How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the main type of bingo played in the United Kingdom. At King Jackpot, the Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards have random numbers ranging from one through 90. Once the bingo game has begun, the King Jackpot computer will call out all 90 Bingo balls – in randomized order – from a pool of 90 balls.

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

First place goes to the player that covers any 1 line pattern, the 2nd place winner is the player that covers any two line pattern, and the “Full House” winner is the player that covers all 3 lines on the card.

90-Ball Bingo Cards
The sold at King Jackpot for 90-ball bingo games have a 3×9 chart of numbers. Each horizontal line contains 9 boxes that display 5 numbers and 4 empty spots.

The columns are arranged like so:

• 1-9 (First Column)
• 10-19 (Second Column)
• 20-29 (Third Column)
• 30-39 (Fourth Column)
• 40-49 (Fifth Column)
• 50-59 (Sixth Column)
• 60-69 (Seventh Column)
• 70-79 (Eighth Column)
• 80-90 (Ninth Column)

In 90-ball games, the tickets always contain 9 vertical columns and 3 horizontal lines. Each line contains five numbers; therefore each ticket totals 15 numbers.

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

Successive patterns in 90-ball bingo are:

• Any 1 Line (i.e. Cover all the numbers in any single row)
• Any 2 Lines (i.e. Cover all of the numbers in any 2 rows)
• Full House (i.e. Cover all 15 numbers on any ticket)

Sometimes, King Jackpot players can get all three prize amounts during a game if they’re the first to get all three of the patterns.

: Jackpots & Prizes
In King Jackpot’s , the prize amount is largely dependent on the number of bingo cards you bought and how many people are participating in the bingo game.

At King Jackpot, all bingo games are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount varies according to hours of play and pre-determined patterns. The first player to hit “B-I-N-G-O” within a set number of balls wins the jackpot. If nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the next game.

Occasionally, King Jackpot offers a in a limited number of bingo games. King Jackpot 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
Inside King Jackpot exist many game options. You can turn the autodaub (aka Autoplay) on/off, buy new bingo cards, or play video slots while you’re waiting for the next bingo game to commence. You can also personalize the King Jackpot interface to suit your personal preferences.

Buying Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: You’ll have to purchase at least one bingo card to enter a bingo game at King Jackpot.

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

Picking Bingo Cards
To be able to play bingo at King Jackpot, it’s a requirement that you buy at least one 90-ball bingo card.

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

Playing the Bingo Game
After you buy cards at King Jackpot for a bingo game, you’ll then wait for the game to start. You can monitor how much time is remaining before the game starts by checking the “Next Game” countdown timer, which can be seen on the left-hand side of the King Jackpot game interface.

At King Jackpot, new bingo games start every few minutes – so you’ll not need to wait long for the next game to start. While you are waiting, you can play directly from in the game screen.

Once the bingo game starts, all details about the game will appear in the information area at the top of the interface. For example, you will see the total number of players, the jackpot and prize, the winning pattern, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you would like to find out what days and/or hours specifically are the best times for playing virtual bingo, keep reading…

As far as AM/PM is concerned, playing King Jackpot’s Internet bingo games at dawn, afternoon, dark, or night, actually makes no difference whatsoever. Although, some King Jackpot players have said that their best days to play online are on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, during midweek, and never on Monday’s. With regards to Saturdays or Sundays, many are divided.

Even though there is not any genuine evidence to back these thoughts (on when is the best time to play online bingo), online bingo game operators such as King Jackpot assure its players that playing bingo on the Internet on any day, at any time, gives equal odds at winning bingo.

Daubing (or Automatically Daubing) Your Numbers
King Jackpot’s bingo rooms allow you to decide whether you’d like to let the King Jackpot computer daub your cards automatically for you automatically or manually daub your bingo card yourself (by mouse-click). Letting the system for you will ensure you never forget to daub a number.

You can choose any of the bingo cards you purchased at King Jackpot to autoplay via the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “AutoPlay” tab. Just hit the “Turn On” button and then checkmark the cards you’d like to have auto-daubed. You can also switch off auto-daubing at any time by hitting the “Turn Off” button or by clearing the checkmark beside the card you chose to autoplay. Of course, you always have the option to turn Autodaub back on anytime you choose.

Whether you get the system to auto-daub for you or you manually daub your numbers, neither option will change the game outcome. In the event that your bingo card wins, King Jackpot will award you the prize and/or jackpot – for sure!

Chat Whilst You Play Bingo!
Playing bingo at King Jackpot is not just about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It’s also about making new friends and chatting with other players!

That’s why chat games are such an appealing part of playing games at King Jackpot. As a matter of fact, chat games go on in every 90-ball bingo room and are administered by Chat Leaders. You can easily open a chat on the chat board by posting a message or just the same quit a chat with the click of a button.

King Jackpot’s Chat Leaders are always around to chat and provide assistance – all while keeping things entertaining. Just remember to enlighten yourself with a bit of first!

Winning Bingo
In 90-ball bingo at King Jackpot, you’ll be eligible to win a prize amount if you hit BINGO on any of the following three horizontal line patterns: One Line, Two Line and Full House.

The first place winner is the player that correctly marks off any horizontal line, the second place winner correctly marks off any 2 horizontal lines, and the “Full House” winner correctly marks off all 3 horizontal lines on their ticket.

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your bingo ticket, the game will stop and your King Jackpot username pops up in a display box showing that you’re a winner of the game and the amount you have collected.

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

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