How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the most common style of bingo played in the United Kingdom. The Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards at Jackpot Cafe have random numbers ranging from 1 through 90. Once the bingo game commences, the Jackpot Cafe computer will call out all 90 Bingo balls – from a pool of 90 balls – randomly.

When the numbers are automatically called during gameplay, you’ll see 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. If the pattern on your bingo card matches the pre-determined winning pattern, you’ll get Bingo and be eligible to win a prize at Jackpot Cafe in 90-ball bingo.

The first place winner is the player that correctly marks off any horizontal line, 2nd place goes to the player that covers any 2 line pattern, and the “Full House” winner is the player that correctly marks off all 3 horizontal lines on their card.

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

The lines are arranged like so:

• The 1st Column contains numbers from 1-9
• The 2nd Column contains numbers from 10-19
• The 3rd Column contains numbers from 20-29
• The 4th Column contains numbers from 30-39
• The 5th Column contains numbers from 40-49
• The 6th Column contains numbers from 50-59
• The 7th Column contains numbers from 60-69
• The 8th Column contains numbers from 70-79
• The 9th Column contains numbers from 80-90

The tickets always have 3 horizontal lines and 9 vertical columns in 90-ball bingo games. Each line contains five numbers; thus each bingo card totals 15 numbers.

Winning Pattern
When it comes to 90-ball bingo games, there are 3 succeeding patterns at Jackpot Cafe that can net you a win, and each individual pattern has its own prize amount.

Winning 90-ball bingo patterns are:

• Any One Line (Cover all of 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 ticket)

Occasionally, players can get all 3 prize amounts during a game if they’re the first one to acquire all three patterns.

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

All bingo games are played for a Jackpot at Jackpot Cafe. The Jackpot amount varies according to pre-determined patterns and hours of play. The first player 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 rolls over to the next game.

From time to time, Jackpot Cafe offers a in a specified number of bingo games. Jackpot Cafe has named 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 slew of game options exist inside Jackpot Cafe. You can switch the auto-daub (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, buy additional bingo cards, or play themed slots while you wait for the next bingo game to start. You can also personalize the Jackpot Cafe interface to suit your individual preferences.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: You have to purchase at least 1 bingo card to play in a bingo game at Jackpot Cafe.

You have the option to purchase bingo cards on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Quick Buy” tab by selecting a specific number of cards via the plus/minus arrows or by clicking the predefined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards). The price per card is visible on the left side of the the “Buy Cards” popup screen.

Bingo Card(s) Selection
It’s a requirement that you purchase at least one 90-ball bingo card to be able to play bingo at Jackpot Cafe.

On the “Buy Cards” popup display under the “Select Cards” tab, you can choose which bingo cards you want to buy. You can either select an entire row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button or by selecting cards individually by clicking each card one-by-one. When a card is selected, the colour turns to orange from grey.

Playing the Game
After you buy cards for a bingo game at Jackpot Cafe, you’ll then need to wait for the game to start. You can check how much time is remaining before the game begins by checking the “Next Game” countdown timer, which appears on the left side of the Jackpot Cafe game interface.

New bingo games at Jackpot Cafe commence every few minutes – so you will not need to wait long before the next game commences. While you wait, you can play directly from inside the game screen.

Once the bingo game begins, all game details can be seen in the information section at the top of the screen. For example, you will see the the winning pattern, total number of players, the prize and jackpot, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you’re wondering which days/hours are specifically the best times for playing Internet bingo, continue reading…

As far as AM or PM is concerned, playing Internet bingo games at Jackpot Cafe at daybreak, afternoon, evening, or bedtime, makes precisely no difference at all. Nonetheless, some Jackpot Cafe players have mentioned that the best days to gamble online tend to be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, during the middle of the week, and not ever on Monday’s. Regarding Saturday’s and Sunday’s, they are strictly divided.

Even though there is not any genuine proof to back up these thoughts (on when is the best time to play online bingo), online bingo games operators like Jackpot Cafe assure its players that playing bingo online on any day, at any time, provides the same odds at winning bingo.

Daubing (or Autoplaying) Your Numbers
Jackpot Cafe’s bingo rooms let you choose whether you want to daub your bingo card manually yourself (by using your mouse) or by having the Jackpot Cafe computer automatically daub your cards for you. Having the system for you will make sure you do not forget to daub a number.

At Jackpot Cafe, you can select any of the bingo cards you bought for autoplay functionality via the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “AutoPlay” tab. Simply click the “Turn On” button and then checkmark the cards you’d like to have daubed automatically. You can also turn off the auto-daub feature at any time by clicking the “Turn Off” button or by clearing the checkmark beside the card you selected for autoplay. Of course, you’ll still have the option to switch Autoplay back on anytime you please.

Whether you daub your numbers manually or you let the system auto-daub for you, neither option will affect the game result. Should your bingo card be a winner, Jackpot Cafe will award you the jackpot and/or prize – guaranteed!

Chat While Playing Bingo!
Playing bingo at Jackpot Cafe isn’t only about playing your cards and counting your chips… It is also about connecting with other like-minded people and making new friends!

That’s why chat games are such a stimulating part of playing bingo at Jackpot Cafe. As a matter of fact, chat room games go on in all 90-ball bingo rooms and are moderated by Chat Leaders. You can easily start a chat by posting a message to the chat board or just the same terminate a chat using the click of a button.

Jackpot Cafe’s Chat Moderators are always available to have a chat and offer assistance – all the while keeping things entertaining. Just don’t forget to familiarize yourself with the first!

Winning BINGO
At Jackpot Cafe, you’ll be eligible to win a prize in 90-ball bingo if you hit B-I-N-G-O on any of the following 3 patterns: One Line, Two Line and Full House.

First place goes to the player that covers any 1 line pattern, the 2nd place winner correctly marks off any 2 horizontal lines, and the “Full House” winner goes to the player that covers all 3 lines on their ticket.

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your bingo ticket, the game stops and your Jackpot Cafe username pops up in a display window showing that you’re one of the winners of that game and prizes and/or jackpots you’ve won.

Your total winnings will be then credited to your Jackpot Cafe account.

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