How to Play Online Bingo

Play Online Bingo

Today, you can play online bingo at any time in the comfort of your own home. You only need an advanced computer with a fast and reliable internet connection and you can play 24/7 right from your couch in your pyjamas if you like – it’s so easy! Comfort, accessibility and ease of use are the chief reasons that online bingo has exploded in popularity over the past few years, quickly becoming one of the most played games in the gambling world.

Bingo cards vary according to the type of online bingo games you play, but often consist of a square of 25 boxes – 5 x 5. The five vertical columns are headed B, I, N, G & O; except for the N column, all columns have 5 numbered squares. The letters are there to help you locate the number that has been called. The centre square in the N column is the unnumbered “free” space that is used to complete the bingo up & down, across, and diagonally. To get a bingo without using the free space is considered to be measurably more difficult than using the free space because you have an extra number to mark.

Depending on the type of bingo games you’re playing, you need to mark a pattern – a line, a cross, four corners or cover the whole card (known as ‘coverall’ or ‘blackout’). There are over 300 pattern variations commonly used in online bingo. Players can choose to play with several cards at once or just one card, but it is considerably more difficult to mark more than one card if you’re doing it manually. For this reason, online bingo players often prefer to use the ‘automark’ or ‘autodaub’ function which automatically marks the appropriate numbers off and will even call bingo for you. That way you can play without stressing that you’ll miss a number.