Game variations

No matter what variation of bingo you choose to play, the initial concept always remains the same. For instance, you will always buy tickets in the same fashion, but the actual game itself may vary, and this is dependent on which variation you opt for.

90 Ball Bingo

The 90 ball bingo variation is currently the most popular online bingo game in the UK. Just as the name suggests, it is played with a total of 90 balls in play, all numbered from 1 through 90. In a 90 ball game, the tickets have three horizontal lines and nine vertical lines. In total, there are three prizes and three objectives in order to win one or more prizes. The initial objective is for you to be the first player to make one horizontal line, once this prize has been won; the aim is for a player to make two horizontal lines in order to receive a second slightly larger prize. Finally, to win the third and largest prize of all, you need to get all three horizontal lines, which would mean all your numbers on a ticket have been called. This is known as a full house, and it concludes the game.

80 Ball Bingo

The 80 ball bingo game is one of the newest, and it operates with a total of eighty balls in play, all numbered from one to eighty. The cards or tickets in an 80 ball bingo game are extremely similar to the ones you see in bingo arcades. They are usually four numbers wide by four numbers high and are particularly colourful. Instead of crossing out or daubing your numbers, you click a shutter closed with your mouse instead.

75 Ball Bingo

The 75 ball bingo game is so named because there is a total of seventy-five balls in play; all numbered from one through seventy-five. The tickets in these games are five rows high and five rows wide. In total, each single bingo ticket has 25 squares. However, you always get one free square in every game, so there are only a total of 24 numbers on each card. The aim of the game is to create a predefined shape from your bingo numbers. The shape will be displayed before and during a game, and you simply have to make that shape on your card as your numbers are called.

The 75 ball bingo game is extremely popular in America and Canada, particularly because it tends to be of a faster pace, meaning game turnaround times are low. The game is quickly growing in popularity in the UK, particularly because it has an extra hint of the fun factor that some other games lack.