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 usual style of bingo played in North America. At Bingo Cafe, the Bingo 75 game’s bingo cards have random numbers ranging from one through 75. Once the bingo game commences, 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 when the numbers are called automatically during the game. If your bingo card has the number that is called, then that number is marked off. The first player to complete the predetermined pattern on their bingo card – with all the numbers marked off - wins BINGO!

75-Ball Bingo Cards
The sold for 75-ball bingo games at Bingo Cafe have a 5×5 grid of numbers.

Aside from the centre square which has an image of the Bingo Cafe logo, each square on the chart has a number.

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

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

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

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

In-Game Options
Lots of game options exist within Bingo Cafe. You can turn the autodaub (aka Autoplay) on/off, buy more bingo cards, or play themed slots while you are waiting for the next bingo game to commence. To suit your personal preferences, you can also personalize the Bingo Cafe interface.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: To join a bingo game at Bingo Cafe, you’ll have to purchase at least one bingo card.

You have the option to buy bingo cards on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Quick Buy” tab by selecting a set number of cards with the plus/minus arrows or by clicking the predefined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards). The price of each card can be seen on the left side of the the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen.

Choosing Bingo Cards
It is a requirement that you buy 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 you want to buy on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Select Cards” tab. You can either select cards individually by clicking on them one-by-one or you can select an entire row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button. The colour turns to orange from grey after a card is selected.

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

New bingo games at Bingo Cafe occur every few minutes – so you’ll not be waiting long before the next game begins. While you wait, you can play straight from within the game screen.

As soon as the bingo game begins, all details concerning the game will appear in the info area at the top of the screen. For example, you will see the the winning pattern, total number of players, the jackpot and prize, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you want to find out which days and/or hours are specifically the best times to play virtual bingo, read on…

As far as AM or PM is concerned, playing Internet bingo games at Bingo Cafe in the morning, lunch time, nightfall, or bedtime, truly makes no difference whatsoever. However, some Bingo Cafe players have suggested that the best days to wager online occur during the middle of the week, on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, and not ever on Mondays. Regarding Saturday’s or Sunday’s, they are strictly neutral down the middle.

Even though there isn’t any hard proof to back these conclusions (on when is the best time to play online bingo), Internet bingo game providers like Bingo Cafe assure players that playing bingo on the Internet at any time, on any day, gives the same odds at winning bingo.

Daubing (or Auto-Playing) Your Numbers
Bingo Cafe’s bingo rooms allow you to decide whether you’d like to manually daub your bingo card yourself (by mouse-click) or have the Bingo Cafe computer daub your cards automatically for you. Letting the system for you will make sure you do not miss a number.

On the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “AutoPlay” tab, you can pick any of the bingo cards you bought at Bingo Cafe to play automatically. Just hit the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you’d like to have auto-played. Also, you can turn off the auto-daub feature anytime by clicking the “Turn Off” button or by removing the check-mark beside the card you selected for autoplay. Of course, you still have the option to switch Auto-daub back on whenever you want.

Whether you let the system auto-daub for you or you daub your numbers manually, neither choice will change the game outcome. 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 only about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It’s also about socializing with others and making new buddies!

That’s why chat games are such an exciting part of playing games at Bingo Cafe. As a matter of fact, chat room games go on in each 75-ball bingo room and are moderated by Chat Leaders. You can easily open a chat on the chat board by posting a message or just the same end a chat with the click of a button.

Bingo Cafe’s Chat Hosts are always within reach to shoot the breeze and offer support – all while keeping things entertaining. Just remember to familiarize yourself with a bit of first!

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

At this time, the game will stop and your Bingo Cafe username will open up in a display box stating that you’re the game winner and the amount you have won.

Your total winnings will then be credited to your Bingo Cafe account.

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