An added benefit of playing online bingo is that you can simultaneously chat and develop new contacts on the Internet. Courtesy demands that you do not disturb the other players while chatting. You can also celebrate your winnings with your online friends, talk to them, and even lend money. Also Canadian and American games often allow multiple bingos - for example, the players may first play bingo for a single line, then after that is called continue playing for a full card, then for a consolation full card.In the British and Australian versions, internet bingo cards have 3 rows and 9 columns. 5 squares in each row contain the numbers 1 to 90 and the rest are left empty. The numbers are called out rapidly so that the players hardly get time to play more than one book or 6x cards. A free bingo book is a set of six cards and has the numbers from 1 to 90, the order being 15 numbers on each card, 5 numbers in each row. The first column comprises single numbers; the second contains tens, the third twenties, and so on. Number 90 is placed in the ninth column along with the eighties. Each card is equipped with a unique serial number to allow easy verification by the computer.
All the players are given a card, which has a grid that contains an exclusive grouping of numbers. In some of the versions, it is even left blank. The winning combination is proclaimed beforehand. A caller is deputed (he is not a player) who selects a numbered ball from the bowl and announces it. The ball cannot be played again. If the number of the ball coincides with a card that a player has, he would mark it. In this UK bingo game, speed is of essence. A player has to keenly listen to the number being called out, check his cards for the number and mark it in the relatively short time before the next announcement.








