How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the standard form of bingo played in the United Kingdom. The Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards at King Jackpot have random numbers ranging from 1 through 90. As soon as the bingo game has begun, the King Jackpot computer will call out all 90 Bingo balls – from a pool of 90 balls – randomly.

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

The 1st place winner is the player that correctly marks off any horizontal line, the 2nd place winner covers any two line pattern, and the “Full House” winner is the player that correctly marks off all 3 horizontal lines on their ticket.

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

The lines 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)

The tickets have 9 vertical columns and 3 horizontal lines in 90-ball bingo games. Because each line has five numbers, each bingo card totals 15 numbers.

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

Succeeding 90-ball bingo patterns are as below:

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

Sometimes, King Jackpot players can get all 3 of the prizes during one game if they are the first one to achieve all 3 patterns.

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

All bingo games at King Jackpot are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount fluctuates according to times of play and pre-determined patterns. The first player to score “BINGO” within a specific number of balls wins the jackpot. In case no one wins the jackpot, the jackpot rolls over to the following game.

Every so often, King Jackpot offers a in a select 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
Within King Jackpot exist a whole host of game options. You can switch the autodaub (aka Autoplay) on/off, buy more bingo cards, or play video slots while waiting for the next bingo game to commence. You can also personalize the King Jackpot interface to suit your individual preferences.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: To participate in a bingo game at King Jackpot, you have to purchase at least one bingo card.

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

Bingo Cards Selection
It is a requirement that you purchase at least one 90-ball bingo card at King Jackpot to be able to play bingo.

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Select Cards” tab, you can select specific bingo cards you want to purchase. 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. When a card is selected, the colour changes from grey to orange.

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

New bingo games at King Jackpot begin every few minutes – so you will not have to wait long for the next game to start. While you’re waiting, you can play from directly in the game screen.

As soon as the bingo game starts, all game details appear in the info area at the top of the interface. E.g. you’ll see the the winning pattern, the jackpot and prize, total number of players, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you would like to find out which days/hours are specifically the best times for playing bingo on the Web, continue reading…

As far as AM and PM is concerned, playing online bingo games at King Jackpot at sunrise, lunch time, nightfall, or bedtime, makes exactly no difference at all. However, some King Jackpot players have suggested that the best days to bet online occur on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, during mid-week, and at no time on Monday’s. With regards to Saturday’s and Sunday’s, many remain neutral down the middle.

Although there is not any actual proof to back these observations (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 at any time, on any day, gives equal odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Automatically Daubing) Your Numbers
King Jackpot’s bingo rooms let you choose whether you’d like to daub your bingo card yourself manually (by mouse-click) or by letting the King Jackpot computer daub your cards automatically for you automatically. Having the system for you will ensure you don’t miss a number.

At King Jackpot, you can select any of the bingo cards you purchased for autoplay functionality on the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “AutoPlay” tab. Just click the “Turn On” button and then checkmark the cards you would like to have auto-daubed. Also, you can turn off auto-playing anytime by removing the checkmark beside the card you chose to autoplay or by pressing the “Turn Off” button. Of course, you always have the option to turn Auto-daub back on whenever you so desire.

Whether you daub your numbers manually or you get the system to auto-daub for you, neither choice will affect the outcome of the game. 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 You Play Bingo!
Playing bingo at King Jackpot isn’t just about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It is also about chatting with other similar people and making new buddies!

That’s why live chat is such a huge part of playing games at King Jackpot. In fact, chat room games take place in every 90-ball bingo room and are administered by Chat Leaders. You can easily create a chat by posting a message to the chat board or just as easily cancel a chat via the click of your mouse.

King Jackpot’s Chat Hosts are always available to have a chat and offer support – all while keeping things entertaining. Just make sure you brush up on your first!

Winning B-I-N-G-O
You’ll be eligible to win a prize in 90-ball bingo at King Jackpot if you hit B-I-N-G-O on any one 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, the second place winner is the player that correctly marks off any 2 horizontal lines, and the “Full House” winner is the player that correctly marks off all 3 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 pop-up in a display box stating that you’re a winner of the game and jackpots and/or prizes you’ve collected.

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

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