How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the major type of bingo played in the UK. At Bingo Liner, the Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards have random numbers ranging from 1 through 90. Once the bingo game has begun, the Bingo Liner computer will call out all 90 Bingo balls – randomly – from a pool of 90 balls.

When the numbers are automatically called during gameplay, you will 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. If the pattern on your bingo card matches the predetermined winning pattern, you will get Bingo and be eligible to win a prize amount in 90-ball bingo at Bingo Liner.

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

90-Ball Bingo Cards
The sold for 90-ball bingo games at Bingo Liner display a 3×9 chart of numbers. Each horizontal line of 9 boxes displays 4 empty spots and 5 numbers.

The columns are arranged like so:

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

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

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

Winning patterns in 90-ball bingo are as follows:

• Any One Line (Cover all the numbers in any one row)
• Any Two Lines (Cover all the numbers in any 2 rows)
• Full House (Cover all 15 numbers on a ticket)

In some cases, players can get all 3 of the prizes during one game if they are the first one to get all three of the patterns.

: Prizes & Jackpots
In Bingo Liner’s , the prize amount is dependent on how many bingo cards you purchased and the number of people playing in the bingo game.

All bingo games at Bingo Liner are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount fluctuates according to hours of play and predetermined patterns. The first player to hit “BINGO” within a set number of balls wins the jackpot. In the event no one wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the next game.

Occasionally, Bingo Liner offers a in a select number of bingo games. Bingo Liner calls this the “Mega Vault” (also known as Bingo Bonanza) Progressive Jackpot and it is played across all participating Leapfrog Gaming sites.

Game Options
Many game options exist inside Bingo Liner. You can buy additional bingo cards, turn the autodaub (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, or play video slots while waiting for the next bingo game to start. To suit your personal preferences, you can also personalize the Bingo Liner interface.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: To play in a bingo game at Bingo Liner, you must purchase at least one bingo card.

You can buy bingo cards on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Quick Buy” tab by selecting a specific number of cards using the plus/minus 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 screen.

Picking Bingo Cards
It is a requirement that you buy at least one 90-ball bingo card to be able to play bingo at Bingo Liner.

You have the option to choose which bingo cards to purchase on the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen 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 one-by-one by clicking each card individually. After a card has been selected, the colour changes from grey to orange.

Playing the Bingo Game
After you buy cards at Bingo Liner for a bingo game, you’ll then need to wait for the game to commence. You can track how much time remains until the game starts by looking at the “Next Game” countdown timer, which is visible on the left side of the Bingo Liner game interface.

At Bingo Liner, new bingo games take place every few minutes – so you’ll not be waiting long for the next game to begin. While you’re waiting, you can play from directly within the game screen.

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

TIP: Best Time to
If you would like to find out which days and hours specifically are the best times to play Internet bingo, continue reading…

As far as AM and PM is concerned, playing Bingo Liner’s Internet bingo games at daybreak, lunch time, dark, or night, really makes no difference at all. Although, some players at Bingo Liner have suggested that the best days to gamble online tend to be during mid-week, on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, and at no time on Monday’s. With regards to Saturday’s and Sunday’s, they remain neutral.

Even though there is no actual evidence to back these speculations (on when is the best time to play online bingo), virtual bingo games providers like Bingo Liner assure its players that playing bingo on the Web at any time, on any day, provides equal odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Automatically Daubing) Your Numbers
Bingo Liner’s bingo rooms let you decide whether you’d like to daub your bingo card yourself manually (by using your mouse) or by having the Bingo Liner computer daub your cards automatically for you. Having the system for you will make sure you do not forget to daub a number.

You can pick any of the bingo cards you bought at Bingo Liner for autoplay functionality on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “AutoPlay” tab. Just hit the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you want to have auto-played. Also, you can switch off the auto-play feature anytime by clicking the “Turn Off” button or by removing the checkmark beside the card you chose to autoplay. Of course, you will still have the option to switch Autodaub back on anytime you choose.

Whether you manually daub your numbers or you let the system auto-daub for you, neither choice will change the game outcome. Should your bingo card win, Bingo Liner will award you the prize and/or jackpot – guaranteed!

Chat Whilst Playing Bingo!
Playing bingo at Bingo Liner is not only about playing your cards and counting your chips… It is also about making new friends and chatting with other like-minded folks!

That’s why live chat is such a huge aspect of playing games at Bingo Liner. In fact, chat room games go on in all 90-ball bingo rooms and are moderated by Chat Leaders. You can easily create a chat on the chat board by posting a message or just as easily cancel a chat with the click of a button.

Bingo Liner’s Chat Leaders are always around to have a chat and offer assistance – all while keeping things engaging. Just make sure you catch up on a bit of first!

Winning Bingo
In 90-ball bingo games at Bingo Liner, you will be eligible to win a prize if you hit B-I-N-G-O on any of the following three patterns: One Line, Two Line and/or Full House.

1st place goes to the player that covers any 1 line pattern, the second place winner correctly marks off any 2 horizontal lines, and the “Full House” winner goes to 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 Bingo Liner username will pop up in a display window stating that you’re one of the winners of that game and jackpots and/or prizes you’ve won.

All winnings will be then credited to your Bingo Liner account.

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