Try Different Bingo Games

Many players have always played one version of bingo and the version they played depended on which country they lived in. If they lived in the United Kingdom, Australia or Ireland, they play the ninety ball version or the British version. If they live in the United States or elsewhere, they play the seventy five number version. They had no choice in land based play and many players never knew about the version other than the one in the country that they lived in. The Internet changed all of this.

Ninety number bingo is played on a ticket with a playing grid that is a nine column by three row rectangle. There are five numbers in each row and a regular bingo consists of one line. Special games are for two lines and three lines is the coverall which is called a full house or housie.

There is more variety involved in the seventy five number version of bingo. The game is played on a card with a playing grid of five numbers by five numbers with a free space in the middle that can be used to complete a bingo. The letters of the word bingo appear above the five columns, with one letter for each column. A regular bingo involves the completion of a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line, and, depending on the house rules, the four corners.

The square nature of the playing grid allows for the formation of patterns. These are the various shapes, numbers and letters that can be formed and some playing sites have identified more than 300 patterns. These are used to play pattern games. Some people enjoy pattern games and play at sites where entire sessions are devoted to patterns. Other players don’t like the pattern games and avoid them at all costs. They find them to be too tedious.

There are also progressive jackpot games whose jackpots can become quite large. Players qualify for the jackpot if they complete the bingo in the required number of calls. If there is no winner, the game is continued for a smaller jackpot, and the amount of the progressive jackpot is increased for the next game.

There are also other games, like eighty ball bingo, Lucky Number Bingo, Speed Ball and others as different software makers develop new games. Players should give all of the games a try.

Players who want to read bingo reviews and learn what is being offered at the different sites should visit a good informational site like Unlucky for Some.