How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the most common 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 commences, the King Jackpot computer will call out all 90 Bingo balls – randomly – from a pool of 90 balls.

You’ll see the numbers get marked off on your bingo card as the numbers are called automatically during gameplay. If the number that is called is on your bingo card, then that number is marked off. If the pattern on your ticket matches the winning pattern, you will hit Bingo and be eligible to win a prize amount at King Jackpot in 90-ball bingo.

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

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

The vertical columns are arranged in this manner:

• 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 games, the cards always have 9 vertical columns and 3 horizontal lines. Because each line contains five numbers, each bingo card has a total of 15 numbers.

Winning Patterns
At King Jackpot, there are 3 successive patterns in 90-ball bingo games that can give you a win, and each individual pattern has its own prize amount.

90-ball bingo succeeding 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 2 rows)
• Full House (Cover all 15 numbers on a ticket)

In some cases, King Jackpot players can get all three of the prize amounts during one game if they are the first one to acquire all 3 of the patterns.

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

All bingo games at King Jackpot are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount fluctuates according to hours of play and pre-determined patterns. The first player to score “BINGO” within a set number of balls wins the jackpot. In the event nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the next game.

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

Game Options
Within King Jackpot exist a whole host of game options. You can turn the autodaub (aka Autoplay) on/off, purchase new bingo cards, or play themed slots while you’re waiting for the next bingo game to start. 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 join a bingo game at King Jackpot.

On the “Buy Cards” popup display under the “Quick Buy” tab, you can purchase bingo cards by selecting a set number of cards with the plus/minus 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 side of the the “Buy Cards” popup display.

Choosing Bingo Cards
It’s required that you purchase at least one 90-ball bingo card in order to play bingo at King Jackpot.

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

Playing the Bingo Game
After you buy cards for a bingo game at King Jackpot, the next step is to wait for the game to start. You can check on the time remaining until the game begins by looking at the “Next Game” countdown timer, which is visible on the left side of the King Jackpot game interface.

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

As soon as the bingo game starts, all details concerning the game will appear in the info area at the top of the interface. For example, you will see the the winning pattern, the prize and jackpot, total number of players, etc.

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

As far as AM/PM is concerned, playing online bingo games at King Jackpot in the morning, afternoon, dark, or bedtime, makes absolutely no difference at all. However, some players at King Jackpot have mentioned that their best days to gamble online occur during midweek, on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, and never on Mondays. Regarding Saturday’s and Sunday’s, many are strictly neutral.

Even though there is not a thread of physical evidence to back these viewpoints (on when is the best time to play online bingo), virtual bingo game providers like King Jackpot assure players that playing bingo online on any day, at any time, provides the same odds of winning bingo.

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

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “AutoPlay” tab, you can pick any of the bingo cards you purchased at King Jackpot to play automatically. Just hit the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you want to have auto-daubed. Also, you can turn off auto-daubing at any time by hitting the “Turn Off” button or by removing the check-mark beside the card you selected for autoplay. Of course, you will always be able to turn Autoplay back on anytime you choose.

Whether you manually daub your numbers or you get the system to autoplay for you, neither choice will alter the game outcome. If your bingo card wins, King Jackpot will award you the jackpot and/or prize – for sure!

Chat While You Play Bingo!
Playing bingo at King Jackpot isn’t just about playing your cards and counting your chips… It is also about making new buddies and connecting with other players!

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

King Jackpot’s Chat Moderators are always reachable to chat and provide assistance – all the while keeping things entertaining. Just remember to enlighten yourself with a little first!

Winning Bingo
In 90-ball bingo at King Jackpot, you’ll be eligible to win a prize amount if you get B-I-N-G-O on any 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, second place goes to the player that covers any two line pattern, and the “Full House” winner covers all 3 lines on their card.

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your bingo card, the game stops and your King Jackpot username opens up in a display message stating that you’re one of the winners 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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