Game Variations

Blackout or "Coverall" Bingo: The winner of this game is the first player to cover their entire card. It usually takes anywhere from 50 to 60 of the 75 bingo numbers to be called before a player scores a bingo. However, blackouts in as few as 43 numbers have been recorded.

Bonanza Bingo: A type of progressive coverall bingo. Between 45 and 48 numbers are called prior to the regular bingo session. If there is no winner before the predetermined maximum number of calls, the game becomes progressive, with a higher maximum being set each successive night it is played, until someone hits bingo.

Progressive Jackpot Bingo: A Jackpot is a payout or "pot" that gets larger and larger until it is won. This type of pot builds daily, weekly, or monthly if it is not won in a specific number of calls. If there is no winner after the predetermined number of calls, then often times a consolation prize will be paid out. Different variations of progressive games add dollars or numbers, or both, to the jackpot. There is usually a separate buy-in for Progressive Jackpot games.

Speed Bingo: In this variation, numbers are called very quickly and players can win fer matching as few as three numbers.

Texas Blackout Bingo: A "speed" version of blackout/coverall bingo. If the first number called is an even number, then all the even numbers on all yer cards are wild and get covered. If the first number called is an odd number, you cover all yer odd numbers. The game then proceeds until a player covers their entire card.

Pattern Variations

Basic (Common): Five cells covered in a straight line horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Chevron: A "V" shaped pattern.

Double or Triple Bingo: A bingo game that ends once a player scores two (or three) bingos.

Four Corners: Covering all four corners of yer card.

Hardway: A "basic" straight line bingo that does not use the free space.

Postage Stamp: Covering four numbers anywhere on the card to form a 2 x 2 square.

Six-pack, Nine-pack: Larger versions of the Postage Stamp. A six-pack covers six numbers to form a 2 x 3 square. A nine-pack covers nine numbers to form a 3 x 3 square.