If you live in the United States or Canada, 75 Ball Bingo is the most popular Bingo game in town. Its most likely that you're familiar with



the game already: it uses a card with five vertical rows and five horizontal rows and displays the letters B-I-N-G-O prominently on top.



It's called 75 Ball Bingo because 75 numbers (1-75) is the maximum quantity of numbers that can be called in the game.



The 5x5 Bingo card actually has only 24 spaces and one free (blank) space. Random numbers are assigned vertically under each letter. For



example, five numbers between 1 to 15 are assigned under Column B, between 15 to 30 under Column I, between 31 to 45 under Column N, between



46 to 60 under Column G and between 61 to 75 under Column O. The dealer calls them out as a combination, e.g., “B2” or “N42” or “O74”.



Players mark each number called on their cards. The object of the game is to mark the numbers that form a pre-agreed Bingo pattern.



The first player who completes the pattern shouts out “Bingo!” to indicate that he has won the game. The dealer confirms the numbers on his



card. Once the win is confirmed, a new game begins.



There are hundreds of possible patterns in 75 Ball Bingo. Among the most popular ones are a single line with five numbers that can be



arranged vertically, horizontally or diagonally; a square; the number ‘8’; the letter “F”; the letter “E,” the letter “O” and a host of other



patterns.



The most popular pattern is the “coverall” where all squares of the Bingo card should be covered. It is also the type of game which has the



biggest cash prizes.



Compared to 90 Ball Bingo, the Bingo games that’s popular in the UK and Australia, 75 Ball Bingo is faster and the patterns are easier to



complete. 90 Ball Bingo has only three horizontal lines and nine vertical lines and the object of the game is mark off one, two or three of



these horizontal lines, and that makes it a more difficult game.