How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

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

As the numbers are automatically called 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. At Jackpot Liner, if the pattern on your card matches the winning pattern in 90-ball bingo, you’ll score Bingo and be eligible to win a prize amount.

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

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

The columns are arranged like so:

• 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 bingo games, the cards always contain 3 horizontal lines and 9 vertical columns. Each line has five numbers; thus each bingo card totals 15 numbers.

Winning Patterns
At Jackpot Liner, there are 3 winning patterns in 90-ball bingo games that allow you to win, and each individual pattern has its own prize.

Winning patterns in 90-ball bingo are as follows:

• Any 1 Line (i.e. Cover all of the numbers in any single row)
• Any 2 Lines (i.e. Cover all of the numbers in any 2 rows)
• Full House (i.e. Cover all 15 numbers on any card)

Sometimes, Jackpot Liner players can collect all three prizes during a game if they are the first one to obtain all 3 of the patterns.

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

All bingo games are played for a Jackpot at Jackpot Liner. The Jackpot amount varies according to predetermined patterns and hours of play. The first person to hit “B-I-N-G-O” within a specific number of balls wins the jackpot. In case nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot rolls over to the next game.

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

Game Options
Many game options exist inside Jackpot Liner. You can switch the autodaub (aka Autoplay) on/off, purchase more bingo cards, or play themed slots while you’re waiting for the next bingo game to begin. To suit your personal preferences, you can even personalize the Jackpot Liner interface.

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

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “Quick Buy” tab, you can buy bingo cards by selecting a specific 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 per card is visible on the left side of the the “Buy Cards” pop-up display.

Selecting Bingo Cards
In order to play bingo at Jackpot Liner, it’s required that you purchase at least one 90-ball bingo card.

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Select Cards” tab, you can select specific bingo cards you want to buy. You can either select cards one-by-one by clicking each card individually or you can select the whole row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button. After a card has been selected, the colour turns to orange from grey.

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 keep track of the time remaining until the game begins by watching the “Next Game” countdown timer, which can be seen on the left 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 for the next game to commence. While you wait, you can play directly from in the game interface.

Once the bingo game starts, all details about the game appear in the info area at the top of the interface. For example, you’ll see the the winning pattern, the prize and jackpot, total number of players, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you’d like to find out which days/hours are specifically the best times for playing bingo on the Web, continue reading…

As far as AM/PM is concerned, playing Jackpot Liner’s virtual bingo games at dawn, noon, sundown, or bedtime, makes absolutely no difference whatsoever. Yet, some players at Jackpot Liner have mentioned that the best days to gamble online tend to be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, during the middle of the week, and not ever on Mondays. With regards to Saturday’s or Sunday’s, many remain totally divided.

Although there is not a thread of actual proof to back these viewpoints (on when is the best time to play online bingo), Internet bingo game providers such as Jackpot Liner assure players that playing bingo on the Internet on any day, at any time, offers equal odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Auto-Playing) Your Numbers
Jackpot Liner’s bingo rooms let you choose whether you want to let the Jackpot Liner computer automatically daub your cards for you or to daub your bingo card manually yourself (by clicking your mouse). Having the system for you will ensure you never forget to daub a number.

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “AutoPlay” tab, you can select any of the bingo cards you purchased at Jackpot Liner to play automatically. Simply hit the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you would like to have daubed automatically. Also, you can switch off auto-daubing anytime by hitting the “Turn Off” button or by removing the check-mark beside the card you chose to autoplay. Of course, you will always have the option to switch Autodaub back on anytime you so desire.

Whether you daub your numbers manually or you let the system autoplay for you, neither option will affect the game outcome. In case 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 is not only about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It’s also about making new friendships and connecting with other similar people!

That’s why chat games are such a thrilling aspect of playing bingo at Jackpot Liner. In fact, games to play in a chat room take place in all 90-ball bingo rooms and are moderated by Chat Leaders. You can easily post a message to the chat board to begin a chat and similarly quit a chat with the click of a button.

Jackpot Liner’s Chat Moderators are always around to chat and help out – all while keeping things interesting. Just don’t forget to familiarize yourself with a little first!

Winning Bingo
In 90-ball bingo games at Jackpot Liner, you’ll be eligible to win a prize if you hit BINGO on any one of the following 3 horizontal line patterns: One Line, Two Line and Full House.

The 1st place winner is the player that correctly marks off any horizontal line, the second 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 the card.

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your bingo ticket, the game comes to a stop and your Jackpot Liner username pops up in a display box saying that you’re one of the winners of that game and prizes and/or jackpots you have collected.

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

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