Bingo is now one of the most loved games with the game going online from offline much more number of people can take part in bingo. With bingo becoming popular many different kinds of bingo has also cropped up for the entertainment purpose of people. Well as the saying goes “Variety is the spice of life” and bingo has done just that over the years.
The first and the most well known is the 90-Ball Bingo. The cards for a 90 ball bingo game has 15 numbers all scattered over three rows of boxes. They have five numbers in each row. These tickets have sic strips and no number will be repeated. A winner is one who gets a full house (covering all 15 numbers) but those who can mark two full lines on one ticket are also awarded a part of the cash prize. In all the bingo sites this 90 ball bingo is played and players are simply hooked to it.
The next in line is the 75-Ball Bingo. Well it is the equivalent of the 90 ball bingo and it is mainly played in the USA and Canada. The only difference being this game is played much faster and the ‘coverall’ jackpot is much larger.
80-ball Bingo is the third in line in the world of bingo games. This form of bingo game is relatively new in the world of bingo. Here each row has different colours for the numbers and this game allows a greater number of winning combinations.
The above were bingo games which included many numbers and the players took much time to bingo. But this one is a comparatively smaller bingo game and thus the name mini bingo. This is a 30-Ball Bingo. It is played on a ticket with nine squares in a 3×3 matrix. The best part is each round of the game does not last more than several minutes.
The bingo game breaks the monotony of a game of bingo. It is none other than Pattern Bingo. Here players needs to bingo on a pattern that is specified in the beginning of the game. The pattern can be anything an L or T, or any other shape specified.
Coverall Bingo in other words is full house bingo. Players need to bingo on a full house only. That is they can bingo only if they have covered all the numbers on their card within a certain number of balls called. Many a times progressive jackpots are also linked to this version of game.
The eighth variety is Quickie or Speed Bingo. This is the bingo game where the winner is the first to fill the entire card and the catch is, the numbers are called quickly.
In Joker Jackpot there are cards to provide the players with tickets which consist of an individual grid of nine squares made up of three rows and three columns. Each square contains a card so nine cards appear on each hand. Players have to form the ‘J’ pattern. The player who is the first to have all the cards called on the J pattern on a purchased hand will win the first prize. Then there is the Full Hand where a player needs to have all the cards called on a purchased hand.
Money Ball is game of bingo which basically doubles the jackpot amount of the winner. The rule is prior to the game a number is specified. If the winner hits bingo on that exact number the amount of his winning money is doubled! A variation of this is “Lucky Ball.”
Deal on No Deal Bingo is another popular bingo game which is liked by all after all it came into existence after the popular T.V show. Though we all know its rules here are just two lines about it. Choose a stake value by clicking on the up and down arrows to play the game with. As the stake value is adjusted, the possible payouts in the left and right columns of the screen will also dynamically change in accordance with the odds set in the game. Once the Play button is pressed, the stake amount is deducted from your balance then the game will begin.
In Texas Blackout bingo whatever number is called first must be odd or even. If it is even, for example, all of the even numbers on every cards become “Wild” and are immediately covered—vice versa for odd. The game then continues until someone wins with a blackout.
The last on the online bingo games in the Five Line Bingo. This form of Bingo is also called Swedish Bingo. The game is played on a standard 5×5 Bingo card, but there is no free square. However, the game is more like 90-ball Bingo than standard 75-ball Bingo. Players try to make a single row for the first bingo. Then they try to make two rows and so on until someone completes all five rows.
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