Internet Bingo Strategy
If you're going to play Online Bingo and play to win, then it's as well to learn as much as you can about how the game works. And while you're at it, you may even like to read a brief, interesting history of Bingo.
How Internet Bingo works
Bingo cards are printed with twenty-four different numbers and in the centre is a free spot or space. Most cards are either paper sheets that are easily disposed of or a harder and longer-wearing permanent type.
During the game, a special marker, known as a Bingo blotter, is used to strike off matching numbers on your card. These permanent cards have tiny windows that slide easily over each number as they are called and these windows or "shutters" are re-used at the end of a game.
The disposable paper cards have new numbers for each new game whilst the permanent cards have the same. It will cost you a little more but you can play with more than one card at a time and many players do this to try and increase their odds of winning.
Patterns in Internet Bingo
Each column on a Bingo card begins with one of the letters that spell the word BINGO and these letters are used as a means to group and identify the numbers in the columns below. Bingo games are very often played in different patterns diagonally, vertically, horizontally or by using the four corners of the Bingo card or even the shape of a letter, such as an E or an H or a T. Of course there is also the more standard variation where all the numbers on the card (known as a coverall pattern) must be marked for a win. At the start of every game, the particular Bingo pattern is announced.
Computerised Internet Bingo
A computer is used to randomly select the numbers called with, usually, seventy-five balls - each printed with a one-letter and number combination - enclosed in an air-blown ball cage or clear glass or plastic bubble. When a ball is singled out, it is called and then placed in a separate tray so as to make sure it's not called again in the same game. Balls are selected and called until one of the players has completed the particular pattern announced and shouted out Bingo! Quickly, a checker will confirm the player's card pattern and ensure that he has matched this with the actual numbers called. If it's a match, then the player is a winner and may collect the prize money on offer.
Winners in Internet Bingo
It can happen that there are multiple winners and in this case, after the checker has verified each player's card, the prize money is shared equally between the winners.
That's the traditional game of Bingo, now, why not check out our online Bingo guide.
