Bingo
90 Game
Figure 1- 90
Ball Bingo
Table of Contents
A- How to play 90 Ball Bingo
B- Buying Cards
C- Current Game Info
D- Next Game Info
E- Table Chat A-
How to play 90 Ball Bingo
•
The aim of 90 ball online bingo game is: mark the numbers to achieve
the pattern, and then you have bingo.
• A 90-ball bingo game is normally played in three stages.
• Stage one- one line- The first player to correctly cross
off any horizontal Line. See Figure 1 below.
• Stage 2-Two Lines across - The first player to correctly
cross off any two horizontal Lines. See figure 2 below.
• Stage 3-Full House- The first player to correctly cross
off all three Lines. See figure 3 below.
Figure
1
Figure 2
Figure 3
• 90-ball games the cards have 3 horizontal lines and 9
columns. Each line contains five numbers; therefore each card
totals 15 numbers. The first column contains numbers from 1-10,
the second column 11-20, and so on until the final column which
contains numbers from 81-90.
•
Once the game has begun you can watch as the numbers are automatically
called and marked off on your cards. The computer will call out
in random order all Bingo balls. If a user’s card contains
the called number that number is marked off. The marked off squares
form a pattern on the card. This pattern is compared to the computer’s
reference pattern. If they match then the player has got Bingo
and wins the game.
• Your cards that are displayed on the top right hand of
the screen will automatically change from: 3 to go, 2 to go, 1
to go until and 0 to go. See figure 4 below.
• If you have 0 to go, you then get Bingo and win the game.
Your name will then pop up saying that you were the winner of
that game and on which pattern you won on. In the example below
the payer won on the one line pattern. See figure 5 below.
B- Buying Cards: (Refer to Fig 1-# 1 & 2)
• While a game is being played, a player can buy into the
next game to be played. If a player sits down at the table in
between games a timer (see fig 6 below) will indicate the time
to the next game. To buy into a game a player needs to have enough
money to buy cards for the game. The money is first deducted from
the player’s real account, and if no real money is available,
then the remainder is deducted from the bonus bucks account.
• Once seated at the bingo table you need to make sure that
you have bought cards for the next Bingo game. You can do this
by selecting the amount of cards you want to play. The amount
of cards to buy can be adjusted by clicking the 6, 12, 24, 48,
60 and MAX buttons .You can then optionally increase/decrease
the amount of cards to buy by clicking the “<”
and “>” buttons. See Figure 7 below
• Once you have chosen the amount of cards that you would
like to buy click on the BUY NOW button to buy cards and to be
included in the next bingo game. The card prices will vary from
game to game depending on which Bingo game you are playing.
• If both “real” and “bonus bucks”
accounts have insufficient funds, the player won’t be able
to join the game and he/she will be asked if he/she wants to purchase
additional credits. Each game has a minimum and maximum allowable
number of cards. To qualify for a buy-in the player has to buy
at least the minimum, and not more than the maximum allowable
number of cards.
• Auto play button- If you want to leave your PC, and still
be included in the next game you can tick the auto play box. You
will be prompted to enter an amount of cards to purchase for each
possible card denomination. Once you have chosen the amount of
cards that you would like to buy you click on the buy cards tab.See
Figure 8 below.
• Total purchase amount -The total amount that you purchased
for that specific game will be displayed next to “this purchase”
see diagram below.
•
C- Current Game Info: (Refer to Fig 1-# 3)
This
is the information on the current 90 Ball Bingo game that is being
played.
• In 90 Ball Bingo you will be eligible to win the prize if you
get Bingo on any of the following 3 patterns: One Line, Two Lines
and Full House.
• The prize amount depends on the number of players participating
in the game and the number of cards purchased.
• If a player gets Bingo on the One Line pattern, the player will
be credited accordingly with the One Line prize .The One Line prize
will then be greyed out, meaning that the prize has been won. Players
are then allowed to play for the Two Lines prize and once that has
been won the Full House prize becomes available.
• Jackpot
: All games are played for a Jackpot. The Jackpot is won by the
first player to achieves bingo within a certain predefined “number
of balls” If there is no winner of the jackpot in a certain game
the jackpot is rolled over the next game. Jackpots are site specific
and can thus only be won by players within that specific site.
Jackpots can be changed and can vary according to hours of play
and patterns.
If the jackpot
is won it will automatically reset back to the minimum jackpot
amount that is set for that hour. If the jackpot is won by a non
qualified player (Player who has not made a first deposit) the
jackpot amount won will then be added back to the next Jackpot.
• MegaVault
: The MegaVault is a Progressive Jackpot and varies proportionally
to the card price played. It is played across all participating
Leapfrog Gaming sites, and so it is possible for the jackpot to
be won at another participating site. The starting value for this
jackpot is £10,000 for a £1 card, and therefore £1,000 for a 10p
card, etc.
The MegaVault
Prize can only be won when a Full House pattern is playing. If
there is going to be a Full House playing then a little ‘i’ will
appear below the MegaVault meter. See Figure 9 below. If you click
on the little ‘i', a pop up window will appear on your screen,
which specifies the number of cards required to be eligible for
the MegaVault jackpot: See Figure 10 below.
The MegaVault
is funded at a rate of 1% of bingo wagering. In the unlikely event
that a MegaVault prize is won at two participating sites at very
close to the same time, then the jackpot amount displayed may
not have had sufficient time to correctly reflect the initial
win. In this case, the first player to hit the jackpot will get
be awarded the progressive jackpot and the second player to hit
the jackpot will be awarded the starting value as stated above.
• See the
Figure below. In the example below the One Line prize is greyed
out.
• Information on the number of Balls to Jackpot – All 90 Ball
Bingo games have a Jackpot that is won if a player gets bingo within
the specified number of balls. In the figure below the number of
balls required to win the jackpot is 42.
• Information on the number of Balls to Megavault – Certain
90 Ball Bingo games have a Progressive Jackpot that is won if a
player gets bingo within the specified number of balls
Figure 9
Figure 10
• Card price - Each game can have a different price per
card set. Price denominations can vary from game to game. Some
games may offer free cards on a preset buy-in ratio.
• The total amount of players – This will vary from
game to game depending on how many players are participating in
that particular bingo game.For example in the figure below, a
total of 11 players participated in that game.
• The total cards – These are the total amount of
cards that you have bought for a specific Bingo game and will
be displayed next to total cards. For example in the figure below,
a total of 6 cards were purchased.
• Mini Games- If there is going to be a mini game in the
next bingo game, the name and type of Mini game will appear next
to the line reading mini game. For example in the figure below
there is no mini game as it says “none” next to mini
game. Mini games vary is type and are all explained by clicking
on the small blue “i” on the screen.
• Bonus cards- The number of bonus cards will be displayed
in the next game section only and will vary from Game to Game.
If for example next to ‘’bonus card’’
you will see 6:3.This simply means that in the next game you can
buy 6 cards and get 3 free. There may be games when there are
no Bonus Cards and in that case it will say ‘’none’,
as can be seen in the example in Figure 10 below.
•
D- Next Game Info- (Refer to Fig 1-# 4)
All the details explained above will be displayed for the next
game and transferred to the current game info, as soon as the
game starts. See figure 10 below.
Figure 10
E- Table Chat- (Refer to Fig 1-# 5)
Once you are seated at the bingo table you can chat to the other
players that are sitting with you at the table. You can chat to
player at your table by entering text in the chat bar located
in the bottom of you screen below the menu bar. When you are seated
at the table and chatting to the other players, you can see their
cards changing colour as they get closer to getting bingo. As
can be seen in figure 11 below. Your cards will
change to the following colours:
• Red – when you have three numbers to go.
Yellow -when you have two numbers to go.
Green -when you have one number to go.
Purple -when you have 0 balls left to Bingo
Figure 11
•
Table chat - Players can also chat to other player within the
site using table chat board, this chat is moderated by a chat
leaders and is access by clicking on the “chat” button
in the menu bar See figure 12 below
Figure 12
• Impact of Disconnection
Once a player has purchased cards for a game, then no
further game interaction is required from the player to complete
that game. Thus, in the event of a player being disconnected,
the game will be completed without a player's presence, and all
winnings will be credited to the player's account.
If a player has purchased cards for the subsequent game and that
game had not yet started at the time of disconnection, then the
player will not be included in the subsequent game and any monies
deducted for that game will be refunded.
Please note that if a player is disconnected while playing a currently
active bingo game, then the player will only be able to log in
again after that game has completed.
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