Most bingo sites give you a choice of several different types of online bingo games, with different themes, jackpots and ticket prices. Most sites let you play from as little as 1p or 2p per ticket, so it’s cheap and easy to get started. Here we’ll guide you through one of the most common online bingo games: 90 Ball Bingo.
How To Play 90 Ball Bingo Online
A Typical 90 Ball Bingo Card
Cards and Strips
When you play 90 Ball Bingo, each individual ticket looks like this. Basically, it is a grid of 27 squares. This is made up of 9 columns, and 3 rows. Each row of the ticket contains 5 numbers and 4 blank squares, meaning that you get a total of 15 numbers on every ticket.
Tickets are bough in strips, and there are 6 tickets on each strip.
Each strip contains every number from 1 to 90, but in different positions on each individual ticket. In each game you can buy anything up to 6 strips, so that’s a maximum of 36 tickets. This is up to you though, of course you can buy less if you like.
Prizes and Jackpots
Each online bingo game has a minimum jackpot size which is guaranteed. However, the actual prize you win can be more than the guaranteed minimum. This depends on how many people are playing the game and how many tickets are purchased in total.
Put simply, the more people that play, the bigger the jackpot prize will be.
How To Win The Prizes
In 90 Ball Bingo there are three prizes available, these are one line, two lines or the big prize which is bingo (also known as house).
When the game starts, the caller will shout out numbers. If a number that is called out is on any of your tickets, you can mark it off. Don’t worry if you forget to do this, because when you play online you can have the numbers marked off for you, and the game will know if you have won automatically. The winner of each prize is the first player to match with the required numbers for a particular prize.
Winning The One Line Prize
One Line
The One Line prize is won by the first player to mark off all the numbers on any one line of any of their tickets.
In this example, the middle line won the prize.
Winning The Two Lines Prize
Two Lines
The Two Lines prize is won by the first player to mark off all the numbers on any two lines of any of their tickets. This can be different to the one line prize winner.
In this example, the middle and bottom lines won the prize.
Winning The Bingo Prize
Bingo or House
The top prize of Bingo or House is won by the first player to match every number on any one of their tickets.
Remember that in online bingo, the game knows if you’ve won, even if you forget to mark your numbers when they are called. So there’s no way you can miss out on your prize!
