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you would like to have daubed automatically. You can also turn off the auto-daub feature anytime by clicking the “Turn Off” button or by removing the check-mark beside the card you selected for autoplay. Of course, you always have the option to turn Autodaub back on anytime you choose.

Whether you manually daub your numbers or you let the system auto-daub for you, neither option will alter the result of the game. Should your bingo card win, Jackpot Cafe will award you the jackpot and/or prize – for sure!

Chat Whilst You Play Bingo!
Playing bingo at Jackpot Cafe is not only about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It is also about chatting with other similar folks and making new friends!

That’s why chat games are such a significant part of playing games at Jackpot Cafe. As a matter of fact, chat room games go on in each 90-ball bingo room and are administered by Chat Leaders. To begin a chat, you can easily post a message on the chat board and similarly terminate a chat with the click of a button.

Jackpot Cafe’s Chat Leaders are always within reach to chat and provide assistance – all while keeping things interesting. Just make sure you enlighten yourself with some first!

Winning Bingo
You will be eligible to win a prize in 90-ball bingo at Jackpot Cafe if you get BINGO on any one of the following 3 horizontal line patterns: One Line, Two Line and Full House.

1st place goes to the player that covers any 1 line pattern, the 2nd place winner covers any 2 line pattern, and the “Full House” winner is the player that correctly marks off all three horizontal lines on the card.

If the pattern on your card matches the winning pattern, the game ends and your Jackpot Cafe username will open up in a display window stating that you’re one of the winners of that game and how much you have collected.

All your winnings will be then credited to your Jackpot Cafe account.

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