How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the most popular type of bingo played in the UK. The Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards at King Jackpot have random numbers ranging from 1 to 90. Once the bingo game starts, the King Jackpot computer will call out all 90 Bingo balls – from a pool of 90 balls – in random order.

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

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

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

The vertical columns are arranged like so:

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

In 90-ball bingo games, the cards always have 9 vertical columns and 3 horizontal lines. Each line has five numbers; therefore each ticket has a total of 15 numbers.

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

Winning patterns in 90-ball bingo are as such:

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

In some cases, King Jackpot players can collect all three prizes during a game if they’re the first one to achieve all 3 of the patterns.

: Jackpots & Prizes
In King Jackpot’s , the prize amount is dependent on the number of players playing in the bingo game and how many bingo cards you hold.

At King Jackpot, all bingo games are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount varies based on times of play and predetermined patterns. The first player to score “B-I-N-G-O” within a specific number of balls wins the jackpot. If no one wins the jackpot, the jackpot rolls over to the following game.

Sometimes, King Jackpot offers a in a select number of bingo games. King Jackpot has coined this the “Mega Vault” (aka Bingo Bonanza) Progressive Jackpot and it is played across all participating Leapfrog Gaming sites.

In-Game Options
Inside King Jackpot exist a slew of game options. You can switch the automatic dauber (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, purchase additional bingo cards, or play video slots while you wait for the next bingo game to commence. To suit your personal preferences, you can even personalize the King Jackpot interface.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
The purchase of at least one bingo card is a requirement for entering a bingo game at King Jackpot.

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

Selecting Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: In order to play bingo at King Jackpot, you have to buy at least one 90-ball bingo card.

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

Playing the Game
After you buy cards at King Jackpot for a bingo game, you will then need to wait for the game to begin. You can monitor how much time is remaining before the game commences by checking the “Next Game” countdown timer, which is visible on the left side of the King Jackpot game interface.

New bingo games at King Jackpot commence every few minutes – so you will not be waiting long before the next game commences. While you are waiting, you can play straight from in the game screen.

As soon as the bingo game starts, all details concerning the game will be visible in the information section at the top of the screen. E.g. you will see the the prize and jackpot, the winning pattern, total number of players, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you’re wondering which days and/or hours are specifically the best times for playing virtual bingo, read on…

As far as AM and PM is concerned, playing King Jackpot’s online bingo games during the morning, noon, dark, or bedtime, makes precisely no difference at all. Nonetheless, some players at King Jackpot have mentioned that the best days to gamble online are on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, during midweek, and at no time on Mondays. With regards to Saturday’s or Sunday’s, many are strictly neutral down the middle.

Even though there isn’t any physical proof to back up these speculations (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, gives the same odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Autodaubing) Your Numbers
King Jackpot’s bingo rooms let you choose whether you’d like to have the King Jackpot computer daub your cards automatically for you or by manually daubing your bingo card yourself (by using your mouse). Letting the system for you will ensure you never miss a number.

At King Jackpot, you can choose any of the bingo cards you purchased to play automatically via the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “AutoPlay” tab. Just hit the “Turn On” button and then checkmark the cards you want to have auto-daubed. You can also switch off auto-playing at any time by removing the checkmark beside the card you selected for autoplay or by clicking the “Turn Off” button. Of course, you’ll still be able to turn Auto-daub back on whenever you please.

Whether you let the system autoplay for you or you daub your numbers manually, neither choice will alter the game outcome. In the event that your bingo card be a winner, King Jackpot will award you the jackpot and/or prize – no matter what!

Chat Whilst Playing Bingo!
Playing bingo at King Jackpot isn’t only about playing your cards and counting your chips… It’s also about making new friends and socializing with other players!

That’s why chat games are such a huge aspect of playing bingo at King Jackpot. In fact, chat room games take place in all 90-ball bingo rooms and are supervised by Chat Leaders. You can easily start a chat on the chat board by posting a message and just the same terminate a chat with the click of a button.

King Jackpot’s Chat Moderators are always reachable to chat and give support – all the while keeping things interesting. Just make sure you brush up on the first!

Winning BINGO
At King Jackpot, you will be eligible to win a prize in 90-ball bingo if you get B-I-N-G-O on any one of the following three patterns: One Line, Two Line and/or Full House.

The 1st place winner is the player that covers any one line pattern, the 2nd place winner is the player that correctly marks off any 2 horizontal lines, and the “Full House” winner goes to the player that correctly marks off all three horizontal lines on their ticket.

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your bingo ticket, the game ends and your King Jackpot username will open up in a display message showing that you’re a winner of the game and how much you’ve won.

All of your winnings will be then credited to your King Jackpot account.

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