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 most popular type of bingo played in North America. The Bingo 75 game’s bingo cards at Bingo Cafe have random numbers ranging from 1 to 75. As soon as the bingo game has begun, the Bingo Cafe computer will call out all 75 Bingo balls – in random order – from a pool of 75 balls.

As the numbers are called automatically 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. The 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 at Bingo Cafe for 75-ball bingo games have a five-by-five chart of numbers.

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

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

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

All bingo games are played for a Jackpot at Bingo Cafe. The Jackpot amount fluctuates based on predetermined patterns and hours of play. The first person to score “B-I-N-G-O” within a specific number of balls wins the jackpot. In the event no one wins the jackpot, the jackpot rolls over to the following game.

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

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

Buying Bingo Cards
The purchase of at least 1 bingo card is a requirement for participating in a bingo game at Bingo Cafe.

You can buy bingo cards on the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “Quick Buy” tab by selecting a set number of cards via the +/- arrows or by clicking the pre-defined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards). The price of each card is visible on the left-hand side of the the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen.

Bingo Card Selection
REQUIRED: In order to play bingo at Bingo Cafe, you’ll have to buy at least one 75-ball bingo card.

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “Select Cards” tab, you can select specific bingo cards to buy. 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 each card individually. After a card is selected, the colour changes to orange from grey.

Playing the Game
After you buy cards at Bingo Cafe for a bingo game, you’ll then need to wait for the game to start. You can check how much time is remaining before the game starts by looking at the “Next Game” countdown, which can be seen on the left-hand side of the Bingo Cafe game interface.

New bingo games at Bingo Cafe commence every few minutes – so you’ll never need to wait long for the next game to begin. While you are waiting, you can play from straight inside the game interface.

As soon as the bingo game commences, all details about the game can be seen in the info section at the top of the screen. For example, you’ll see the the winning pattern, total number of players, the jackpot and prize, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you’d like to find out what days and hours are specifically the best times to play online bingo, keep reading…

As far as AM or PM is concerned, playing online bingo games at Bingo Cafe at dawn, afternoon, dark, or night, makes exactly no difference whatsoever. Nonetheless, some players at Bingo Cafe have suggested that the best days to bet online occur during midweek, on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, and not ever on Monday’s. With regards to Saturdays and Sundays, they are divided.

Even though there is no actual proof to back these conclusions (on when is the best time to play online bingo), online bingo games operators such as Bingo Cafe assure its players that playing bingo on the Internet at any time, on any day, provides the same odds at winning bingo.

Daubing (or Autodaubing) Your Numbers
Bingo Cafe’s bingo rooms allow you to choose whether you want to daub your bingo card manually yourself (by clicking your mouse) or by having the Bingo Cafe computer daub your cards automatically for you automatically. Letting the system for you will ensure you do not forget to daub a number.

At Bingo Cafe, you can pick any of the bingo cards you purchased to autoplay on the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “AutoPlay” tab. Just hit the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you want to have auto-daubed. You can also turn off auto-playing at any time by hitting the “Turn Off” button or by clearing the checkmark beside the card you chose to autoplay. Of course, you will always be able to switch Autoplay back on anytime you want.

Whether you daub your numbers manually or you let the system autoplay for you, neither option will change the game outcome. In case your bingo card is a winner, Bingo Cafe will award you the jackpot and/or prize – guaranteed!

Chat While You Play Bingo!
Playing bingo at Bingo Cafe isn’t only about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It’s also about making new friendships and chatting with other similar folks!

That’s why live chat is such a big aspect of playing bingo at Bingo Cafe. In fact, games to play in a chat room go on in all 75-ball bingo rooms and are supervised by Chat Leaders. You can easily begin a chat on the chat board by posting a message or just as easily close a chat with the click of your mouse.

Bingo Cafe’s Chat Leaders are always accessible to shoot the breeze and offer assistance – all the while keeping things entertaining. Just make sure you enlighten yourself with the first!

Winning BINGO
If the winning pattern matches the marked off numbers on your bingo card, you will score BINGO and win the Bingo Cafe game!

Next, the game comes to a stop and your Bingo Cafe username will pop up in a display window showing that you’re that game’s winner and jackpots and/or prizes that you’ve won.

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

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