How to Play Bingo - About Bingo Online

It is estimated that over 1 Billion people have played Bingo, if your not one of them your missing out on the fun

Bingo is played using Bingo Cards, a picture of a Bingo Card Follows. The Card has 5 Columns each column starts with a letter of the word B-I-N-G-O, each column is split into 5 rows. Each row has a series of numbers, these numbers can be anywhere from 1 - 75.

The Bingo Card

Each space in the 'B' column contains a number from 1 - 15.
Each space in the 'I' column contains a number from 16 - 30.
Each space in the 'N' column contains a number from 31 - 45.
Each space in the 'G' column contains a number from 46 - 60.
Each space in the 'O' column contains a number from 61 - 75.

To play Bingo you will have to purchase your cards. Some online bingo halls allow you to select your own numbers for your cards but usually the numbers on your card are randomly selected.

If we presume that there are six billion people in the world today, that means that there are 92,074,412,343,521,400 cards for each and every person in the world. Your chances of randomly playing the same card twice is pretty slim.

The goal in bingo is to match the numbers on your card to randomly selected numbers. The numbers traditionally are randomly selected by the use of painted balls. Each ball has a number and a letter on it or just a number. The balls are selected by a caller who calls out the numbers as they are selected. You must "daub" your card, that is match the called number to the numbers on your card and mark them. Playing Online Bingo the numbers are selected by Random Number Generators and you are usually able to set your games up so your cards will be auto-daubed.

As the game progresses and your card is daubed it begins to get filled in. The winning BINGO Card is the one where the daubed numbers match the pattern selected for the game. When your cards pattern matches the game pattern you can call BINGO!, the card will be checked and if it is the winning card your are awarded the prize. Online Bingo features auto daubing so usually they will keep track of your card and declare bingo for you.

Some Patterns - if your card matches the pattern you win, many different patterns can be used be sure you know what pattern is being played.

The winning card gets the prize. Games may also features progressive jackpots, Progressive Jackpots are Jackpots that grow with each game. The Jackpot can be won when you get BINGO in an unusually small number of small called numbers or for some other special event that has taken place in the game. Progressive Jackpots can be HUGE!