How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the major style of bingo played in the United Kingdom. At Jackpot Cafe, the Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards have random numbers ranging from 1 through 90. As soon as the bingo game begins, the Jackpot Cafe computer will call out all 90 Bingo balls – in random order – from a pool of 90 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. At Jackpot Cafe, if the pattern on your card matches the pre-determined winning pattern in 90-ball bingo, you will score Bingo and be eligible to win a prize.

The 1st place winner is the player that correctly marks off any horizontal line, 2nd place goes to the player that covers any two line pattern, and the “Full House” winner goes to the player that correctly marks off all three horizontal lines on their card.

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

The lines are arranged like so:

• 1st Column = 1-9
• 2nd Column = 10-19
• 3rd Column = 20-29
• 4th Column = 30-39
• 5th Column = 40-49
• 6th Column = 50-59
• 7th Column = 60-69
• 8th Column = 70-79
• 9th Column = 80-90

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

Winning Pattern
At Jackpot Cafe, there are three winning patterns in 90-ball bingo games that can give you a win, and each unique pattern carries its own prize.

Successive patterns in 90-ball bingo are as follows:

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

On occasion, players can get all three of the prize amounts during a game if they’re the first one to collect all 3 patterns.

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

All bingo games are played for a Jackpot at Jackpot Cafe. The Jackpot amount fluctuates according to pre-determined patterns and hours of play. The first person to hit “BINGO” within a specific number of balls wins the jackpot. In case no one wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the next game.

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

In-Game Options
Within Jackpot Cafe exist a whole host of game options. You can buy additional bingo cards, turn the auto-daub (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, or play themed slots while you are waiting for the next bingo game to begin. You can also personalize the Jackpot Cafe interface to suit your individual preferences.

Buying Bingo Cards
The purchase of at least one bingo card is a prerequisite for participating in a bingo game at Jackpot Cafe.

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

Bingo Card(s) Selection
To be able to play bingo at Jackpot Cafe, it’s a requirement that you purchase at least one 90-ball bingo card.

You have the option to select which bingo cards you want to purchase on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Select Cards” tab. You can either select an entire row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button or you can select cards one-by-one by clicking each card individually. After a card has been selected, the colour changes from grey to orange.

Playing the Bingo Game
After you buy cards for a bingo game at Jackpot Cafe, you will then wait for the game to commence. You can keep track of the time remaining until the game commences by watching the “Next Game” countdown, which is visible on the left-hand side of the Jackpot Cafe game interface.

New bingo games at Jackpot Cafe start every few minutes – so you’ll not need to wait long for the next game to begin. While you are waiting, you can play directly from within the game interface.

Once the bingo game starts, all details concerning the game appear in the information section at the top of the screen. E.g. you will see the the jackpot and prize, the winning pattern, total number of players, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you are curious about what days and/or hours are specifically the best times to play bingo on the Internet, keep reading…

As far as AM/PM is concerned, playing Internet bingo games at Jackpot Cafe at daybreak, lunch time, sundown, or night, makes absolutely no difference whatsoever. However, some Jackpot Cafe players have stated that their best days to wager online have been on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, during mid-week, and at no time on Monday’s. Regarding weekends, they are divided.

Even though there is not any actual evidence to support these conclusions (on when is the best time to play online bingo), virtual bingo game operators like Jackpot Cafe assure players that playing bingo online on any day, at any time, provides the same odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Autodaubing) Your Numbers
Jackpot Cafe’s bingo rooms let you choose whether you’d like to have the Jackpot Cafe computer daub your cards automatically for you or to daub your bingo card yourself manually (by using your mouse). Having the system for you will ensure you never miss a number.

At Jackpot Cafe, you can select any of the bingo cards you purchased to play automatically 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-played. Also, you can switch off auto-daubing at any time by clearing the check-mark beside the card you chose to autoplay or by pressing the “Turn Off” button. Of course, you’ll still have the option to switch Auto-daub back on anytime you want.

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

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

That’s why live chat is such an exciting part of playing games at Jackpot Cafe. As a matter of fact, chat games take place in every 90-ball bingo room and are supervised by Chat Leaders. To open a chat, you can easily post a message to the chat board and similarly exit a chat via the click of a button.

Jackpot Cafe’s Chat Moderators are always around to shoot the breeze and offer assistance – all the while keeping things entertaining. Just don’t forget to brush up on some first!

Winning BINGO
In 90-ball bingo games at Jackpot Cafe, you will be eligible to win a prize amount if you score BINGO on any of the following 3 patterns: One Line, Two Line and Full House.

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

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your ticket, the game will end and your Jackpot Cafe username will open up in a display message stating that you are one of the winners of the game and the amount you’ve collected.

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

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