Bingo is one of the most well loved games in the UK, it has become even more popular since the advent of online bingo and it is also very popular in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan and New Zealand. The popularity of playing this game online is growing in Europe and South America also.
75 Ball bingo is the variation of the game that is most enjoyed by US and Canadian players, but it is growing in popularity in the UK. This seems to be because it is so readily available online and most UK bingo sites offer members a choice of different games.
The bingo card for a 75 ball game is constructed from 5 horizontal and five vertical columns which form a grid of 25 squares. The square in the centre of the grid is a free space and it never contains a number. However if this square forms part of a pattern, players are automatically allowed to mark it off as a free space.
It is a simple matter to construct patterns on a grid such as this and many of the patterns used in these games are in line with a particular theme, of either the game in play or of a particular promotion. The patterns on these cards are one of the reason why players enjoy playing, they make it more interesting. There are hundreds of different patterns which may be used on a 75 ball bingo card. The coverall game is very popular and in this game all the squares except the free space have numbers, all have to be market off and this game provides the largest prize money.
The top of the card has the word B – I – N – G – O printed above each vertical column and a certain series of numbers is allocated to each column, there are 15 for each. The “B” column is 1 – 15, I is 16 – 30, N is 31 – 45 and so on.
The aim of the game is to mark off all the numbers in the pattern as they are called. The range of numbers used as the name of the game suggests is 1 – 75. These numbers are called as they come up from the random number generator, and the first player to fill their card is the winner. Traditionally at this point they would shout BINGO.
The game is played exactly the same in land based clubs as it is online, the only difference being that with online bingo the numbers are automatically daubed. The word daub means marked off.
