How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the major style of bingo played in the UK. The Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards at Jackpot Liner have random numbers that range from 1 to 90. Once the bingo game begins, the Jackpot Liner computer will call out all 90 Bingo balls – from a pool of 90 balls – randomly.

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

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

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

The lines are arranged like so:

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

In 90-ball games, the cards always contain 3 horizontal lines and 9 vertical columns. Each line has five numbers; thus each bingo card has a total of 15 numbers.

Winning Patterns
When it comes to 90-ball bingo games, there are 3 winning patterns at Jackpot Liner that can get you a win, and each individual pattern has its own prize amount.

Succeeding 90-ball bingo patterns are:

• Any One Line (Cover all of the numbers in any 1 row)
• Any Two Lines (Cover all of the numbers in any two rows)
• Full House (Cover all 15 of the numbers on any card)

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

: Prizes & Jackpots
In Jackpot Liner’s , the prize amount depends on how many people are playing in the bingo game and the number of bingo cards you have.

All bingo games are played for a Jackpot at Jackpot Liner. The Jackpot amount fluctuates based on pre-determined patterns and times of play. The first person to hit “BINGO” within a specific number of balls wins the jackpot. In the event no one wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the following game.

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

Game Options
A whole host of game options exist inside Jackpot Liner. You can switch the automatic dauber (aka Autoplay) on/off, purchase more bingo cards, or play video slots while you wait for the next bingo game to commence. To suit your personal preferences, you can even customize the Jackpot Liner interface.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: To play in a bingo game at Jackpot Liner, you have to purchase at least 1 bingo card.

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Quick Buy” tab, you have the option to purchase bingo cards by selecting a set number of cards with the +/- arrows 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” pop-up screen.

Choosing Bingo Cards
In order to play bingo at Jackpot Liner, it’s a requirement that you buy at least one 90-ball bingo card.

On the “Buy Cards” popup display under the “Select Cards” tab, you have the option to select which bingo cards you want to buy. You can either select the whole row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button or by selecting cards individually by clicking on them one-by-one. The colour changes to orange from grey after a card is selected.

Playing the Game
After you buy cards for a bingo game at Jackpot Liner, you’ll then wait for the game to start. You can check how much time is 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 begin every few minutes – so you’ll never be waiting long before the next game starts. While you’re waiting, you can play from directly inside the game interface.

As soon as the bingo game starts, all details concerning the game will appear in the info area at the top of the screen. For example, you will see the total number of players, the prize and jackpot, the winning pattern, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you are curious as to which days/hours specifically are the best times for playing online bingo, read on…

As far as AM or PM is concerned, playing Jackpot Liner’s virtual bingo games at dawn, afternoon, nightfall, or bedtime, makes exactly no difference whatsoever. Although, some players at Jackpot Liner have mentioned that the best days to wager online occur on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, during midweek, and not at all on Monday’s. As for Saturdays and Sundays, most are strictly divided down the middle.

Even though there is no hard proof to back these observations (on when is the best time to play online bingo), online bingo games operators such as Jackpot Liner assure its players that playing bingo on the Internet at any time, on any day, provides equal odds at winning bingo.

Daubing (or Autodaubing) Your Numbers
Jackpot Liner’s bingo rooms allow you to choose whether you want to daub your bingo card manually yourself (by clicking your mouse) or have the Jackpot Liner computer daub your cards automatically for you automatically. Having the system for you will make sure you never forget to daub a number.

You can choose any of the bingo cards you purchased at Jackpot Liner for autoplay functionality on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “AutoPlay” tab. Simply hit the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you would like to have auto-played. Also, you can switch off the autodaub feature anytime by pressing the “Turn Off” button or by removing the check-mark beside the card you selected for autoplay. Of course, you always be able to turn Autoplay back on anytime you please.

Whether you daub your numbers manually or you have the system autoplay for you, neither option will change the outcome of the game. In case your bingo card wins, Jackpot Liner will award you the prize and/or jackpot – for sure!

Chat While Playing Bingo!
Playing bingo at Jackpot Liner is not only about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It is also about socializing with other similar people and making new friends!

That’s why chat games are such a big aspect of playing games at Jackpot Liner. As a matter of fact, chat room games take place in each 90-ball bingo room and are moderated by Chat Leaders. To start a chat, you can easily post a message to the chat board or just as easily exit a chat using the click of a button.

Jackpot Liner’s Chat Moderators are always accessible to have a chat and provide assistance – all while keeping things interesting. Just don’t forget to catch up on the first!

Winning Bingo
At Jackpot Liner, you will be eligible to win a prize amount in 90-ball bingo games if you get 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, the 2nd place winner is the player that correctly marks off any 2 horizontal lines, and the “Full House” winner goes to the player that covers all 3 lines on their card.

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your bingo ticket, the game stops and your Jackpot Liner username will pop up in a display box showing that you’re a winner of that game and jackpots and/or prizes you have collected.

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

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