Choosing a room
Each room plays one type of bingo on a fixed timetable. The lobby lists them all with the next start time, ticket price and status. A few things to weigh up:
- Game type. 90-ball is the traditional UK game with three prizes per game. 75-ball and 80-ball use square cards and patterns. 30-ball is the quickest by far.
- Ticket price. Ranges from 1p to 20p per ticket in our rooms. The price is fixed for the room and shown before you buy.
- Time between games. Anything from three to ten minutes. Shorter gaps suit quick sessions; longer ones leave room to chat.
Buying tickets
Open a room and choose how many tickets you want for the next game, up to the room's maximum. In 90-ball you can buy a strip of six tickets, which covers every number from 1 to 90 once. The cost is taken from your balance straight away and the tickets appear on screen with a reference number.
You can also pre-buy tickets for later games in the same room, including the first game after a closed room reopens. Pre-bought tickets can be cancelled and refunded until sales close for that game.
How a game starts
Ticket sales close a few seconds before the start time shown in the lobby. At that point the prize pot for the game is fixed and displayed in the room. Then the caller starts drawing balls, usually one every few seconds.
Numbers are marked on your tickets automatically, so you won't miss one if you look away. Tickets are sorted so the ones closest to a win move to the top, and the room shows how many numbers each ticket still needs.
How the result is decided
Balls are drawn by a random number generator that is independently tested, as the Gambling Commission requires. The first ticket to complete the winning pattern takes that prize. In 90-ball the game carries on after the one-line and two-line prizes until someone gets a full house.
If two or more tickets complete the same pattern on the same ball, the prize is split equally between them. Prizes are paid automatically to the winning accounts within seconds of the game ending. Buying more tickets gives you more chances in that game, but it also costs more, and no number of tickets makes a win certain.
Where to find Game History
Everything you play is recorded in your account:
- Bingo History shows each game you bought into: room, time, tickets, cost, and any prize.
- Game History covers Slingo, slots and casino games, spin by spin or round by round.
- Transaction History lists deposits, withdrawals and every change to your balance.
All three are in My Account and go back as far as your account does.
How your balance works
Your wallet holds one cash balance, used for bingo tickets and for every other game. Deposits appear in it once the payment is authorised. Ticket purchases come off it when you buy, and prizes go on to it when the game ends.
You can withdraw your cash balance at any time once your account is verified. Withdrawals go back to the Visa Debit card you deposited with. The Payments page explains timings and statuses.
A final point: bingo is a game of chance, and over time players as a group get back less than they spend. Treat what you spend as the price of an evening's entertainment. If it stops feeling like that, our safer gambling tools are there to help.