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Bingo rules are quite simple. A caller attracts figures, one through 75 (75 in American Bingo rules, and 90 in British Bingo and Australian Bingo rules), from a machine very similar to the famous lottery ball holders. Then the caller puts the figure up on a display, then calls out the figure. You will have a certain number of seconds to locate the figure on your Bingo cards.
On most Bingo games Bingo numbers will be called 15-20 seconds apart unless there is a possibility of a winner, then the caller will call the numbers at least 25 seconds apart.
Basically, participants obtain cards with figures on them in a 5 x 5 grid corresponding to the five letters in the word B-I-N-G-O. Numbers such as B-2 or 0-68 are then drawn at random until one participant completes a 'Bingo' pattern, such as a line with five figures in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal row on one of their cards and wins the reward.
Following is a general BINGO card (the picture is for an illustration purpose only):
There are lots of possible bingo patterns & rules that can be played. There are bingo cards that have the Bingo patterns already marked/highlighted, and have three basic designations:
The following popular bingo patterns are an examples of some of the top winning bingo patterns:
There are several different bingo games played throughout a session. The games vary with the bingo hall, but there are always regular games. In a regular game, you fill your card with a straight-line bingo horizontal, diagonal, or vertical. In most regular games, four corners also counts.
Other games will vary by bingo parlor, but here is a sampling of the most common:
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Bingo Blood, Sweat, and Tears - Fill a single bingo card with three bingos (corners do not count)
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Bingo Six Pack - Fill to make a pattern of six numbers, two rows of three each, horizontal or vertical. Sometimes you can use the free space, sometimes not.
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Bingo Nine pack - Fill a square of nine numbers.
- Bingo Eight states - Fill the numbers surrounding the free space.
- Bingo Postage stamps - Fill two squares of four numbers on a single card, each in a corner of your card.
- Bingo Kite and Tail - Fill a diagonal plus one of the corners running through the diagonal, to make what looks like a kite.
- Bingo Top and bottom - Fill the top row and bottom row.
- Bingo Dotted picture frame - Fill every other space around the card.
- Bingo Cover all - The last game of the night. Fill all numbers on a card for bingo.
There are many other possible Bingo games & rules. And the specific BINGO parlor will explain each...
Now you are ready to start playing online BINGO:
 NOTE: Vic's Bingo accepts all US players
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