Online bingo is among the biggest and most popular online games in certain parts of the globe, and remains to be a formidable force in online gambling websites elsewhere.
Part of the appeal of the online version of this very old yet still very fresh card game is the variety of games it can be played. Besides the 75-ball-90-ball bingo variation, there are several types of bingo games. Online gaming only made them more popular and far-reaching. Many online casinos created their own bingo games.
One of the advantages of bingo over other card games is its flexibility; it can be changed according to the needs of the players. However, there are some games that remain constant everywhere else online. These constant games are the most basic, but also the most popular.
Perhaps the most common online bingo variation is the blackout. In bingo, you have to mark certain numbers in your card in order to win. Here, you win if all the numbers in your card are called. Therefore, you need all 24 numbers on your card (15 if you are playing the UK bingo game) to be called.
This is one of the most exciting variations on bingo due to its game time span-even on a good game, you need 24 consecutive numbers to be called that are on your card.
A variant of the blackout is the Texas blackout. In this bingo variant, players mark down all odd or even numbers on their cards according to the first number called. If the first number called is even, then players must cross out all even numbers on their cards; likewise if the first number called is odd.
Other two common bingo game variants are the four corners games and the five in a row game. In four corners, you need to mark the four numbers on the corners of your card-meaning, the top and bottom B number slots and the top and bottom O numbers slots on your card.
Statistically speaking, it can be easily; if you are extremely lucky you can win in less than five draws.
However, this also means all the other numbers on the I, N, and G lanes are useless. The five in a row requires players to form a horizontal, diagonal, and vertical line on their cards.
Some newer online bingo variants take advantage of the features of the Internet. In a speed bingo game, numbers are called quickly, so the first player to form the necessary formations and declare a “bingo!” wins the game.
This game is difficult because, as with most games, the first one to declare a win takes the price, even if one forms the necessary formation way before the winner but did not declare a win during his winning number. The progressive bingo is type of game used in traditional bingo games as well, but with online gaming it allows a higher stake game for more hardcore players.
