How to Play 75 ball bingo
75 Ball Bingo is relatively new type of bingo game to most UK players as it is the bingo version that is most popular in the USA. However 75 ball bingo has spread quite quickly and many UK bingo players are now familiar with it. When you play 75 ball bingo, though, there are a few distinct differences in the game play that participants should be aware of.
75 Ball Bingo is the same as 90 Ball Bingo in one way – random numbers are called out which you have to mark off, and the first person to do this and call out bingo is the winner. If you are used to the 90 Ball version of bingo, you will see that the similarities end there. When you play 75 Ball Bingo it is not just a number called but also a letter which precedes the number. This is because the bingo card is made up of a grid, 5 squares long and 5 squares down, although the square right in the middle is a free space and so has no number on it. Along the top of the bingo card’s grid are the letters B, I, N, G and O, so when you play the game you will hear the caller say both the letter which heads the column, followed by the number. Each column covers 15 numbers, so the column under B has numbers 1-15, under I you will look for numbers 16-30, N covers 31-45, G covers 46-60 and finally O covers 61-75. Therefore you will hear the caller announce G52, O70 and so on. If the free square is part of the pattern you are playing for it will be marked off automatically, so at least that it is one number less to need – although as this is true for every player this doesn’t give any advantage unfortunately.
If you choose to play several 75 ball bingo tickets, which most players tend to do, you will notice that the same number can be found on several cards, unlike the 90 Ball version where on a strip of tickets, made up of 6 cards, a number will only ever be found once. Because of this the 75 ball game is called at a slower pace, as they have to allow some time for players to search through all of their cards for any duplicate numbers. This may be a bit frustrating at the beginning, especially if you are only playing one card, but you will soon get used to it.
If you are playing 75 Ball Bingo and there is a cover-all game you will feel right at home, as this is the same as playing for a full house on the 90 Ball game, and you must mark off every number to win when you play 75 ball bingo games.
