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Blackout - (Also, Coverall) A pattern where
you must cover the whole card to win.
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Bonanza - A progressive coverall Jackpot
that is usually played as the 13th game of the session.
Forty-five numbers are drawn before the session and players mark
them on separate cards and set aside. There is an additional fee
to play this game, usually $1. The countdown begins at 48
numbers or less and go up one number per week to 52 numbers or
until won. The amount of the jackpot is determined by card sales
for that game.
- Caller -
The person who calls out the bingo numbers.
- Chat Room -
A lot of bingo sites have chat rooms
where you can chat with other players who are online at the same
time.
- Coverall -
(Also Blackout) A pattern where you must cover the whole card to
win.
- Dauber -
Bingo dauber is ink-filled bottle/pen with a foam tip on it used
to mark called numbers. When you touch the bingo card with the
foam tip it marks the square. (See picture above)
- Early Bird Game -
A bingo game that starts earlier
than another regularly scheduled game.
- Free Space -
The center square of the card. It's
like a Joker. You get it free every game and it counts towards
your winning pattern.
- Game Board -
The display board above your card(s)
that shows you the balls in play.
- Game Room -
Some online games divide the players
into game rooms.
- G.T.I., T.E.D. -
An electronic dauber system used to
play multiple packs at once. These usually require a rental fee
and only one is allowed per player.
- Hardway Bingo (Hard-way Bingo) -
Bingo in a straight line without the
use of the free space.
- Jackpot -
A big prize usually awarded for
achieving a difficult pattern, such as a blackout, within a
specified number of balls.
- Top Of The Hour Jackpot - Special bingo
games with high jackpot prizes which take place on the hour,
every hour, over a specified time period.
- Minimum Buy-in -
The least amount you must spend to
be eligible for prizes.
- Money Ball -
A number drawn before the game that
will double a player's winnings if bingo is hit on that number.
- Pattern -
The shape you need to cover on your
card with called out numbers, usually it is a straight line.
- Progressive Jackpot -
A Jackpot that gets bigger until it
is won. There is usually a separate buy-in for Progressive
Jackpot games.
- Rainbow Pack -
A paper pack that allows players to
play for three or four different prize denominations at once.
- Six-pack, Nine-pack -
Six or nine numbers in a block on
one card.
- T.E.D., G.T.I. -
An electronic dauber system used to
play multiple packs at once. These usually require a rental fee
and only one is allowed per player.
- Validation -
Eligibility required to win
additional jackpot amounts. Price varies by number of cards
played.
- Wild Number -
Usually played on a double bingo
that leads into a triple bingo. The first number out of the
hopper determines the wild number; for example, if 42 is drawn,
all numbers ending in 2 should be marked off.
- Money Ball - This is a bonus number
selected before the game starts that will double a player's
jackpot if their bingo is hit on that number. I have never won
with the money ball. It seems very rare.
- Card - The bingo card consists of 24
numbered boxes and one blank space in the middle (the FREE
square). The squares are arranged in 5 columns, by 5 rows. The
columns are labeled across, B,I,N,G,O. With the numbers in
column B always between 1 and 15, those in column I between 16
and 30, and so on. During the game up to 75 bingo numbers are
called out. The player crosses off each number on their card as
it is called out. The object of the game is to complete a
pattern of numbers on the card, or fill the whole card in a
coverall, or blackout game.
- Free Square - The middle square of the
bingo card is always known as the FREE square, like a wildcard
number.
- Payout Percentage - This is the
percentage of sales that are paid back out in prizes by the
House. Online bingo normally payouts out at around 70%.
- Sign Up Bonus - Most online bingo games
offer their users a sign up bonus. This is to encourage players
to sign up. It is usually 100% of the first deposit. So if you
deposit $100, you get an extra $100 credited to you account. You
will not be able to cash out your bonus money.
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