Differences between 75 ball and 90 ball Bingo
Posted on 07. Feb, 2009 by admin in General
There are two variations of bingo:75 Ball Bingo and 90 Ball Bingo -
75 Ball Bingo
This variation of bingo is mostly played in US. In 75 number bingo, there are 5 columns of 15 numbers in each column. Each column is represented by letters in “BINGO”. The card in 75 Ball Bingo has 5 rows and 5 columns, a total of 25 squares. The numbers in the card are randomly selected. Each card has unique numbers which are used by sites to verify winners. Like all bingo games you need to match the numbers on the card with the numbers called out. There are about 6000 possible combination cards in 75 Ball Bingo. The first person to get all the numbers in the card matched with the number called out is the winner of the game. Each game in 75 Ball Bingo has balls of jackpot numbers called out where the winner is entitled to a jackpot.
90 Ball Bingo
This variation in bingo is played in United Kingdom and Australia. In 90 Ball Bingo the cards are called the tickets. Each ticket has 3 horizontal lines having 9 squares each. There are prizes for completing the first row, second row, thirds row and full house. A full house is achieved when all rows are completed. Once the first line is completed, the game continues until the other two rows and full house is completed. The winner of full house is the winner of jackpot. In 90 Ball Bingo there are four winners in a single game. You can choose to play the game with single ticket or with a pack of six tickets.