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 most popular form of bingo played in North America. The Bingo 75 game’s bingo cards at Bingo Cafe have random numbers ranging from one to 75. Once the bingo game has started, the Bingo Cafe computer will call out (in randomized order) all 75 Bingo balls from a pool of 75 balls.

When the numbers are automatically called during gameplay, you’ll watch the numbers get marked off on your bingo card. If your bingo card has the number that is called, 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 BINGO!

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

Apart from the square in the middle which has a picture of the Bingo Cafe logo, every spot on the grid has a number.

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

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

All bingo games at Bingo Cafe are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount fluctuates according to hours of play and predetermined patterns. The first player to score “B-I-N-G-O” within a set number of balls wins the jackpot. If nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the following game.

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

Game Options
Inside Bingo Cafe exist a whole host of game options. You can turn the automatic dauber (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, purchase more bingo cards, or play themed slots while waiting for the next bingo game to start. To suit your individual preferences, you can even customize the Bingo Cafe interface.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
The purchase of at least 1 bingo card is a prerequisite for joining a bingo game at Bingo Cafe.

You can buy bingo cards on the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “Quick Buy” tab by selecting a specific number of cards with the +/- 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” popup screen.

Selecting Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: To be able to play bingo at Bingo Cafe, you will have to purchase at least one 75-ball bingo card.

You can select which bingo cards you want to purchase on the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “Select Cards” tab. You can either select cards individually by clicking each card 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 has been selected.

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

At Bingo Cafe, new bingo games take place every few minutes – so you will not need to wait long for the next game to begin. While you are waiting, you can play directly from within the game interface.

Once the bingo game begins, all game details will appear in the info area at the top of the interface. E.g. you’ll see the total number of players, the winning pattern, the prize and jackpot, etc.

TIP: Best Time to
If you’re curious as to which days and/or hours specifically are the best times for playing bingo on the Internet, keep reading…

As far as AM and PM is concerned, playing virtual bingo games at Bingo Cafe in the morning, lunch time, evening, or bedtime, makes truly no difference whatsoever. Although, some players at Bingo Cafe have suggested that their best days to gamble online are on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, during mid-week, and at no time on Monday’s. As for Saturdays and Sundays, many remain strictly neutral.

Even though there is not a thread of hard evidence to back up these claims (on when is the best time to play online bingo), virtual bingo games providers like Bingo Cafe assure players that playing bingo online on any day, at any time, gives the same odds at winning bingo.

Daubing (or Auto-Daubing) Your Numbers
Bingo Cafe’s bingo rooms allow you to choose whether you want to daub your bingo card yourself manually (by clicking your mouse) or by having the Bingo Cafe computer automatically daub your cards for you. Letting the system for you will make sure you don’t forget to daub a number.

You can choose any of the bingo cards you bought at Bingo Cafe to play automatically on the “Buy Cards” pop-up display under the “AutoPlay” tab. Just click the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you’d like to have daubed automatically. Also, you can switch off the auto-daub feature anytime by clearing the check-mark beside the card you chose to autoplay or by clicking the “Turn Off” button. Of course, you will always have the option to switch Auto-daub back on whenever you so desire.

Whether you daub your numbers manually or you let the system autoplay for you, neither option will change the game outcome. If your bingo card is a winner, Bingo Cafe will award you the prize and/or jackpot – no matter what!

Chat While You Play Bingo!
Playing bingo at Bingo Cafe is not only about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It’s also about socializing with other similar people and making new friendships!

That’s why live chat is such a stimulating aspect of playing games at Bingo Cafe. As a matter of fact, chat games go on in every 75-ball bingo room and are supervised by Chat Leaders. You can easily begin a chat on the chat board by posting a message or similarly cancel a chat with the click of a button.

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

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

At this moment, the game will stop and your Bingo Cafe username will open up in a display message stating that you are the winner of that game and prizes and/or jackpots you have collected.

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

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