How To Play Bingo Online
You may be familiar with high street bingo halls and you may have even played a few games over the years. But if you have never played bingo online then it’s understandable that you may not even know where to start. But if you would like to know more about how to play bingo online then you have come to the right place.
Where To Play Bingo Online
Your first decision will be where you want to play. If you don’t have any online bingo accounts, I would suggest playing at a bingo site that you know and trust.
Mecca Bingo, Gala Bingo, Tombola, and Jackpotjoy are all really good choices. They are trusted, highly reputable and very, very secure. They are also well known UK brands which can give additional peace of mind.
So now that you have a few choices, you can go and explore those websites. To do that, simply, click on the name above and the link will take you there. My advice is to look around each of the sites. Look for one that you can easily navigate around and has been designed to make things as simple as possible for you, the customer.
Decided where you want to play bingo online? Good. Now it’s time to open an online bingo account.
Opening An Online Bingo Account
Once you have decided where you would like to play online, you will have to open an account. The ‘Sign Up’ and ‘Join’ buttons are always very clear on the homepages of bingo sites. Simply click on the button and fill in the form.
The form will require information such as your name, address, date of birth, phone number and email address. You will also be asked to create a Username and Password. Your username will be the name that appears when you play bingo.
So if, for example, you choose ‘DiamondBingoGirl’ and you win a game, that’s the name that will appear on the screen. Your password is secret and will only be used by you to log into your new account whenever you want to play bingo.
Depositing Cash Into Your Account
Once you have registered your new account, you should get a confirmation email. In that email will be a link that you must click to prove to the bingo site that they have the right person. You are then ready to fund your account.
For that, you will need your debit card details. Although some sites also allow payments via Paypal. Go to your ‘Account’ and click ‘Add Funds’. You can then follow the instructions to add your own money into your online bingo account. It will be very clear when the money has been added as your balance will always be visible at the top of the screen. Only you can see it.
Playing Bingo Online
Now you have chosen your preferred bingo site, opened an account and put money in it, it’s time to start playing bingo! I’m going to use Mecca Bingo as the example here.
On the homepage, there are a series of tabs across the top of the screen. Click on the Bingo one. That will give you a full bingo games schedule.
You then have a really good choice of games to play. There are options for 90 ball, 80 ball, 75 ball, and Special games. As an example, if you click on ’90 Ball’, you can see a list of games arranged in order from the time that they start. You can also see the price per ticket, the bingo room the game will take place in, and how much the prize is for that game.
Simply pick the game that most appeals to you and click on ‘Join Room’. A new screen will pop up and this is essentially the bingo game. You will be prompted to purchase tickets and you get to choose how many you want to buy. There is often a maximum number but you tend to buy them in multiples of 6. So either 6, 12 or 24 is the norm.
Click on how many you want and confirm your purchase. There is a countdown clock to when the game will start and that’s it. The game begins and the numbers are automatically daubbed for you. The tickets move around as you get closer to winning a line, 2 lines or a full house. Winners will automatically pop up on the screen.
And that is the basic guide on How To Play Bingo Online. Once you’ve played a couple of games, you will start to become very familiar with the process and before you know it you’ll be happily playing bingo online whenever you like!
