Bingo Textbook: 90 Ball Bingo

THE GAME

• How to start playing
• Tickets
• Strips
• Winning Patterns
• Payouts and Jackpots
• Game Options

BUYING TICKETS

• Selecting your tickets…
• …manually
• …automatically
• Buying your tickets

PLAYING THE GAME

• Daubing your numbers
• Winning
• Disconnections
• Chatting
• Instant Games

How to start playing

Click on "Play Bingo Now" button on our website.

Tickets

90-ball Bingo is played on a 3x9 grid of numbers called a ticket. Each row of 9 squares contains 5 numbers and 4 blanks.

Strips

90-ball Bingo game is almost always played on strips of 6 tickets each.
One strip contains all the numbers 1-90 distributed throughout the 6 tickets, so that a number is crossed off at each bingo call.

Winning Patterns

There are three consecutive winning patterns in 90-ball Bingo with three corresponding payouts.
Mark off all the numbers on one row to claim the any 1 line pattern.
Mark off all the numbers on any two rows to claim the any 2 lines pattern.
Mark off all 15 numbers on a ticket to claim the full house pattern.
Each game might offer just one winning pattern, or two or all three in sequence. Sometimes it's possible to win 3 payouts in a single game by being the first to mark off any 1 line, then any 2 lines, and then a full house!

Payouts and Jackpots

In general, the more a ticket costs and the more people participate in a particular game, the bigger the payouts for that game.

Sometimes we guarantee a minimum payout no matter how few the players or inexpensive the tickets. We also offer additional jackpots on some games.

All payout and jackpot information is displayed in the information bar above the ticket strips, before and during the game.

Game Options

To personalize the bingo game room to suit your preferences, you can click on the Options button at the top right of your screen, just above the Games buttons.

Just mark your game preferences in the menu that opens up in the middle of your screen and then click on OK.
You can change your preferences any time you want.

The Ticket Price Alert options allow you to enable or disable the display of the price of the cards in the bingo rooms.

The Show 3tg (3 to go) option will automatically show you the tickets that only have 3, 2, or 1 numbers left to daub before claiming a win.

The Autodaub option will allow the computer to mark off the called numbers on your ticket automatically. The computer never misses!

Please note that whether or not you daub the numbers, and how you daub them has no effect on the game outcome. IF YOU HAVE A WINNING BINGO CARD YOU WILL ALWAYS WIN!

The Best Ticket First option will automatically place your ticket that is closest to winning bingo in the top left corner of the screen.

You need to buy at least one ticket in order to play a game of bingo.
You can play up to four strips (24 tickets) in a single game. In order to buy a ticket, you need to make sure you have enough money in your bingo account. Your account balance is shown at the top of your screen. To make a deposit, click on banking.

The cost per ticket will be displayed clearly at the top of the information bar on the left side of your screen.

Selecting your tickets…

You can select the tickets or strips you want to buy by clicking on them or you can let the computer choose them for you at random.

…manually

To select individual tickets or strips, just click on the individual tickets that strike your fancy or on the click to select strip tab above the strip that you want. If a certain strip doesn't look lucky enough to you, a click on the get new strip tab will generate a new one instead. However, it will not replace the tickets that you've already selected in that strip (since we assume you liked them enough to have selected them in the first place).

The red button in the middle with the arrow inside allows you to rotate between the four strips offered.

…automatically

If you'd prefer to take it easy and let the computer choose your tickets for you, just click on the number of strips you'd like to play in the auto select strips box. You can then click on any of the selected tickets individually to unselect them from the strip. The total number of tickets selected will be shown at the bottom of the auto select strips box.

Buying your tickets

When you are satisfied with your selection, click on the buy selected tickets button to make the purchase.
Bear in mind that you need to purchase your tickets at least 12 seconds before the game begins. However, even if you miss the deadline for a particular game, the next game's tickets will be available for purchase right away.

Once you've bought your tickets, you need to wait for the game to start after the countdown in the upper left corner of your screen, just under the 888ladies logo.
A new game starts every couple of minutes, so you never have to wait more than a couple of minutes.

As soon as the game starts, all the relevant game information is displayed in the game information bar above your tickets. You'll be able to see the number of players in the game, the different payouts for each winning pattern (any one line, any two lines, full house), and additional jackpots.
As the game progresses, the payout winners are indicated, and the ticket icon on the top right changes to display the next winning pattern.

During the game, every number called is shown in the bingo ball in the top left corner.
Just under it is a strip showing the last five calls, just in case you missed one.
Below that is an automatic checklist with all 90 bingo numbers.

Daubing your numbers

888ladies lets you choose either to daub your bingo ticket yourself with the computer mouse, or to have the computer do it for you automatically so you never miss a number.

The automatic option is selected by default, but if you'd rather do your own daubing, just open the options menu in the top left corner of your screen and remove the tick next to Autodaub.

Please note that whether or not you daub the numbers, and how you daub them has no effect on the game outcome. IF YOU HAVE A WINNING BINGO CARD YOU WILL ALWAYS WIN!

You can enable Autodaub again at any time.

Winning

As soon as a player (hopefully you!) completes a winning pattern, the game will pause for a few moments as you and all the other players are shown a message detailing who won and how much.
When the game is over, the three lucky winners will be displayed in a similar message to all the players.
If you are among the lucky winners, your winnings will automatically be credited to your account.

Disconnections

At 888ladies we are well aware that internet connections can be fickle and that you might be disconnected during a game through no fault of your own. No need to worry, if you do get disconnected, the computer will automatically daub your card to perfection and you will be credited with any winnings you may have earned in your brief absence.

888ladies is well-known for its bubbly chat rooms. In the room you can talk to other players and make new friends, ask our Chat Hosts questions and play games to earn Loyalty Points.

The chat window is available from the right-hand side of the bingo rooms. Click on the chat icon to open the chat window.

Occasionally some of our players have problems connecting to the chat rooms because their computers are set-up behind firewalls. If you have any trouble connecting please contact us.

The chat window contains of 3 main areas:

1. The rooms and message display area
2. The control panel and text input area
3. The usernames of the other players in the chat room

The top of the message display window displays the current room you are chatting in. This defaults to the Main Room when you connect initially. Click on the down arrow in the Chatroom field to see a list of other rooms that are open for chatting. You will also see the number of people talking in each room and you can select the room you want to chat in.

The message window displays the text conversations from the people in your chat room. The number of players in the chat room and the name of the Chat Host appear in the top right of the chat window. Click on the button next to this info to see the names of the other players in the chat room.

To send a chat message, enter the text in the "send" box and click on the arrow button. You can also send quick, short messages by clicking on the chat lingo buttons. Rolling over these buttons will display their meaning in the chat community.

888ladies does not tolerate rude or offensive chat and players who violate this rule will be removed from the site.

888ladies has over 30 Instant Games to choose from including:

• Instant Wins
• Table Games (BlackJack, Roulette, etc.)
• Slots
• Video Poker

Instant Games can be played while you are playing bingo (or in between games). You can play at any time by clicking on the Instant Games buttons above the chat window. A separate game window will pop-up and you can follow the instructions for that game by selecting the associated "help" icon within the window.

The games form part of your bingo account and any wagers made will be immediately deducted from your account balance. Your wins likewise will be immediately added to your account balance.

You have the option to play Instant Games for real or for fun. 888ladies promotional bonuses and Loyalty Points cannot be used to play Instant Games for real, only deposited funds are accepted. If you place a wager on an Instant Game and you have insufficient funds in your account, your wager will be voided.