How To Play 90-Ball Bingo

Overview: How To Play 90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo is the primary type of bingo played in the UK. The Bingo 90 game’s bingo cards at Bingo Liner have random numbers ranging from one to 90. Once the bingo game has begun, the Bingo Liner computer will call out all 90 Bingo balls – randomly – from a pool of 90 balls.

As the numbers are called automatically during gameplay, you’ll watch the numbers get marked off on your bingo card. If the number that is called is on your bingo card, then that number is marked off. In 90-ball bingo at Bingo Liner, if the pattern on your ticket matches the winning pattern, you’ll get B-I-N-G-O and be eligible to win a prize amount.

First place goes to the player that correctly marks off any horizontal line, 2nd place goes to the player that covers any 2 line pattern, and the “Full House” winner goes to the player that covers all 3 lines on the card.

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

The vertical columns are arranged in this manner:

• 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

In 90-ball games, the cards have 3 horizontal lines and 9 vertical columns. Because each line contains five numbers, each bingo card has a total of 15 numbers.

Winning Patterns
When it comes to 90-ball bingo games at Bingo Liner, there are 3 succeeding patterns that allow you to win, and each pattern has its own prize.

Succeeding patterns in 90-ball bingo are any of the following:

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

On occasion, Bingo Liner players can get all three prizes during a game if they’re the first to acquire all 3 of the patterns.

: Jackpots & Prizes
In Bingo Liner’s , the prize amount mostly depends on the number of people participating in the bingo game and the number of bingo cards you bought.

All bingo games are played for a Jackpot at Bingo Liner. The Jackpot amount varies according to pre-determined patterns and times of play. The first player to hit “BINGO” within a set number of balls wins the jackpot. In the event nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot rolls over to the following game.

At times, Bingo Liner offers a in a select number of bingo games. Bingo Liner has labeled this the “Mega Vault” (aka Bingo Bonanza) Progressive Jackpot and it’s played across all participating Leapfrog Gaming sites.

Game Options
Lots of game options exist inside Bingo Liner. You can buy additional bingo cards, turn the autodaub (aka Autoplay) on/off, or play video slots while you wait for the next bingo game to commence. To suit your personal preferences, you can even personalize the Bingo Liner interface.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
The purchase of at least 1 bingo card is a requirement for playing in a bingo game at Bingo Liner.

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “Quick Buy” tab, you have the option to purchase bingo cards by selecting a specific number of cards with the +/- arrow buttons or by clicking the predefined 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” popup screen.

Choosing Bingo Cards
It’s required that you buy at least one 90-ball bingo card at Bingo Liner to be able to play bingo.

You can select which bingo cards you want to buy on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display 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 individually by clicking each card one-by-one. The colour turns from grey to orange after a card is selected.

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

New bingo games at Bingo Liner occur every few minutes – so you’ll never be waiting long before the next game commences. While you wait, you can play from directly in the game screen.

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

TIP: Best Time to
If you would like to find out what days/hours are specifically the best times to play online bingo, read on…

As far as AM and PM is concerned, playing virtual bingo games at Bingo Liner at dawn, lunch time, nightfall, or night, truly makes no difference at all. However, some Bingo Liner players have said that the best days to gamble online have been during mid-week, on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, and not on Monday’s. With regards to Saturday’s or Sunday’s, many remain neutral down the middle.

Although there is not any hard evidence to back these speculations (on when is the best time to play online bingo), virtual bingo game providers like Bingo Liner assure its players that playing bingo on the Internet on any day, at any time, offers equal odds at winning bingo.

Daubing (or Automatically Daubing) Your Numbers
Bingo Liner’s bingo rooms let you choose whether you’d like to daub your bingo card manually yourself (by clicking your mouse) or by letting the Bingo Liner computer daub your cards automatically for you automatically. Letting the system for you will ensure you do not miss a number.

You can choose any of the bingo cards you purchased at Bingo Liner to play automatically via the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “AutoPlay” tab. Simply click the “Turn On” button and then checkmark the cards you’d like to have auto-daubed. Also, you can turn off auto-playing at any time by pressing the “Turn Off” button or by removing the checkmark beside the card you selected for autoplay. Of course, you’ll always have the option to switch Autoplay back on whenever you decide.

Whether you have the system autodaub for you or you daub your numbers manually, neither choice will affect the result of the game. If your bingo card is a winner, Bingo Liner will award you the jackpot and/or prize – signed, sealed, delivered!

Chat While Playing Bingo!
Playing bingo at Bingo Liner is not only about playing your cards and counting your chips… It is also about connecting with other players and making new friendships!

That’s why live chat is such a huge aspect of playing bingo at Bingo Liner. As a matter of fact, chat room games take place in all 90-ball bingo rooms and are supervised by Chat Leaders. You can easily start a chat by posting a message on the chat board or similarly exit a chat via the click of your mouse.

Bingo Liner’s Chat Leaders are always available to shoot the breeze and give support – all the while keeping things interesting. Just don’t forget to familiarize yourself with the first!

Winning Bingo
At Bingo Liner, you will be eligible to win a prize amount in 90-ball bingo if you score B-I-N-G-O on any one of the following three horizontal line patterns: One Line, Two Line and Full House.

First place goes to the player that covers any 1 line pattern, the 2nd place winner correctly marks off any 2 horizontal lines, and the “Full House” winner covers all 3 lines on their card.

If the winning pattern matches the pattern on your bingo card, the game comes to a stop and your Bingo Liner username will pop-up in a display window showing that you’re one of the winners of that game and how much you have won.

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

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