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 typical 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 starts, the Bingo Cafe computer will call out all 75 Bingo balls – from a pool of 75 balls – in random order.

You’ll see the numbers get marked off on your bingo card as the numbers are automatically called during gameplay. If the number that is called is on your bingo card, then that number is marked off. The very first player to complete the pre-determined pattern with all of the numbers marked off on their bingo card wins the game!

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

Every spot on the grid has a number aside from the square in the centre which has an icon of the Bingo Cafe emblem.

Winning Patterns
At Bingo Cafe, the number of bingo game winning patterns are virtually endless for 75-ball bingo.

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

All bingo games are played for a Jackpot at Bingo Cafe. The Jackpot amount varies according to pre-determined patterns and times of play. The first person to score “BINGO” within a set number of balls wins the jackpot. If nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the next game.

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

Game Options
Many game options exist within Bingo Cafe. You can buy additional bingo cards, switch the autodaub (aka Autoplay) ON or 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 Cafe interface.

Buying Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: You must purchase at least one bingo card to participate in a bingo game at Bingo Cafe.

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

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

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

Playing the Bingo Game
After you buy cards at Bingo Cafe for a bingo game, you will then need to wait for the game to begin. You can track how much time is remaining until the game commences by checking 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 will not have to wait long before the next game commences. While you wait, you can play from directly inside the game screen.

Once the bingo game starts, all game details will appear in the info section at the top of the interface. For example, 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 bingo on the Web, continue reading…

As far as AM or PM is concerned, playing Bingo Cafe’s Internet bingo games during the morning, lunch time, dark, or bedtime, makes absolutely no difference whatsoever. Although, some players at Bingo Cafe have mentioned that their best days to bet online are during midweek, on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, and not ever on Monday’s. As for Saturdays or Sundays, they remain totally divided down the middle.

Even though there isn’t any concrete proof to back up these thoughts (on when is the best time to play online bingo), online bingo game providers such as Bingo Cafe assure its players that playing bingo on the Web on any day, at any time, provides equal odds of winning bingo.

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

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “AutoPlay” tab, you can select any of the bingo cards you purchased at Bingo Cafe for autoplay functionality. Simply press the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you’d like to have auto-played. Also, you can turn off the auto-play feature at any time by hitting the “Turn Off” button or by clearing the checkmark beside the card you selected for autoplay. Of course, you’ll always be able to switch Autodaub back on whenever you so desire.

Whether you get the system to autoplay for you or you manually daub your numbers, neither option will affect the game result. Should your bingo card be a winner, Bingo Cafe will award you the jackpot and/or prize – for sure!

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

That’s why live chat is such an exciting aspect of playing bingo at Bingo Cafe. As a matter of fact, chat room games go on in all 75-ball bingo rooms and are administered by Chat Leaders. To create a chat, you can easily post a message on the chat board or similarly close a chat via the click of your mouse.

Bingo Cafe’s Chat Hosts are always within reach to have a chat and give assistance – all the while keeping things interesting. Just make sure you familiarize yourself with some first!

Winning BINGO
If the winning pattern matches the numbers that have been marked off of your bingo card, you will get B-I-N-G-O and win the Bingo Cafe game!

Next, the game ends and your Bingo Cafe username opens up in a display box showing that you are the winner of that game and the amount that you have won.

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

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