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 form of bingo played in North America. The Bingo 75 game’s bingo cards at Bingo Cafe have random numbers that range from one through 75. As soon as the bingo game starts, the Bingo Cafe computer will call out all 75 Bingo balls – at random – from a pool of 75 balls.

As the numbers are called automatically during gameplay, you will watch the numbers on your bingo card get marked off. If your bingo card has the number that is called, then that number is marked off. The first player to complete the pre-determined 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 middle square which has an image of the Bingo Cafe emblem, every spot on the grid has a number.

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

: Jackpots & Prizes
In Bingo Cafe’s , the prize amount mostly depends on how many bingo cards you have and the number of players participating in the bingo game.

All bingo games at Bingo Cafe are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount fluctuates based on pre-determined patterns and times of play. 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 next game.

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

Game Options
Lots of game options exist inside Bingo Cafe. You can buy additional bingo cards, turn the auto-daub (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, or play themed slots while you wait for the next bingo game to start. You can also customize the Bingo Cafe interface to suit your personal preferences.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
REQUIRED: To enter a bingo game at Bingo Cafe, you must purchase at least one bingo card.

On the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “Quick Buy” tab, you can buy bingo cards by clicking the predefined buttons (Minimum cards, 6, 12, 24, Maximum cards) or by selecting a specific number of cards with the plus/minus arrow buttons. The price of each card is visible on the left side of the the “Buy Cards” pop-up display.

Bingo Card Selection
It’s a requirement that you buy at least one 75-ball bingo card to be able to play bingo at Bingo Cafe.

You can choose which bingo cards to buy on the “Buy Cards” popup screen under the “Select Cards” tab. You can either select cards individually by clicking each card one-by-one or by selecting the entire row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button. The colour turns from grey to orange when a card is 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 check how much time remains before the game begins by checking the “Next Game” countdown, which appears on the left side of the Bingo Cafe game interface.

At Bingo Cafe, new bingo games commence every few minutes – so you’ll never be waiting long for the next game to start. While you wait, you can play from straight inside the game screen.

As soon as the bingo game commences, all game details will appear in the information section at the top of the interface. For example, you’ll 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/hours specifically are the best times to play bingo on the Internet, read on…

As far as AM or PM is concerned, playing Internet bingo games at Bingo Cafe in the morning, afternoon, nightfall, or bedtime, makes really no difference at all. Although, some Bingo Cafe players have said that the best days to wager online tend to be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, during the middle of the week, and never on Mondays. As for Saturday’s and Sunday’s, many are neutral.

Although there is no actual evidence to support these claims (on when is the best time to play online bingo), virtual bingo game providers such as Bingo Cafe assure its players that playing bingo on the Internet on any day, at any time, offers equal odds of winning bingo.

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

You can select any of the bingo cards you bought at Bingo Cafe to play automatically on the “Buy Cards” pop-up screen under the “AutoPlay” tab. Just click the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you would like to have auto-played. You can also switch off the auto-daub feature at any time by clicking the “Turn Off” button or by removing the check-mark beside the card you chose to autoplay. Of course, you will still have the option to switch Autodaub back on anytime you please.

Whether you get the system to autodaub for you or you manually daub your numbers, neither option will affect the result of the game. In the event that your bingo card be a winner, Bingo Cafe will award you the jackpot and/or prize – guaranteed!

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 making new friendships and chatting with other similar people!

That’s why chat games are such a huge part of playing games at Bingo Cafe. As a matter of fact, chat room games take place in each 75-ball bingo room and are moderated by Chat Leaders. You can easily start a chat by posting a message to the chat board and just the same close a chat via the click of a button.

Bingo Cafe’s Chat Hosts are always accessible to have a chat and provide support – all while keeping things entertaining. Just don’t forget to brush up on a little first!

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

At this moment, the game comes to a stop and your Bingo Cafe username will open up in a display box stating that you are that game’s winner and how much that you’ve won.

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

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