What is bingo?
Bingo is most commonly split into two games of 75 ball and 90 ball. 75 ball bingo is most common in the USA where the 90 ball version is more popular in the UK, Europe and Australia. Both games have differing amount of numbers, pattern types and prizes. Play our games for free to get the hang of it until you are ready to enjoy the full benefits of the real money version.
This has been fought in court for more than a decade. One case almost made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. But then-Chief Justice Rehnquist refused to hear the appeal, because he did not want to become the butt of jokes on late-night talk shows. But bingo is no laughing matter. At least as many people play bingo as play poker. And bingo halls make money. Leading industry analyst Eugene Martin Christiansen estimates the nation’s commercial, charity and tribal bingo games have gross revenues of more than $3.5 billion a year. Nobody has much trouble, any more, with paper bingo played with ink daubers or paper pull-tabs sold by hand. These are clearly Class II games under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Tribes can set up Class II games without having to ask permission from the state in which the bingo hall is located. Class III gaming requires a formal tribal-state compact. The problem is electronics. With computers and video screens, bingo can be played on a gaming device that is as easy
Bingo is a game often played with a large number of people in halls or other venues. People are either given or purchase cards of 5 X 5 grids that have 25 total numbers on them. Each grid section has a number that is usually paired with letters that run across the top of the grid. A caller pulls out cards or uses bingo balls to call out each number. The players mark their spaces if they have the letter/number combination on their bingo grid card. The goal of bingo is to be the first to get five numbers in a row, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. When a person gets the five numbers, he or she shouts out “BINGO” and may be rewarded with prizes or money, or simply the satisfaction of winning.
