INTRODUCTION

There are two main variations of Bingo played world-wide: 90 ball and 75 ball Bingo. In North America 75-ball Bingo is most commonly played. Players are provided with bingo cards that have a grid of five horizontal rows and five vertical columns. The columns are lettered B I N G O from left to right across the top of the grid and each bingo card has five numbers in each row except the center N column which has a "free space" at the intersection of the third row and the third column.The 75 numbers are spread evenly over the 5 letters of BINGO in the following manner:

B	I	N	G	O
1-15	16-30	31-45	46-60	61-75

And a sample card would look like this:

The game is played when balls are pulled randomly and announced by the Caller. If the number is on your card(s) you mark it off! The first player to complete the pattern being played will hit Bingo! The game is stopped, and the winner(s) get paid.

Step 1: Choose a game type

Choose a game room from the list of Bingo Rooms in the center of the screen. This is one of the only bingo sites on the net that you can join a game that is already in progress. Each bingo room has a theme and the images and chat games played in this room will reflect the theme. For example The Aquarium room has images of sea creatures and the chat game that is played in this room is "Mermaid Races".

Step 2: Buy Cards

After selecting one of the above choices, a new screen will open up. You will need to purchase bingo cards at this point. Go to the top left side of the screen and click on ‘CARDS'. You will have a choice of playing from 1 to 30 cards. Just click on the number of cards you would like to play and the cards will launch onto the screen.

IN GAME OPTIONS

There are options you may turn on or off to customize your game. This options include...

Sound: You may turn off the callers voice and the bingo call.

Autodaub: If you are feeling particularily quick you can de-select the ‘autodaub' function and daub the numbers as they are called manually.

Autobingo: If you would like to call ‘BINGO' yourself when you have won then deselect the ‘autobingo' function. Remember to click on the ‘BINGO' button when you have won.

Autowager: If you would like to keep playing while you are busy doing something else, click on the ‘auto wager' function that will allow you to keep wagering and playing.

PATTERNS & CALLS

The pattern being played is displayed at the top of the screen. Please see the game number beside for reference to help desk in case of a discrepancy.

You can see the numbers that have been called at the numbers panel at the top of the screen. The current number being called is displayed on the large BINGO ball placed at the top of the screen.

To see players that have joined this game see the field in the top right hand corner of the screen.

CHAT ROOM

The chat room is a lot of fun. You can see how the other players are doing as well as meet new friends. To join the chat just type in a message in the chat bar at the bottom right side of the screen and press enter on your keyboard. There are also some short cut chat buttons that you can press to express yourself in chat.

BRB: Be Right Back

TYVM: Thank-you Very Much

WTG: Way To Go

LOL: Laugh Out Loud

HELPFUL HINTS

You may view all of the cards you have selected by clicking on the arrows at the top and bottom of the center of the screen. To display the cards that are doing the best during your current game, click on the ‘show best' in the center of the screen.

Above the ‘chat room' you will see a field that displays the current game type and your account status as well as a status bar that will let you know how many calls you are away from getting bingo as well as when you have won.