How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the dominant style of bingo played in the United Kingdom. The Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards at King Jackpot have random numbers that range from one through 90. Once the bingo game starts, the King Jackpot computer will call out (at random) all 90 Bingo balls from a pool of 90 balls.

You’ll see the numbers on your bingo card get marked off as the numbers are called automatically during the game. If your bingo card has the number that is called, then that number is marked off. In 90-ball bingo at King Jackpot, if the pattern on your card matches the pre-determined winning pattern, you will hit B-I-N-G-O and be eligible to win a prize amount.

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

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

The columns are arranged in this manner:

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

The cards always have 3 horizontal lines and 9 vertical columns in 90-ball games. Each line has five numbers; thus each ticket has a total of 15 numbers.

Winning Patterns
At King Jackpot, there are three winning patterns in 90-ball bingo games that can give you a win, and each pattern carries its own prize amount.

Successive 90-ball bingo patterns are as follows:

• Any One Line (Cover all the numbers in any 1 row)
• Any Two Lines (Cover all of the numbers in any two rows)
• Full House (Cover all 15 of the numbers on a ticket)

Occasionally, players can collect all 3 of the prizes during a game if they are the first one to get all three of the patterns.

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

At King Jackpot, all bingo games are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount varies based on hours of play and pre-determined patterns. The first person to score “BINGO” within a specific number of balls wins the jackpot. In case nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the following game.

At times, King Jackpot offers a in a limited number of bingo games. King Jackpot calls this the “Mega Vault” (often referred to as Bingo Bonanza) Progressive Jackpot and it is played across all participating Leapfrog Gaming sites.

Game Options
Within King Jackpot exist lots of game options. You can switch the auto-daub (aka Autoplay) on/off, purchase additional bingo cards, or play video slots while you are waiting for the next bingo game to commence. You can even customize the King Jackpot interface to suit your personal preferences.

Buying Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: You must 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” pop-up display under the “Quick Buy” tab by clicking the predefined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards) or by selecting a specific number of cards using the plus/minus arrows. The price per card is visible on the left side of the the “Buy Cards” popup screen.

Bingo Card(s) Selection
To be able to play bingo at King Jackpot, it is required that you buy at least one 90-ball bingo card.

You can select which bingo cards you want to buy on the “Buy Cards” popup display under the “Select Cards” tab. You can either select cards individually by clicking on them one-by-one or you can select an entire row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button. After a card is selected, the colour changes from grey to orange.

Playing the Bingo Game
After you buy cards at King Jackpot for a bingo game, you’ll then wait for the game to commence. You can track how much time remains before the game starts by checking the “Next Game” countdown, which is visible on the left side of the King Jackpot game interface.

New bingo games at King Jackpot occur every few minutes – so you will not need to wait long before the next game begins. While you’re waiting, you can play from straight inside the game screen.

Once the bingo game starts, all details concerning the game will be visible in the information section at the top of the interface. E.g. you’ll see the the winning pattern, total number of players, the jackpot and prize, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you’re curious as to which days and hours specifically are the best times for playing online bingo, read on…

As far as AM/PM is concerned, playing King Jackpot’s virtual bingo games at daybreak, noon, evening, or night, makes truly no difference at all. However, some players at King Jackpot have mentioned that their best days to bet online tend to be on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, during mid-week, and not on Mondays. As for weekends, they remain neutral down the middle.

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

Daubing (or Autodaubing) Your Numbers
King Jackpot’s bingo rooms let you decide whether you want to daub your bingo card manually yourself (by using your mouse) or have the King Jackpot computer daub your cards automatically for you automatically. Having the system for you will make sure you do not miss a number.

You can pick any of the bingo cards you bought at King Jackpot to autoplay on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “AutoPlay” tab. Simply click the “Turn On” button and then checkmark the cards you’d like to have daubed automatically. You can also switch off auto-daubing anytime by hitting the “Turn Off” button or by removing the checkmark beside the card you chose to autoplay. Of course, you’ll still have the option to turn Autodaub back on anytime you choose.

Whether you manually daub your numbers or you have the system autodaub for you, neither choice will affect the game outcome. In case your bingo card is a winner, King Jackpot will award you the jackpot and/or prize – guaranteed!

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

That’s why chat games are such an appealing part of playing games at King Jackpot. In fact, chat room games take place in each 90-ball bingo room and are supervised by Chat Leaders. You can easily start a chat on the chat board by posting a message and just the same exit a chat using the click of a button.

King Jackpot’s Chat Moderators are always available to shoot the breeze and help out – all the while keeping things entertaining. Just don’t forget to catch up on the first!

Winning BINGO
At King Jackpot, you’ll be eligible to win a prize in 90-ball bingo games if you hit BINGO on any of the following three patterns: One Line, Two Line and/or Full House.

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

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your card, the game ends and your King Jackpot username will open up in a display window showing that you are one of the winners of that game and prizes and/or jackpots you have won.

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

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