You are interested in playing bingo online but are not familiar with the language or words used in bingo. Don’t worry, we will provide all the terms used in bingo and you will have no problem.

75-number bingo
In some bingo games, numbers can be called out up to 75. These are 75 number bingos.

90-number bingo
This traditional bingo games, the cards have numbers up to 90, so numbers up to 90 can be called out.

Admission
To participate in a bingo game, you need to purchase a minimum number of bingo cards. This is the admission fee. So you need to pay an admission fee before playing bingo.

After game
After a regular session of bingo game, a bingo game is played which is called an AFTER GAME.

Basket bingo
Basket prizes are given in this bingo game.

Beano
In this, the squares of the called out numbers are covered completely. It is called bingo because earlier beans were used to cover the required squares.

Bingo bango bongo
This is a game played between two players or more on the basis of points.

Bingo board
It is an electronic board that displays each number on that is called out.

Bingo card
These are cards that players on. They have 3 rows and 9 columns. Each row has 5 numbers and 4 blank spaces. Online bingo has similar virtual bingo cards.

Blackout or coverall
These terms are used in the cover-all bingo, where you are supposed to cover all the numbers on your card to win.

Buzzword bingo
This is a bingo game, where words or phrases are called out instead of numbers. Players mark these if these called out words and phrases are there on their card. The player who marks 5 words or phrases on his card first is the winner.

Cash in prize
Bingo games where cash prizes are given to winners are CASH IN PRIZE.

Chat games
This is playing bingo through chatting.

Chat Master
The person who is in charge of chat games and bingo chat rooms is the chat master. He is also known as CHAT MONITOR or CHAT MODERATOR. The CM types in capital or bold so that he can be differentiated from other players. He checks that the game moves on smoothly.

Consolation prize
This is offered if there is no winner in the predetermined.

Early bird game
This is the first game of a session and is commonly known as warm up.

Four corners
Cover the four corner numbers.

Free space
This is a blank in the center 75 number bingo and should be covered at the start of every game.

Full house
Marking all the numbers on the card to win is a full house.

Hardball
The first number called out at the beginning of the game is a hardball.

Hard way bingo
This is bingo in a line without a free space.

Inside square
This is played in 75 number bingoes. The players have to cover all the numbers surrounding the free space to win.

Jackpot
This is a huge sum of money given away to a winner of a difficult pattern or black out in limited number of calls.

Minimum buy-in
This is the minimum amount that a player invests to be eligible to win prizes.


Multiple winners
If 2 or more players win at the same time, the prize amount is divided equally among them.

Nine pack
A block of nine numbers on a bingo card is called a nine pack.

On
On means when a player needs just one number to win.

Pattern
This is the pattern which the players have to cover on their bingo card to win.

Postage stamp pattern
This is covering a postage stamp formation(2×2 grid) in any one of the 4 corners.

Progressive jackpot
Bingo jackpot keeps increasing if it is not won in set number of calls.

Quickie
Quickie is when the numbers are called very quickly to cover all to win.

Single line across
This is when a player marks all the numbers on a single row.

Six pack
Block of six numbers on a card is called SIX PACK.

Tickets
Tickets are bingo cards seen on your computer screen.

Two lines across
This is marking off two complete rows on the bingo card.

Wrap up
This is the last game of a bingo session.