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 type of bingo played in North America. The Bingo 75 game’s bingo cards at Bingo Cafe 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 get marked off on your bingo card as the numbers are automatically called during the game. If the number that is called is on your bingo card, then that number is marked off. The very first player to complete the predetermined pattern on their bingo card – with all the numbers marked off - wins B-I-N-G-O!

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

Apart from the centre square which has an icon of the Bingo Cafe logo, every square on the grid has a number.

Winning Pattern
At Bingo Cafe, the number of bingo game winning patterns for 75-ball bingo are about limitless.

: Prizes & Jackpots
In Bingo Cafe’s , the prize amount largely depends on how many people are participating in the bingo game and how many bingo cards you hold.

All bingo games are played for a Jackpot at Bingo Cafe. The Jackpot amount fluctuates based on hours of play and predetermined patterns. The first person to score “B-I-N-G-O” 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.

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

Game Options
A whole host of game options exist inside Bingo Cafe. You can switch the autodaub (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, purchase additional bingo cards, or play themed slots while you wait for the next bingo game to begin. You can also customize the Bingo Cafe interface to suit your individual preferences.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
The purchase of at least one bingo card is a requirement for joining a bingo game at Bingo Cafe.

You can purchase bingo cards on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “Quick Buy” tab by clicking the pre-defined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards) or by selecting a specific number of cards via the plus/minus arrow buttons. The price of each card can be seen on the left side of the the “Buy Cards” popup screen.

Selecting Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: In order to play bingo at Bingo Cafe, you will have to buy at least one 75-ball bingo card.

On the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “Select Cards” tab, you have the option to select which bingo cards to buy. You can either select cards individually by clicking each card one-by-one or you can select the whole row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button. The colour changes from grey to orange when a card has been selected.

Playing the Game
After you buy cards at Bingo Cafe for a bingo game, you will then wait for the game to begin. You can check how much time is remaining until the game commences 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 take place every few minutes – so you’ll not have to wait long before the next game commences. While you are waiting, you can play straight from in the game interface.

As soon as the bingo game begins, all details concerning the game can be seen in the information section at the top of the interface. E.g. you’ll see the total number of players, the winning pattern, the jackpot and prize, etc.

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

As far as AM/PM is concerned, playing Bingo Cafe’s virtual bingo games during the morning, afternoon, dark, or night, makes absolutely no difference whatsoever. Yet, some Bingo Cafe players have suggested that the best days to gamble online tend to be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, during mid-week, and not ever on Mondays. As for Saturdays and Sundays, many are totally divided down the middle.

Even though there is not a thread of genuine evidence to support these thoughts (on when is the best time to play online bingo), online bingo games operators like Bingo Cafe assure its players that playing bingo on the Web on any day, at any time, offers equal odds at winning bingo.

Daubing (or Autoplaying) Your Numbers
Bingo Cafe’s bingo rooms allow you to choose whether you’d like to daub your bingo card yourself manually (by mouse-click) or by having the Bingo Cafe computer daub your cards automatically for you. Letting the system for you will make sure you never forget to daub a number.

You can select any of the bingo cards you bought at Bingo Cafe to autoplay via the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “AutoPlay” tab. Simply press the “Turn On” button and then checkmark the cards you’d like to have auto-daubed. Also, you can turn off the auto-play feature anytime by pressing the “Turn Off” button or by removing the checkmark beside the card you selected for autoplay. Of course, you will still have the option to turn Autoplay back on whenever you want.

Whether you daub your numbers manually or you get the system to autoplay for you, neither choice will affect the outcome of the game. In the event that your bingo card is a winner, Bingo Cafe will award you the jackpot and/or prize – no doubt!

Chat While Playing Bingo!
Playing bingo at Bingo Cafe isn’t only about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It’s also about socializing with other like-minded folks and making new friendships!

That’s why chat games are such a thrilling part of playing bingo at Bingo Cafe. As a matter of fact, chat room games take place in all 75-ball bingo rooms and are supervised by Chat Leaders. You can easily open a chat on the chat board by posting a message and similarly exit a chat with the click of your mouse.

Bingo Cafe’s Chat Moderators are always around to chat and give support – all while keeping things entertaining. Just remember to familiarize yourself with some first!

Winning B-I-N-G-O
If the marked off numbers on your bingo card match the winning pattern, you’ll score BINGO and win the Bingo Cafe game!

Next, the game will end and your Bingo Cafe username pops up in a display message saying that you’re that game’s winner and prizes and/or jackpots you’ve collected.

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

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