Online bingo is now one of the most popular games being played on the internet and unless people play bingo on the internet, they usually don't know that there are two different versions of the game. The American version is based on seventy-five numbers and played on a five number by five number square playing grid. A regular bingo win consists of a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line being completed first. The British version is based on ninety numbers and is played on a ticket that has three rows and nine columns. A regular bingo win consists of one line, two lines or completing the whole card. The British version is played in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia while the American version is played in the rest of the world.
Most people who don't play bingo online don't have a choice of versions. One of the advantages of playing online bingo is that the player can select a site that offers one or both versions of the game. Which version is right for you depends on your own personal preferences. Most people tend to stick to the version that they were brought up on in brick and mortar playing establishments. But playing online allows them to go beyond what is offered in land-based play around them.
Players should try playing both versions of the game. Both versions allow for regular bingo play, coverall or house play and progressive jackpot play and many online bingo sites will offer rooms with sessions in these different kinds of games. The seventy-five number version of the game allows for pattern games. Patterns are the numbers, letters or shapes that can be designed in the square grid on the playing card. Pattern games only exist in the seventy-five number version of the game. The rectangular shape of the ticket in the ninety number version does not allow itself to defining patterns. Games are for one, two or three lines without the use of patterns.
Some players find that pattern games are too difficult because they have to match whatever the required pattern is. But players shouldn't make this decision without having tried the game. Many people are reluctant to try something new and the other version from what they have always played is something new. They won't know if they like the other version if they don't try it, and the one big advantage of playing bingo online is that they have the opportunity to try the different versions and games.
While 75 ball and 90 ball bingo are the main type of bingo games played online, you can now find 80 ball and also a new 30 speed ball bingo game, bingo sites like Gone Bingo now offer all 4 versions.
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