Bingo guides
Twenty-one guides to the game itself — the formats, the rooms, the networks and what an evening costs
This is the part of the site with no operators in it. These pages are about the game — how a ninety-ball ticket is built, why a speed room costs four times what it looks like, who actually runs the room you are sitting in, and what a licence does and does not promise.
If you are new, start with how online bingo works and then read what a ticket costs. Those two between them cover the ninety per cent of online bingo that nobody explains.
How online bingo worksRooms, tickets, auto-daub and what an hour costs. Start here.90-ball bingoThe British game: three prizes from one draw, and the format with the chat.75-ball bingoThe American grid, a different pattern every game, and where the jackpots sit.80-ball bingoFour by four, coloured columns, built for a screen rather than a hall.30-ball bingoSpeed bingo: a minute a game, and the arithmetic that catches people.50-ball bingoTwo rows of five, and the one site on our list that still runs it.SlingoA bingo grid with a slot reel underneath, and a slot’s maths.Bingo rulesWhat wins, how ties split, what happens if you disconnect, and who to complain to.Bingo callsAll ninety, where they came from, and why no site will ever say them to you.Bingo lingo1TG, WTG, roomie, daub — the chat shorthand, and the two things you cannot type.Bingo networksTen of our fourteen sites share one platform. What that means for you.Chat hostsWho runs the room, what chat games are, and what the job pays.Bingo softwarePragmatic Play, Dragonfish, Gamesys — who builds the rooms you play in.Bingo jackpotsSeeded, progressive, and the call limit that decides everything.What a ticket costsThe arithmetic of an hour, by format, with the sums done.Newbie roomsPenny tickets and a window of about a month. The best place to start.Bingo tournamentsLeaderboards and points, and the one test for whether to care.Payment methodsWhat they take, what they charge to pay you back, and the credit card ban.Pay by mobileThe easiest deposit method on any site, which is exactly the problem.Bingo appsWhy almost no bingo site has one, and why that is fine.Is online bingo safe?What a licence obliges, what it does not, and how to check a site in two minutes.