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 ranging from 1 to 90. Once the bingo game begins, the King Jackpot computer will call out all 90 Bingo balls – from a pool of 90 balls – in randomized order.

As the numbers are called automatically during the game, you will see the numbers on your bingo card get marked off. 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 ticket matches the pre-determined winning pattern in 90-ball bingo, you’ll score Bingo and be eligible to win a prize amount.

1st place goes to the player that covers any one line pattern, the 2nd place winner is 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 in King Jackpot display a 3×9 chart of numbers. Each horizontal line of 9 boxes displays 4 empty spots and 5 numbers.

The vertical columns are arranged like so:

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

The tickets always contain 3 horizontal lines and 9 vertical columns in 90-ball bingo games. Each line has five numbers; thus each bingo ticket totals 15 numbers.

Winning Pattern
At King Jackpot, there are 3 succeeding patterns in 90-ball bingo games that allow you to win, and each individual pattern has its own prize amount.

Successive patterns in 90-ball bingo are as follows:

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

In some cases, players at King Jackpot can collect all three prizes during a game if they are the first one to obtain all three patterns.

: Prizes & Jackpots
In King Jackpot’s , the prize amount largely depends on the number of people playing in the bingo game and how many bingo cards you purchased.

At King Jackpot, all bingo games are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount fluctuates according to hours of play and pre-determined patterns. The first person to hit “BINGO” within a specific number of balls wins the jackpot. If nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot rolls over to the next game.

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

In-Game Options
Inside King Jackpot exist a whole host of game options. You can turn the auto-daub (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, buy more bingo cards, or play video slots while 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: To join a bingo game at King Jackpot, you must purchase at least one bingo card.

You have the option to purchase bingo cards on the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “Quick Buy” tab by selecting a specific number of cards using the +/- arrow buttons or by clicking the predefined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards). The price per card can be seen on the left side of the the “Buy Cards” popup display.

Choosing Bingo Cards
In order to play bingo at King Jackpot, it’s required that you buy at least one 90-ball bingo card.

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

Playing the Bingo 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 track how much time remains until the game begins by looking at the “Next Game” countdown, which appears on the left side of the King Jackpot game interface.

New bingo games at King Jackpot commence every few minutes – so you’ll not be waiting long for the next game to commence. While you’re waiting, you can play straight from in the game screen.

Once the bingo game commences, all game details can be seen in the info area at the top of the interface. For example, you will see the the winning pattern, total number of players, the jackpot and prize, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you are curious about what days/hours are specifically the best times to play bingo online, keep reading…

As far as AM or PM is concerned, playing virtual bingo games at King Jackpot during the morning, noon, sundown, or bedtime, really makes no difference at all. Although, some players at King Jackpot have stated that their best days to wager online tend to be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, during mid-week, and at no time on Monday’s. With regards to Saturday’s or Sunday’s, many remain strictly divided.

Although there is no hard evidence to back these views (on when is the best time to play online bingo), online bingo games operators such as King Jackpot assure its players that playing bingo on the Internet on any day, at any time, provides the same odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Automatically Daubing) Your Numbers
King Jackpot’s bingo rooms allow you to decide whether you would like to have the King Jackpot computer daub your cards automatically for you or by daubing your bingo card yourself manually (by using your mouse). Letting the system for you will make sure you don’t miss a number.

On the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “AutoPlay” tab, you can pick any of the bingo cards you bought at King Jackpot for autoplay functionality. Just press the “Turn On” button and then checkmark the cards you want to have auto-played. You can also turn off auto-daubing anytime by pressing 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 auto-daub for you, neither option will change the outcome of the game. If your bingo card wins, King Jackpot will award you the jackpot and/or prize – signed, sealed, delivered!

Chat Whilst Playing Bingo!
Playing bingo at King Jackpot is not just about playing your cards and counting your chips… It is also about socializing with other similar folks and making new friends!

That’s why live chat is such a significant aspect of playing games at King Jackpot. As a matter of fact, chat room games go on in each 90-ball bingo room and are moderated by Chat Leaders. To start a chat, you can easily post a message on the chat board or just the same quit a chat with the click of your mouse.

King Jackpot’s Chat Leaders are always around to shoot the breeze and offer support – all the while keeping things engaging. Just don’t forget to enlighten yourself with some 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 one of the following 3 patterns: One Line, Two Line and/or Full House.

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

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your bingo ticket, the game comes to an end and your King Jackpot username will open up in a display message stating that you’re one of the winners of that game and how much you have collected.

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

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