Calling all Bingo Lovers! Not only can you play Bingo in your local Bingo Hall, now you can play Bingo in the comfort of your very own
home, anytime, anywhere actually. There are plenty of bingo and bingo-related games online that are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (and an extra day if it is a leap year –BONUS). If you want to play Bingo online, all you will need is a reasonably updated computer, an internet connection and some kind of browser like Firefox, Internet Explorer etc.

Playing Online Bingo games are so much like your home games or actual games at land based bingo halls. The makers of the many types of online bingo software out really wanted create an online experience that was almost identical to their offline games, so they create the sounds, chat rooms, and the actual Bingo Experience to mimic that of the offline version of the game.

In most online bingo rooms, you will find that when you open a specific room that you would like to play in, it is in a pop-up window
that contains information such as:

• Your Bingo Tickets
• The current number and a tote board of the previous numbers called in that specific game
• A list of the players in the current online bingo game
• A “chat room” where all the players can chat to each other during and between games. In order to use most chat rooms, all you need to do is type into specified chat box and press the ‘Enter’ key on the keyboard. Players love this function to chat to friends they make while playing daily as well as to the chat moderators who are always there to help if you need help.
• Side games which include fun video slots, video poker, etc. that you can play while waiting for the next available bingo game to start,all for a small price of a penny and up.

However, there is more to online bingo than just the bingo tickets themselves. Most Online Bingo sites that host bingo games also include a bunch of FUN activities for their players, including daily bingo promotions, free money so you can try out their bingo room, bingo news, pictures and comments from people who have been winners in the past, news about upcoming special tournaments and events, and a list of prizes you can win online.

At most online bingo rooms, players will all be competing for prizes in free and real money games but before you can take part in either the free or real money games, you will be required to sign-up. When you sign-up at an online bingo room, you will be required to enter some registration information which is pretty standardized amongst all the bingo rooms online.

Some important tips when completing a registration form:

• First and Last name (Use your real details as they are always 100% safe and secure with the online bingo rooms
• Username (Make sure you use the one you want other players to know you as)
• Email address (Ensure you use a valid email address as you will be sent a confirmation email to activate your account)

Your ticket, your winnings:

To get started, all you need to do is fund your account, if you have not been given some free cash to get started, and once you have money in your Online Bingo account, you are ready to have fun!

When you are ready with a fully funded bingo account, you are good to go purchase your first ticket. Most online bingo rooms allow players to purchase tickets from around 1p or 1 cent all the way up to the bigger amounts per ticket. When you purchase a ticket, you get what looks like a regular card in any offline bingo hall, but the great thing about online play is that you have the option to daub the numbers yourself, or go for the Auto-Daub function which is better for if you have more than 1 ticket.

Each game is different to the next, but you mostly have some kind of pattern that you need to follow, diagonal, horizontal or vertical. The pattern that players have to match appears at the top of the screen and as the numbers are called, players “daub” their cards with a click of the mouse or as stated above, you can opt for the auto-daub function. When your card matches the
pattern, the system will announce that there is a winner and the amount and the game will then carry on until the next pattern is achieved and amount is won. You will find that there is normally 3 wins per game which adds 2 more chance for you to win and 3 times the amount of FUN!

Socializing:

Like with most social things in the world, if you spend enough time at a specific online bingo room on a daily basis, you will get to know the regulars in the rooms and they will notice you too. Some games are built for chat and you will be chatting with the Chat Moderators while they play the chat games with you where you need to guess the answers to the questions you ask before time runs
out or someone else gets the answer right, others are just for chatting with your friends while the auto-daub is activated and you are still playing online bingo, but you have the chance to focus more on your daily gossip fix! However, there are some games that are quite enough for you to just play bingo and not chat if you do not want to. Just so you know, socializing is not compulsory, so
don’t feel like you HAVE to chat.

Also, if you feel uncomfortable at any time with a specific person’s chat to you or in general, you can either ignore them, but it would also be wise to call a chat moderator into the room by typing, “Chat Moderator Please” and one will come to your rescue.

If you find that man of your dreams in the bingo chat too, or if you want to gossip about that incredible guy you met last week in the chat room you can click on the “Private Chat” button to send a confidential message to another player.