Introduction to the game of Horizonal Bingo

Bingo is a very popular game that is played around the world. There are slight variations from one country to another. In the USA and Canada, 75 ball bingo is the most popular, whereas in the UK and Europe the 90 ball variation is dominant. The game is not interchangeable because the tickets which govern the winners are very different from each other.

In both versions and in the relatively new 80 ball variation, the most common way of winning is a horizontal line on the ticket. This is 'horizontal bingo' and is the most likely outcome. Playing in a horizontal bingo game is often quick as there is a relatively high probability of a line being called.

How to play the game

Getting started playing bingo is very easy – all you need to do to get started is decide what type of bingo game you want to play – you will get the option of signing up to all types of bingos with different winning combinations. Some of these will be vertical lines, horizontal lines, patterns resembling animals and many more creative patterns for you to win with. The most common pattern to win any games are horizontal lines.

To stand a chance to win you need to buy your tickets – the more tickets, the more chance you have of getting your numbers before everyone else. If the particular bingo game you are playing has the rules that you need to have a "horizontal bingo" in order to win, you have to form a horizontal line on your bingo card. This will entail having five numbers line up horizontally across your bingo ticket. You can even win with four numbers if you have a line running across the middle as there centre square is a wild card square.

For some reason, players who mark their boards in live games tend to miss out on horizontal lines the most so when the call board calls out you numbers, pay close attention and watch for a horizontal line going from left to right across your ticket! This does not tend to apply in online games unless you choose to deliberately mark your cards manually.