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 style of bingo played in North America. At Bingo Cafe, the Bingo 75 game’s bingo cards have random numbers ranging from one to 75. Once the bingo game starts, the Bingo Cafe computer will call out all 75 Bingo balls – in random order – from a pool of 75 balls.

As the numbers are called automatically during gameplay, you’ll 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 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 five-by-five grid of numbers.

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

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

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

All bingo games at Bingo Cafe are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot amount fluctuates according to predetermined patterns and times of play. The first player to hit “BINGO” within a specific number of balls wins the jackpot. In the event nobody wins the jackpot, the jackpot is carried over to the following game.

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

Game Options
A lot of game options exist within Bingo Cafe. You can switch the auto-daub (aka Autoplay) ON or OFF, purchase more bingo cards, or play themed slots while waiting for the next bingo game to commence. You can also personalize the Bingo Cafe interface to suit your personal preferences.

Purchasing Bingo Cards
The purchase of at least one bingo card is a prerequisite for participating in a bingo game at Bingo Cafe.

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

Bingo Card Selection
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” pop-up screen under the “Select Cards” tab, you can choose specific bingo cards to purchase. You can either select cards one-by-one by clicking each card individually or by selecting an entire row of cards by clicking on the “Select Row” button. The colour changes from grey to orange after 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 commence. You can monitor how much time remains before the game starts by looking at the “Next Game” countdown, which appears on the left side of the Bingo Cafe game interface.

New bingo games at Bingo Cafe begin every few minutes – so you’ll never need to wait long for the next game to commence. While you wait, you can play from straight inside the game screen.

As soon as the bingo game commences, all details concerning the game will be visible in the information section at the top of the screen. For example, you’ll see the the winning pattern, total number of players, the jackpot and prize, etc.

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

As far as AM or PM is concerned, playing Bingo Cafe’s Internet bingo games in the morning, noon, sundown, or bedtime, makes absolutely no difference whatsoever. Yet, some players at Bingo Cafe have stated that the best days to bet online have been on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, during midweek, and not ever on Monday’s. Regarding weekends, they are strictly down the middle.

Even though there is no concrete proof to support these conclusions (on when is the best time to play online bingo), Internet bingo games operators like Bingo Cafe assure players that playing bingo on the Web on any day, at any time, provides equal odds at winning bingo.

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

At Bingo Cafe, you can select any of the bingo cards you purchased for autoplay functionality on the “Buy Cards” popup display under the “AutoPlay” tab. Just press the “Turn On” button and then select the cards you’d like to have daubed automatically. Also, you can turn off auto-daubing at any time by clicking the “Turn Off” button or by clearing the check-mark beside the card you selected for autoplay. Of course, you will still be able to switch Autoplay back on whenever you decide.

Whether you manually daub your numbers or you have the system auto-daub for you, neither choice will affect the game outcome. In case 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 isn’t just about playing your cards and counting your winnings… It’s also about chatting with other similar folks and making new buddies!

That’s why chat games are such a huge part of playing bingo at Bingo Cafe. In fact, chat room games go on in every 75-ball bingo room and are moderated by Chat Leaders. To start a chat, you can easily post a message on the chat board or just the same cancel a chat using the click of your mouse.

Bingo Cafe’s Chat Leaders are always around to shoot the breeze and offer assistance – all the while keeping things interesting. Just remember to enlighten yourself with some first!

Winning Bingo
If the winning pattern matches the numbers on your bingo card that have been marked off, you’ll score 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 window saying that you are the winner of that game and prizes and/or jackpots you’ve won.

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

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