If you are thinking about starting to play online bingo, then you will need to know a bit more information about the various different games that are available to play. There are two main types of bingo games called 75 and 90 ball bingo games and these can be found as standard at the majority of bingo sites.

90 ball bingo is one of the largest played online bingo games and it is called 90 ball bingo because there are 90 different bingo balls numbered between 1 and 90 in the game. The price of your bingo cards will vary on the game you are playing; however, each card will have a 3x9 grid of numbers. All three of the rows on your bingo card will contain 5 numbers; the aim of the game is to be the first player to daub off these numbers to score a 1 line, 2 lines, or a full house (coverall pattern) win. If you manage to do this, then you will walk away with a share of the prize money.

75 ball bingo, pattern bingo, or 'American bingo' as it is sometimes referred to - due to its popularity in the states, is a 5x5 bingo card that contains 24 different spaces (the middle space is always left blank). 75 ball bingo games usually play a lot quicker than 90 ball games, as there are only 75 different bingo balls to be called.

The winner of the game will be the player who manages to 'bingo' on the specified pattern first. You can really let your imagination go wild with 75 ball bingo, as there is such a wide range of different patterns to bingo on such as: Letter patterns, number patterns, animal patterns (Rhino, Reindeer, Puppy etc) to every day common items (Hat, Champagne Glass Full, Sun Lounger etc) etc.

Online bingo sites often make their standard 75 and 90 ball bingo games just that little bit more exciting, by also offering progressive jackpots on them. This means that each time a player purchases a card into any of their qualifying bingo games, a small percentage of the money will be added to their progressive jackpot. If an online bingo player then manages to bingo on the coverall pattern in a set amount of calls, they will not only win the prize for the game they are playing, but also the progressive jackpot. This may not sound very impressive, until you hear that the progressive jackpots can sometimes be worth thousands of pounds.

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