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There are two types of
bingo played around the world. North America
plays 75-ball bingo on a 5x5 card with the
centre square usually marked 'free'. In the
UK, parts of Europe, Australia and parts of
South America they play a 90-ball game, marked
on a 9x3 card. Both types of bingo are prominent
online.
The desired pattern which
players aim to achieve in 75 ball can vary
dramatically, from a simple single line to more
complicated themed patterns. The aim of the
game, however, is always the same: to mark off
the numbers to achieve the desired pattern.
Speed Bingo is a variation played exactly the
same, but numbers are simply called much
quicker.
In 90-ball bingo, each
card has three horizontal lines and nine
columns. Each line contains five numbers,
meaning each card has 15 numbers. The first
column contains numbers from 1-9, the second
column contains numbers from 10-19, the third
column contains numbers from 20-29, all the way
through to the final column which contains
numbers from 80-90.
A game of 90 ball bingo
will normally be played in three stages: one
line, two lines and Full House. In a "one line"
game players need to mark a complete horizontal
line across one card (i.e., 5 numbers marked).
The aim of a 'two lines' game is to complete any
two marked lines horizontally across one card
(i.e., 10 numbers marked). Finally a "Full
House" means all the numbers marked off on one
card (all 15 numbers), as in a regular coverall
game. The prize split differs for each stage of
the game. The Full House is always the largest
prize in any one game.
- 552,446,457,061,129,000,000,000,000 –
the number of different card combinations
possible (4,976,640,000 of these cards would
contain the same 24 numbers, just in
different orders).
- 920,557,412,343,521,400 – the number of
different cards for every person in the
world (assuming there are 6 billion people
in the world).
- 17,505,972,382,599 – number of years it
would take to print every possible Bingo
card (printing 1 million cards per second).
- 96% - percentage of regular players who
have won a prize at least once.
- 30% - percentage of Bingo players under
the age of 35 (Bingo is fun for everyone of
all ages).
- One survey says that the number one
reason for people playing Bingo is for
pleasure and enjoyment (actually winning a
prize ranked 5th in the survey).
- Skill plays no part in winning at Bingo.
There are very few gambling related games
where chance is the basic means to winning a
pot.
- Bingo is considered to be one the top
leading leisure activities amongst women.
- In the U.S Bingo was originally called
“Beano”.
- In Australia, Bingo was played as a game
called HOUSE
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