How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the regular style of bingo played in the UK. At Jackpot Liner, the Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards have random numbers ranging from 1 through 90. As soon as the bingo game has started, the Jackpot Liner computer will call out all 90 balls (from a pool of 90 balls) in random order.

When the numbers are called automatically during gameplay, you’ll see 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. If the pattern on your bingo card matches the winning pattern, you’ll hit BINGO and be eligible to win a prize amount at Jackpot Liner in 90-ball bingo.

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

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

The lines are arranged like so:

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

In 90-ball games, the tickets always contain 9 vertical columns and 3 horizontal lines. Because each line has five numbers, each card has a total of 15 numbers.

Winning Pattern
When it comes to 90-ball bingo games at Jackpot Liner, there are 3 winning patterns that allow you to win, and each pattern has its own prize.

Succeeding 90-ball bingo patterns are as follows:

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

At times, players at Jackpot Liner can collect all 3 of the prizes during one game if they’re the first to obtain all three patterns.

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

At Jackpot Liner, all bingo games are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount varies according to pre-determined patterns and hours of play. The first player to hit “BINGO” within a set number of balls wins the jackpot. If no one wins the jackpot, the jackpot rolls over to the following game.

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

Game Options
A lot of game options exist inside Jackpot Liner. You can switch the automatic dauber (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, buy additional bingo cards, or play video slots while waiting for the next bingo game to start. To suit your personal preferences, you can also customize the Jackpot Liner interface.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
The purchase of at least 1 bingo card is a prerequisite for playing in a bingo game at Jackpot Liner.

You can buy bingo cards on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Quick Buy” tab by selecting a set number of cards via the plus/minus arrow buttons or by clicking the pre-defined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards). The price of each card is visible on the left-hand side of the the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen.

Bingo Card(s) Selection
It’s required that you buy at least one 90-ball bingo card at Jackpot Liner to be able to play bingo.

On the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “Select Cards” tab, you can choose specific bingo cards to purchase. You can either select the whole row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button or you can select cards individually by clicking on them one-by-one. The colour turns to orange from grey when a card has been selected.

Playing the Game
After you buy cards for a bingo game at Jackpot Liner, you will then need to wait for the game to start. You can check how much time is remaining before the game begins by watching the “Next Game” countdown, which is visible on the left-hand side of the Jackpot Liner game interface.

At Jackpot Liner, new bingo games occur every few minutes – so you’ll never have to wait long before the next game commences. While you wait, you can play straight from within the game interface.

Once the bingo game starts, all game details will be visible in the info area at the top of the screen. For example, you will see the the prize and jackpot, the winning pattern, total number of players, etc.

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

As far as AM/PM is concerned, playing Jackpot Liner’s virtual bingo games at dawn, lunch time, nightfall, or night, really makes no difference at all. Yet, 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 Monday’s. As for Saturdays or Sundays, they remain neutral down the middle.

Although there is not any concrete proof to back these opinions (on when is the best time to play online bingo), Internet bingo game operators such as Jackpot Liner assure players that playing bingo on the Web on any day, at any time, provides the same odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Automatically Playing) Your Numbers
Jackpot Liner’s bingo rooms let you decide whether you want to let the Jackpot Liner computer automatically daub your cards for you or by daubing your bingo card manually yourself (by using your mouse). Letting the system for you will make sure you never forget to daub a number.

At Jackpot Liner, you can pick any of the bingo cards you purchased to play automatically on the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “AutoPlay” tab. Simply press the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you’d like to have auto-played. Also, you can switch off auto-playing at any time by hitting the “Turn Off” button or by removing the checkmark beside the card you selected for autoplay. Of course, you still be able to switch Autodaub back on anytime you decide.

Whether you daub your numbers manually or you get the system to autodaub for you, neither choice will change the outcome of the game. In case your bingo card wins, Jackpot Liner will award you the prize and/or jackpot – signed, sealed, delivered!

Chat Whilst You Play Bingo!
Playing bingo at Jackpot Liner isn’t just about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It is also about making new buddies and socializing with others!

That’s why chat games are such a big aspect of playing games at Jackpot Liner. In fact, games to play in a chat room go on in each 90-ball bingo room and are moderated by Chat Leaders. You can easily post a message to the chat board to start a chat or just as easily cancel a chat with the click of a button.

Jackpot Liner’s Chat Leaders are always within reach to chat and help out – all while keeping things interesting. Just remember to catch up on a bit of first!

Winning Bingo
You will be eligible to win a prize amount in 90-ball bingo at Jackpot Liner if you score 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 correctly marks off any 2 horizontal lines, and the “Full House” winner goes to the player that correctly marks off all three horizontal lines on their ticket.

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your bingo card, the game comes to a stop and your Jackpot Liner username pops up in a display message showing that you are a winner of that game and how much you’ve won.

Your total winnings will then be credited to your Jackpot Liner account.

* Don’t have a Jackpot Liner account?
to start playing and get £20 FREE (no deposit required).