How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the major version of bingo played in the United Kingdom. The Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards at Jackpot Liner have random numbers ranging from 1 through 90. Once the bingo game starts, the Jackpot Liner computer will call out all 90 balls (from a pool of 90 balls) in randomized order.

As the numbers are automatically called during the game, you’ll watch the numbers get marked off on your bingo card. If your bingo card has the number that is called, then that number is marked off. In 90-ball bingo at Jackpot Liner, if the pattern on your ticket matches the pre-determined winning pattern, you will win BINGO and be eligible to win a prize amount.

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

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

The vertical columns are arranged in this manner:

• 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

In 90-ball games, the cards have 9 vertical columns and 3 horizontal lines. Because each line has five numbers, each ticket totals 15 numbers.

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

Winning patterns in 90-ball bingo are as follows:

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

In some cases, players can get all 3 prize amounts during a game if they’re the first one to collect all three patterns.

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

All bingo games at Jackpot Liner are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount fluctuates according to times of play and predetermined patterns. The first player to hit “B-I-N-G-O” within a specific number of balls wins the jackpot. In case nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the following game.

Sometimes, Jackpot Liner offers a in a select number of bingo games. Jackpot Liner has coined 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 within Jackpot Liner. You can turn the auto-daub (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, purchase more bingo cards, or play video slots while you’re waiting for the next bingo game to commence. You can even personalize the Jackpot Liner interface to suit your personal preferences.

Buying Bingo Cards
The purchase of at least one bingo card is a requirement for joining a bingo game at Jackpot Liner.

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

Bingo Cards Selection
It is a requirement that you buy at least one 90-ball bingo card in order to play bingo at Jackpot Liner.

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

Playing the Bingo Game
After you buy cards at Jackpot Liner for a bingo game, you’ll then wait for the game to begin. You can keep track of the time remaining before the game commences by looking at the “Next Game” countdown, which is visible on the left side of the Jackpot Liner game interface.

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

Once the bingo game starts, all details about the game will be visible in the info section at the top of the screen. E.g. you’ll see the the winning pattern, the jackpot and prize, total number of players, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you are curious as to what days and hours specifically are the best times for playing bingo online, continue reading…

As far as AM or PM is concerned, playing Jackpot Liner’s virtual bingo games during the morning, afternoon, evening, or bedtime, truly makes no difference at all. However, some players at Jackpot Liner have stated that the best days to play online occur during the middle of the week, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and not at all on Mondays. As for Saturday’s and Sunday’s, most are strictly divided down the middle.

Even though there is not any physical proof to back up these conclusions (on when is the best time to play online bingo), online bingo game providers like Jackpot Liner assure players that playing bingo online on any day, at any time, offers the same odds at winning bingo.

Daubing (or Automatically Playing) Your Numbers
Jackpot Liner’s bingo rooms let you decide whether you would like to have the Jackpot Liner computer daub your cards automatically for you or by daubing your bingo card manually yourself (by mouse-click). Having the system for you will ensure you never miss a number.

You can choose any of the bingo cards you bought at Jackpot Liner to autoplay on the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “AutoPlay” tab. Just hit the “Turn On” button and then checkmark the cards you would like to have daubed automatically. You can also switch off the auto-play feature at any time by removing the checkmark beside the card you selected for autoplay or by clicking the “Turn Off” button. Of course, you still have the option to switch Auto-daub back on anytime you decide.

Whether you have the system autoplay for you or you manually daub your numbers, neither option will change the game result. If your bingo card wins, Jackpot Liner will award you the prize and/or jackpot – no matter what!

Chat Whilst You Play Bingo!
Playing bingo at Jackpot Liner isn’t only about playing your cards and counting your chips… It is also about making new buddies and socializing with other similar people!

That’s why live chat is such a huge part of playing games at Jackpot Liner. In fact, chat games take place in all 90-ball bingo rooms and are administered by Chat Leaders. To start a chat, you can easily post a message to the chat board and just as easily terminate a chat via the click of your mouse.

Jackpot Liner’s Chat Moderators are always accessible to chat and give support – all the while keeping things entertaining. Just make sure you familiarize yourself with the first!

Winning B-I-N-G-O
At Jackpot Liner, you will be eligible to win a prize in 90-ball bingo if you get B-I-N-G-O on any one of the following three patterns: One Line, Two Line and Full House.

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

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your bingo ticket, the game comes to a stop and your Jackpot Liner username will pop-up in a display message showing that you’re one of the winners of the game and jackpots and/or prizes you’ve collected.

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

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