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 dominant form of bingo played in North America. The Bingo 75 game’s bingo cards at Bingo Cafe have random numbers that range from one to 75. Once the bingo game has started, the Bingo Cafe computer will call out all 75 Bingo balls – at random – from a pool of 75 balls.

You’ll watch the numbers on your bingo card get marked off as the numbers are called automatically during gameplay. If the number that is called is on your bingo card, then that number is marked off. The very first player to complete the pre-determined pattern with all the numbers marked off on their bingo card wins bingo!

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

Aside from the middle square which has an icon of the Bingo Cafe emblem, every square on the grid has a number.

Winning Pattern
The number of bingo game winning patterns for 75-ball bingo are nearly limitless at Bingo Cafe.

: Prizes & Jackpots
In Bingo Cafe’s , the prize amount is mostly dependent on the number of bingo cards you have and how many players are participating in the bingo game.

All bingo games at Bingo Cafe are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount fluctuates according to hours of play and pre-determined patterns. The first player to score “BINGO” within a set number of balls wins the jackpot. If nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot rolls over to the next game.

Periodically, Bingo Cafe offers a in a select number of bingo games. Bingo Cafe has labeled this the “Bingo Bonanza” Progressive Jackpot and it is played across all participating Leapfrog Gaming sites.

In-Game Options
A lot of game options exist inside Bingo Cafe. You can turn the auto-daub (aka Autoplay) on/off, buy 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 also customize the Bingo Cafe interface.

Buying Bingo Cards
A requirement for joining a bingo game at Bingo Cafe is the purchase of at least 1 bingo card.

You can buy bingo cards on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Quick Buy” tab by clicking the predefined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards) or by selecting a specific number of cards using the plus/minus arrow buttons. The price per card can be seen on the left side of the the “Buy Cards” popup screen.

Choosing Bingo Cards
It’s required that you purchase 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 to purchase on the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “Select Cards” tab. You can either select the whole row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button or by selecting cards one-by-one by clicking on them individually. The colour turns from grey to orange after a card is selected.

Playing the Bingo Game
After you buy cards at Bingo Cafe for a bingo game, you will then need to wait for the game to start. You can monitor how much time is remaining until the game starts by checking the “Next Game” countdown, which can be seen on the left side of the Bingo Cafe game interface.

At Bingo Cafe, new bingo games start every few minutes – so you’ll not be waiting long before the next game starts. While you wait, you can play from directly in the game screen.

As soon as the bingo game begins, all game details can be seen in the information section 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 about what days and hours are specifically the best times to play bingo online, read on…

As far as AM and PM is concerned, playing Bingo Cafe’s online bingo games at dawn, afternoon, evening, or bedtime, really makes no difference at all. Although, some Bingo Cafe players have stated that the best days to wager online occur on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, during midweek, and at no time on Monday’s. With regards to Saturday’s or Sunday’s, most are neutral down the middle.

Even though there isn’t any genuine proof to support these viewpoints (on when is the best time to play online bingo), Internet bingo games providers like Bingo Cafe assure its players that playing bingo on the Internet at any time, on any day, offers equal odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Auto-Daubing) Your Numbers
Bingo Cafe’s bingo rooms allow you to choose whether you’d like to let the Bingo Cafe computer automatically daub your cards for you or by manually daubing your bingo card yourself (by using your mouse). Letting the system for you will make sure you never miss a number.

On the “Buy Cards” popup display under the “AutoPlay” tab, you can select any of the bingo cards you purchased at Bingo Cafe to play automatically. Just press the “Turn On” button and then checkmark the cards you want to have daubed automatically. You can also switch off the auto-daub feature at any time by pressing the “Turn Off” button or by removing the check-mark beside the card you selected for autoplay. Of course, you will always have the option to turn Autodaub back on anytime you want.

Whether you manually daub your numbers or you let the system autoplay for you, neither choice will change the result of the game. If your bingo card wins, Bingo Cafe will award you the jackpot and/or prize – guaranteed!

Chat While Playing Bingo!
Playing bingo at Bingo Cafe is not just about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It is also about making new friendships and chatting with others!

That’s why chat games are such a thrilling aspect of playing bingo at Bingo Cafe. In fact, games to play in a chat room take place in each 75-ball bingo room and are administered by Chat Leaders. You can easily post a message on the chat board to begin a chat and just the same quit a chat via the click of a button.

Bingo Cafe’s Chat Moderators are always available to chat and give support – all the while keeping things interesting. Just make sure you familiarize yourself with the first!

Winning Bingo
If the numbers that have been marked off of your bingo card match the winning pattern, you will score B-I-N-G-O and win the Bingo Cafe game!

At this time, the game will stop and your Bingo Cafe username pops up in a display box showing that you are the winner of that game and the amount you have collected.

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

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