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 major style of bingo played in North America. At Bingo Cafe, the Bingo 75 game’s bingo cards have random numbers that range from one to 75. Once the bingo game begins, the Bingo Cafe computer will call out (in random order) all 75 Bingo balls from a pool of 75 balls.

You’ll watch the numbers get marked off on your bingo card as the numbers are called automatically during the game. 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 with all the numbers marked off on their bingo card wins bingo!

75-Ball Bingo Cards
The sold inside Bingo Cafe for 75-ball bingo games have a five-by-five chart of numbers.

Every square on the grid has a number apart from the square in the centre which has an image of the Bingo Cafe logo.

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

: Jackpots & Prizes
In Bingo Cafe’s , the prize amount is largely dependent on the number of people participating in the bingo game and the number of bingo cards you purchased.

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

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

In-Game Options
Inside Bingo Cafe exist many game options. You can turn the autodaub (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, buy new bingo cards, or play video slots while waiting for the next bingo game to start. You can even personalize the Bingo Cafe interface to suit your individual preferences.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
A prerequisite for playing in a bingo game at Bingo Cafe is the purchase of at least 1 bingo card.

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “Quick Buy” tab, you can 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 plus/minus arrows. The price per card can be seen on the left side of the the “Buy Cards” popup screen.

Bingo Cards Selection
It’s required that you purchase at least one 75-ball bingo card in order to play bingo at Bingo Cafe.

You can select specific bingo cards you want to purchase 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 you can select cards individually by clicking each card one-by-one. The colour turns to orange from grey after a card has been selected.

Playing the Bingo Game
After you buy cards at Bingo Cafe for a bingo game, you’ll then wait for the game to start. You can monitor how much time remains until the game starts by looking at the “Next Game” countdown timer, which appears on the left-hand side of the Bingo Cafe game interface.

New bingo games at Bingo Cafe take place every few minutes – so you will never be waiting long for the next game to begin. While you’re waiting, you can play from straight inside the game screen.

As soon as the bingo game commences, all details about the game appear in the info section at the top of the interface. E.g. you will see the total number of players, the jackpot and prize, the winning pattern, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you are curious about which days and/or hours are specifically the best times to play bingo online, continue reading…

As far as AM/PM is concerned, playing Bingo Cafe’s Internet bingo games in the morning, noon, dark, or bedtime, makes exactly no difference at all. Yet, some players at Bingo Cafe have said that the best days to play online are on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, during the middle of the week, and never on Mondays. With regards to Saturdays or Sundays, many remain strictly neutral down the middle.

Even though there is no concrete proof to back up these conclusions (on when is the best time to play online bingo), virtual bingo games operators such as Bingo Cafe assure players that playing bingo on the Internet at any time, on any day, gives equal odds of winning bingo.

Daubing (or Automatically Playing) Your Numbers
Bingo Cafe’s bingo rooms allow you to decide whether you want to let the Bingo Cafe computer daub your cards automatically for you or to daub your bingo card yourself manually (by mouse-click). Letting the system for you will ensure you don’t miss a number.

You can pick any of the bingo cards you purchased at Bingo Cafe to play automatically via the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “AutoPlay” tab. Just press the “Turn On” button and then checkmark the cards you would like to have auto-played. You can also switch off auto-daubing at any time by removing the checkmark beside the card you selected for autoplay or by pressing the “Turn Off” button. Of course, you’ll still be able to switch Autodaub back on anytime you decide.

Whether you get the system to auto-daub for you or you manually daub your numbers, neither choice will change the outcome of the game. 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 only about playing your cards and counting your chips… It is also about making new buddies and connecting with other similar folks!

That’s why chat games are such a significant part of playing bingo at Bingo Cafe. As a matter of fact, chat games go on in every 75-ball bingo room and are supervised by Chat Leaders. To begin a chat, you can easily post a message on the chat board and just the same cancel a chat using the click of your mouse.

Bingo Cafe’s Chat Moderators are always available to have a chat and give assistance – all while keeping things entertaining. Just remember to brush up on some first!

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

At this time, the game will end and your Bingo Cafe username will pop up in a display box stating that you are the winner of that game and prizes and/or jackpots you have won.

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

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