How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

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

When the numbers are automatically called during the game, you will see the numbers on your bingo card get marked off. 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 bingo ticket matches the winning pattern, you will hit Bingo and be eligible to win a prize amount.

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 the ticket.

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

The vertical columns are arranged like so:

• 1-9 (First Column)
• 10-19 (Second Column)
• 20-29 (Third Column)
• 30-39 (Fourth Column)
• 40-49 (Fifth Column)
• 50-59 (Sixth Column)
• 60-69 (Seventh Column)
• 70-79 (Eighth Column)
• 80-90 (Ninth Column)

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

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

Successive patterns in 90-ball bingo are:

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

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

: Jackpots & Prizes
In Jackpot Liner’s , the prize amount is mostly dependent on how many players are participating 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 according to pre-determined patterns and times of play. The first player to hit “B-I-N-G-O” within a specific number of balls wins the jackpot. In the event no one wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the next game.

Periodically, 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 is played across all participating Leapfrog Gaming sites.

Game Options
Within Jackpot Liner exist a lot of game options. You can buy additional bingo cards, switch the autodaub (aka Autoplay) on/off, or play themed slots while you’re waiting for the next bingo game to begin. To suit your individual preferences, you can even personalize the Jackpot Liner interface.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
A prerequisite for joining a bingo game at Jackpot Liner is the purchase of at least one bingo card.

On the “Buy Cards” popup display under the “Quick Buy” tab, you can purchase bingo cards by clicking the predefined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards) or by selecting a set number of cards using the +/- arrows. The price of each card is visible on the left side of the the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen.

Selecting Bingo Cards
It is required that you purchase at least one 90-ball bingo card at Jackpot Liner to be able to play bingo.

You can select which bingo cards to buy on the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “Select Cards” tab. You can either select cards one-by-one by clicking on them individually or you can select the whole row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button. The colour turns to orange from grey when a card is selected.

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

At Jackpot Liner, new bingo games start every few minutes – so you’ll not have to wait long for the next game to commence. While you wait, you can play from straight inside the game screen.

Once the bingo game begins, all details about the game can be seen in the info area at the top of the interface. For example, you will see the the jackpot and prize, the winning pattern, total number of players, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you’re wondering which days/hours specifically are the best times to play online bingo, read on…

As far as AM and PM is concerned, playing online bingo games at Jackpot Liner in the morning, lunch time, nightfall, or night, makes really no difference at all. Nonetheless, some Jackpot Liner players have said that the best days to bet online occur during mid-week, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and at no time on Monday’s. As for Saturday’s and Sunday’s, they are totally divided.

Although there is no actual evidence to back up these thoughts (on when is the best time to play online bingo), online bingo game operators like Jackpot Liner assure its players that playing bingo on the Internet at any time, on any day, gives the same odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Automatically Daubing) Your Numbers
Jackpot Liner’s bingo rooms let you choose whether you want to daub your bingo card manually yourself (by mouse-click) or have the Jackpot Liner computer automatically daub your cards for you. Having the system for you will ensure you don’t forget to daub a number.

On the “Buy Cards” popup display under the “AutoPlay” tab, you can pick any of the bingo cards you bought at Jackpot Liner to autoplay. Simply hit the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you would like to have auto-daubed. You can also switch off the auto-play feature 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 be able to turn Autoplay back on whenever you choose.

Whether you get the system to autodaub for you or you daub your numbers manually, neither option will change the game outcome. In case your bingo card is a winner, Jackpot Liner will award you the jackpot and/or prize – no matter what!

Chat Whilst Playing Bingo!
Playing bingo at Jackpot Liner isn’t just about playing your cards and counting your chips… It’s also about connecting with other like-minded folks and making new buddies!

That’s why chat games are such a thrilling aspect of playing games at Jackpot Liner. As a matter of fact, chat games go on in each 90-ball bingo room and are administered by Chat Leaders. You can easily begin a chat by posting a message to the chat board and just the same end a chat with the click of a button.

Jackpot Liner’s Chat Leaders are always around to have a chat and provide support – all while keeping things entertaining. Just make sure you catch up on a little first!

Winning Bingo
In 90-ball bingo at Jackpot Liner, you will be eligible to win a prize amount if you get B-I-N-G-O on any one of the following 3 horizontal line patterns: One Line, Two Line and/or Full House.

The first place winner is the player that covers any 1 line pattern, second place goes to the player that correctly marks off any 2 horizontal lines, and the “Full House” winner is the player that covers all 3 lines on their ticket.

If the pattern on your card matches the winning pattern, the game will end and your Jackpot Liner username pops up in a display message saying that you’re a winner of the game and how much you have collected.

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

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