Online bingo, it’s a game that stays the same yet changes as time goes on. The principle stays the same. You have a card with printed numbers that run in rows (and sometimes columns) and a machine that spits out numbered balls. As the ball are drawn, a caller calls the number and everyone madly ticks of their numbers. Be the first to tick off the required number of numbers and you win the prize.

It still the same and so it should be. Why tinker with the basics when they work so well. What has changed over time is that ‘required number of numbers’. It used to be line, or two lines, or all the numbers (full house) or perhaps the four corners for a minor prize. Now there are any number of patterns in use and its all because of computers and the playing of online bingo.

Playing bingo online has become of the most popular single games played with tens of thousands of people playing each day around the world. Bingo also crept into the slot machines in the same way that video poker did. These video bingo slots brought with them all sorts of novelty plays. You could ‘buy’ numbers in any quantity you desired, often from 3 to 15 numbers. There is a pay chart for each and you are payed according to that pay chart.

Yet the principle stays the same. You have a group of numbers and the computer draws a set number of numbers. The number of numbers that match yours will determine how much you are paid. It’s still online bingo, it’s still a lot of fun and you can still win big prizes. When was the last time you played online bingo?