Bingo cards

If you are new to the world of UK bingo online and are only familiar with the game in your local bingo hall then you may find that when you play at any online bingo site that the bingo cards look a little different to those found in your local hall. The biggest difference is, of course, that you can play more than just 6 bingo tickets per game!

In addition, if you choose to play 75 ball instead of the traditional UK bingo game, 90 ball bingo, you will notice a marked difference from the bingo cards that you are used to.

For 90 ball bingo online the bingo cards are laid out exactly the same as if you were at your local bingo hall; a 3 x 9 grid with each of the three rows containing 5 numbers and 4 blank spaces. To win the game, as in a bingo hall, you have to mark off all numbers on one line, then two lines and then for a full house, all fifteen numbers.

Bingo cards are totally different for 75 ball bingo; each bingo ticket is on a 5 x 5 grid with 25 numbers on in total. When playing traditional 75 ball bingo, or pattern bingo as it is sometime called, you have to cover the numbers as per the pattern shown. Some UK bingo sites will also offer multi-part bingo which means that you have to match one pattern to win one part of the prize pool and then another to win the jackpot.

However, there is a different variant of the 75 ball bingo game now available to play online, multi-line bingo. This is a hybrid of the two games, 75 and 90 ball bingo. Your bingo cards are the same as traditional 75 ball bingo but you have to match lines as in 90 ball bingo.

These are the two main types of bingo cards that you will come across playing at any UK bingo site BUT you may also stumble across 80 ball bingo and even 30 ball bingo!
 

Last Updated: 18/05/2010 12:04:07