How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the main form of bingo played in the United Kingdom. At Jackpot Cafe, the Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards have random numbers ranging from one through 90. As soon as the bingo game begins, the Jackpot Cafe computer will call out (in random order) all 90 Bingo balls from a pool of 90 balls.

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

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

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

The lines are arranged in this manner:

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

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

Winning Patterns
In 90-ball bingo games at Jackpot Cafe, there are three successive patterns that can get you a win, and each pattern carries its own prize.

Successive patterns in 90-ball bingo are as such:

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

At times, Jackpot Cafe players can collect all three of the prize amounts during a game if they are the first to obtain all 3 patterns.

: Jackpots & Prizes
In Jackpot Cafe’s , the prize amount is mostly dependent on how many players are participating in the bingo game and how many bingo cards you bought.

At Jackpot Cafe, all bingo games are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount fluctuates based on times of play and pre-determined patterns. The first person to hit “BINGO” within a set number of balls wins the jackpot. In the event nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the following game.

Sometimes, Jackpot Cafe offers a in a specified number of bingo games. Jackpot Cafe has coined this the “Mega Vault” (also known as Bingo Bonanza) Progressive Jackpot and it’s played across all participating Leapfrog Gaming sites.

In-Game Options
A whole host of game options exist within Jackpot Cafe. You can buy additional bingo cards, turn the autodaub (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, or play video slots while you’re waiting for the next bingo game to start. To suit your individual preferences, you can even personalize the Jackpot Cafe interface.

Buying Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: You must purchase at least one bingo card to enter a bingo game at Jackpot Cafe.

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Quick Buy” tab, you have the option to purchase bingo cards by selecting a set number of cards using 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-hand side of the the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen.

Choosing Bingo Cards
It is a requirement that you buy at least one 90-ball bingo card at Jackpot Cafe to be able to play bingo.

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Select Cards” tab, you can select which bingo cards to purchase. You can either select cards one-by-one by clicking on them individually or by selecting the entire row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button. The colour changes to orange from grey when a card is selected.

Playing the Bingo Game
After you buy cards for a bingo game at Jackpot Cafe, you will then wait for the game to begin. You can track how much time is remaining before the game starts by looking at the “Next Game” countdown timer, which can be seen on the left side of the Jackpot Cafe game interface.

New bingo games at Jackpot Cafe begin every few minutes – so you will never need to wait long before the next game begins. While you’re waiting, you can play straight from within the game interface.

As soon as the bingo game starts, all details concerning the game can be seen in the information section at the top of the screen. For example, you’ll see the the prize and jackpot, the winning pattern, total number of players, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you’d like to find out which days and/or hours are specifically the best times to play online bingo, read on…

As far as AM and PM is concerned, playing Internet bingo games at Jackpot Cafe during the morning, lunch time, evening, or bedtime, makes exactly no difference at all. Yet, some players at Jackpot Cafe have said that the best days to play online tend to be on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, during midweek, and not at all on Mondays. With regards to Saturdays or Sundays, they remain strictly down the middle.

Even though there is not a thread of genuine evidence to support these thoughts (on when is the best time to play online bingo), virtual bingo games providers such as Jackpot Cafe assure players that playing bingo on the Internet at any time, on any day, provides equal odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Auto-Daubing) Your Numbers
Jackpot Cafe’s bingo rooms allow you to decide whether you’d like to let the Jackpot Cafe computer automatically daub your cards for you or daub your bingo card yourself manually (by using your mouse). Letting the system for you will make sure you don’t miss a number.

At Jackpot Cafe, you can choose any of the bingo cards you purchased to autoplay on the “Buy Cards” popup display under the “AutoPlay” tab. Just click the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you would like to have auto-daubed. Also, you can turn off the auto-daub feature at any time by clicking the “Turn Off” button or by removing the check-mark beside the card you chose to autoplay. Of course, you always have the option to switch Autodaub back on anytime you want.

Whether you let the system autodaub for you or you daub your numbers manually, neither choice will affect the outcome of the game. If your bingo card wins, Jackpot Cafe will award you the prize and/or jackpot – guaranteed!

Chat While You Play Bingo!
Playing bingo at Jackpot Cafe isn’t only about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It’s also about making new friendships and chatting with other like-minded folks!

That’s why live chat is such a stimulating part of playing bingo at Jackpot Cafe. As a matter of fact, chat games take place in all 90-ball bingo rooms and are administered by Chat Leaders. To create a chat, you can easily post a message to the chat board and just as easily end a chat using the click of your mouse.

Jackpot Cafe’s Chat Leaders are always reachable to have a chat and offer support – all while keeping things entertaining. Just don’t forget to brush up on your first!

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

1st place goes to the player that covers any one line pattern, the second place winner covers any two line pattern, and the “Full House” winner is the player that covers all 3 lines on the ticket.

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your card, the game comes to an end and your Jackpot Cafe username will open up in a display box stating that you’re one of the winners of the game and the amount you have collected.

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

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