How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the usual type 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 starts, the King Jackpot computer will call out all 90 Bingo balls – from a pool of 90 balls – at random.

As the numbers are automatically called during the game, you’ll watch the numbers on your bingo card get marked off. If your bingo card has the number that is called, 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 will win BINGO and be eligible to win a prize.

The 1st 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 correctly marks off all 3 horizontal lines on their card.

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

The lines are arranged like so:

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

The cards contain 3 horizontal lines and 9 vertical columns in 90-ball bingo games. Each line contains five numbers; therefore each card totals 15 numbers.

Winning Pattern
In 90-ball bingo games at King Jackpot, there are three winning patterns that can get you a win, and each pattern has its own prize.

Successive 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 2 rows)
• Full House (i.e. Cover all 15 of the numbers on a ticket)

At times, King Jackpot players can collect all 3 prize amounts during one game if they’re the first one to collect all three of the patterns.

: Prizes & Jackpots
In King Jackpot’s , the prize amount is largely dependent on how many players are 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 according to predetermined patterns and times of play. The first person to hit “B-I-N-G-O” within a set number of balls wins the jackpot. If no one wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the following game.

Periodically, King Jackpot offers a in a limited number of bingo games. King Jackpot has named this the “Mega Vault” (aka Bingo Bonanza) Progressive Jackpot and it’s played across all participating Leapfrog Gaming sites.

In-Game Options
Within King Jackpot exist many game options. You can switch the automatic dauber (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, buy additional bingo cards, or play themed slots while you’re waiting for the next bingo game to commence. You can even personalize the King Jackpot interface to suit your personal preferences.

Buying Bingo Cards
The purchase of at least one bingo card is a prerequisite for playing in a bingo game at King Jackpot.

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Quick Buy” tab, you can purchase bingo cards by selecting a set number of cards with the +/- arrows or by clicking the predefined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards). The price of each card can be seen on the left-hand side of the the “Buy Cards” pop-up display.

Bingo Cards Selection
It’s a requirement that you buy at least one 90-ball bingo card in order to play bingo at King Jackpot.

You can choose specific bingo cards you want to buy on the “Buy Cards” pop-up 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. The colour changes from grey to orange after a card has been selected.

Playing the Game
After you buy cards at King Jackpot for a bingo game, you’ll then wait for the game to start. You can check on the time remaining until the game starts by watching the “Next Game” countdown timer, which appears on the left side of the King Jackpot game interface.

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

As soon as the bingo game commences, all details concerning the game will appear in the info area at the top of the screen. E.g. you will see the total number of players, the prize and jackpot, the winning pattern, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you are curious about which days and hours are specifically the best times to play Internet bingo, keep reading…

As far as AM or PM is concerned, playing Internet bingo games at King Jackpot at dawn, afternoon, evening, or night, truly makes no difference whatsoever. However, some players at King Jackpot have mentioned that their best days to wager online occur on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, during mid-week, and not ever on Monday’s. With regards to Saturday’s or Sunday’s, they are divided.

Even though there isn’t any physical evidence to support these opinions (on when is the best time to play online bingo), Internet bingo games providers such as King Jackpot assure its players that playing bingo online on any day, at any time, provides the same odds at winning bingo.

Daubing (or Auto-Daubing) Your Numbers
King Jackpot’s bingo rooms allow you to choose whether you would like to manually daub your bingo card yourself (by clicking your mouse) or by letting the King Jackpot computer daub your cards automatically for you automatically. Having the system for you will ensure you never miss a number.

At King Jackpot, you can select any of the bingo cards you purchased to play automatically via the “Buy Cards” popup display under the “AutoPlay” tab. Just hit the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you would like to have auto-played. You can also switch off auto-playing anytime by hitting the “Turn Off” button or by removing the checkmark beside the card you selected for autoplay. Of course, you still be able to switch Autodaub back on anytime you please.

Whether you manually daub your numbers or you get the system to autodaub for you, neither choice will affect the outcome of the game. Should your bingo card win, King Jackpot will award you the prize and/or jackpot – for sure!

Chat While You Play Bingo!
Playing bingo at King Jackpot isn’t only about playing your cards and counting your chips… It is also about socializing with other similar people and making new friendships!

That’s why live chat is such an exciting aspect of playing games at King Jackpot. In fact, chat room games take place in each 90-ball bingo room and are moderated by Chat Leaders. You can easily open a chat by posting a message to the chat board and just as easily quit a chat using the click of a button.

King Jackpot’s Chat Leaders are always reachable to have a chat and help out – all the while keeping things entertaining. Just make sure you enlighten yourself with a little first!

Winning BINGO
You’ll be eligible to win a prize amount in 90-ball bingo at King Jackpot if you score BINGO on any of the following 3 patterns: One Line, Two Line and/or Full House.

The first place winner is the player that correctly marks off any horizontal line, 2nd 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 the ticket.

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your card, the game comes to a stop and your King Jackpot username opens up in a display window stating that you are a winner of that game and prizes and/or jackpots you’ve collected.

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

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