How To Play 75-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 75-Ball Bingo
75-ball bingo is a variation of 90-ball bingo and is the primary style of bingo played in North America. The Bingo 75 game’s bingo cards at Bingo Cafe have random numbers ranging from 1 through 75. Once the bingo game has begun, the Bingo Cafe computer will call out all 75 Bingo balls – in randomized order – from a pool of 75 balls.

You’ll watch the numbers on your bingo card get marked off as the numbers are automatically called during gameplay. If the number that is called is on your bingo card, then that number is marked off. The first player to complete the predetermined pattern on their bingo card – with all the numbers marked off - wins B-I-N-G-O!

75-Ball Bingo Cards
The sold for 75-ball bingo games in Bingo Cafe have a 5×5 chart of numbers.

Every square on the chart has a number apart from the middle square which has an icon of the Bingo Cafe logo.

Winning Pattern
The number of bingo game winning patterns at Bingo Cafe are pretty much unlimited for 75-ball bingo.

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

At Bingo Cafe, all bingo games are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount varies according to pre-determined patterns and times of play. The first player to score “BINGO” within a set number of balls wins the jackpot. In case nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot rolls over to the next game.

Every so often, Bingo Cafe offers a in a specified number of bingo games. Bingo Cafe has named this the “Bingo Bonanza” Progressive Jackpot and it is played across all participating Leapfrog Gaming sites.

Game Options
Lots of game options exist within Bingo Cafe. You can buy additional bingo cards, switch the autodaub (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, or play video slots while you wait for the next bingo game to start. To suit your personal preferences, you can even customize the Bingo Cafe interface.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
The purchase of at least one bingo card is a requirement for entering a bingo game at Bingo Cafe.

You have the option to buy bingo cards on the “Buy Cards” popup display under the “Quick Buy” tab by clicking the pre-defined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards) or by selecting a set number of cards using the plus/minus arrows. The price of each card can be seen on the left-hand side of the the “Buy Cards” popup screen.

Bingo Card Selection
It’s required that you buy at least one 75-ball bingo card at Bingo Cafe to be able to play bingo.

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

Playing the Game
After you buy cards for a bingo game at Bingo Cafe, you’ll then need to wait for the game to begin. You can check on the time remaining before the game commences by checking the “Next Game” countdown timer, which can be seen on the left side of the Bingo Cafe game interface.

New bingo games at Bingo Cafe take place every few minutes – so you’ll not have to wait long before the next game commences. While you are waiting, you can play from directly within the game screen.

As soon as the bingo game commences, all details concerning the game can be seen in the information area at the top of the screen. E.g. you will see the the winning pattern, total number of players, the prize and jackpot, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you would like to find out which days and/or hours are specifically the best times for playing Internet bingo, keep reading…

As far as AM and PM is concerned, playing Bingo Cafe’s online bingo games in the morning, noon, dark, or bedtime, makes absolutely no difference whatsoever. Yet, some Bingo Cafe players have mentioned that their best days to play online occur on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, during the middle of the week, and at no time on Monday’s. With regards to Saturday’s and Sunday’s, many are neutral.

Although there isn’t any physical evidence to support these views (on when is the best time to play online bingo), virtual bingo games operators such as Bingo Cafe assure players that playing bingo online on any day, at any time, gives equal odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Autoplaying) Your Numbers
Bingo Cafe’s bingo rooms allow you to choose whether you’d like to daub your bingo card yourself manually (by using your mouse) or by letting the Bingo Cafe computer automatically daub your cards for you. Letting the system for you will make sure you don’t forget to daub a number.

You can pick any of the bingo cards you bought at Bingo Cafe to play automatically via 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 auto-daubed. You can also switch off the auto-daub feature at any time by clicking the “Turn Off” button or by removing the checkmark beside the card you chose to autoplay. Of course, you will always have the option to switch Autodaub back on whenever you please.

Whether you manually daub your numbers or you let the system autodaub for you, neither option will affect the game outcome. In the event that your bingo card be a winner, Bingo Cafe will award you the prize and/or jackpot – signed, sealed, delivered!

Chat Whilst Playing Bingo!
Playing bingo at Bingo Cafe is not just about playing your cards and counting your chips… It is also about chatting with other similar people and making new buddies!

That’s why live chat is such a stimulating aspect of playing bingo at Bingo Cafe. In fact, chat room games take place in each 75-ball bingo room and are supervised by Chat Leaders. To create a chat, you can easily post a message to the chat board or just the same close a chat using the click of your mouse.

Bingo Cafe’s Chat Leaders are always within reach to shoot the breeze and provide assistance – all while keeping things engaging. Just make sure you enlighten yourself with some first!

Winning B-I-N-G-O
If the winning pattern matches the numbers on your bingo card that have been marked off, you’ll get BINGO and win the Bingo Cafe game!

At this moment, the game stops and your Bingo Cafe username will pop up in a display message stating that you are that game’s winner and jackpots and/or prizes that you’ve collected.

All your winnings will then be credited to your Bingo Cafe account.

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