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All about USA Bingo

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As with a lot of other gambling games out there, bingo has a lot to do with luck. When it comes to USA bingo, random bingo number calls are made through draws and players then match the numbers onto a 5×5 matrix on cards that are either electronically represented or printed out.

The very first person that comes up with all of the corresponding numbers as to the bingo number calls will be declared the winner after the word “bingo” is called out. Keep in mind that there might be slight differences between USA bingo and UK bingo or even Australia bingo or New Zealand bingo in terms of tickets or bingo number calls.

The origin of USA bingo is from the Italian lottery game “Lo Giuoco Code Loto” from way back in 1530. After that, in the year 1929, a game called Beano was then played with dried beans, cardboard sheets and rubber stamps and, after seeing it, a man named Edwin Lowe ended up coming up with a game similar to it where one had to call out “bingo” in place of “beano”. This was how USA bingo came about.

There are different variations to USA bingo games. When it comes to Buzzword Bingo, players get their bingo cards ready with whichever buzzword is decided on and it gets ticked off as they are uttered in speech or meeting. The overall objective of this game is to be able to tick off predetermined amounts of words in a single row and then calling out “bingo”.

Bovine Bingo gets played during the summer with hopes of raising particular funds for the country. In truth, it is really more like a kind of USA lottery instead of a kind of USA bingo. Lines are chalked into a grid and rectangles are placed onto an enclosed area of land, like a paddock. Here, livestock animals get set loose and the winner is determined wherever the first defecation of the animal is excreted.

Roadkill Bingo is played as people drive to a far location. In this version of the game, pictures of 24 completely different animals get printed onto cardboard or paper and are then placed onto the grid in a random order. Whenever one player sees a dead specimen of one of the animals on the cardboard or paper, he can mark it off with a bingo blotter. The goal of this version of USA bingo is to spot sequences of five animals in the same column or row on the card.

In Lingo, features of two different games are put together; the games are Bingo and Jotto, or Giotto. In case you aren’t familiar with the game, Jotto is logic-oriented and merely consists of two players, a piece of blank paper and something to write with. Every player then chooses a secret word that is made out of only five letters. Basically, the goal of this USA bingo version would be to properly guess the word of the other player before he guesses yours. Fun for all!

By Ray Aderson
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Did you know that …

... there are two types of bingo played around the world?

North America plays 75-ball bingo on a 5x5 card with the centre square usually marked 'free'. In the UK, parts of Europe, Australia and parts of South America they play a 90-ball game, marked on a 9x3 card. Both types of bingo are prominent online.

Unlike balls used in regular bingo halls, online bingo sites use a random number generator. The online bingo play works almost exactly like playing online poker or online casino games with everything being virtual. Most bingo halls also offer links to online poker and casino offerings. One notable feature of online bingo is the chat functionality that gives the opportunity to interact with other players.

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If you are going to try online bingo for the first time look for the best no deposit bingo and free bingo sites. Experience the game with the calm deriving from the awareness that you are not risking your own money, nevertheless you can win some good bucks.

Progressive jackpot bingo games offer high value cash prizes. The jackpot is accumulated over a period of time, often taken from payments made to play smaller games. Usually as each new card pattern emerges, the pattern will have a number defining the amount of calls needed to claim the Jackpot. If players obtain a Bingo in this amount of calls or less then they will win the Progressive Jackpot. But rules are different for the different online bingo halls, so check before playing.

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