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Archive for May, 2009

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Bingo games are fun and exciting. However, in order to make the most of these games, players need to know what is going on. Since there is a certain terminology reserved for such games, being aware of key bingo game glossary terms can be helpful and advantageous for beginner Bingo players, online and offline. This is the primary topic which we will be covering this week. In alphabetical order, key Bingo game terms include:

· Split Pot – In these types of Bingo games, winners are required to split the overall prize with the Bingo hall in which they are playing, also known as the House. It is not always a fifty-fifty split, in many cases the winning player would get 60% of the overall winnings, while the house would get 40%.
· Texas Blackout – This is another variation of the bingo game. When the first number is called, players are able to block out all similar numbers, described as being either odds (1,3,5,7,9, etc.) or evens (2,4,6,8,10, etc.). All those numbers are wild numbers. After this, the game proceeds as a traditional blackout game.
Wrap Up – This is the term given to the last game of a Bingo session.
· Validation – This term refers to the eligibility required of players in order to win additional Bingo jackpot prize amounts.

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Bingo games are fun and exciting. However, in order to make the most of these games, players need to know what is going on. Since there is a certain terminology reserved for such games, being aware of key bingo game glossary terms can be helpful and advantageous for beginner Bingo players, online and offline. This is the primary topic which we will be covering this week. In alphabetical order, key Bingo game terms include:

· Quickie – In quickie Bingo games, Bingo numbers are called out as quickly as possible. In order to win, players need a full card.
· RNG – stands for Random Number Generator. Random number generators are the machines which are used in order to pick the numbers for a Bingo game. In most cases of today‘s Bingo games, these machines are electronic.
· Session – This is used to describe an entire period of time devoted to Bingo games, such as a whole evening or a daytime program dedicated to a number of Bingo cards and Bingo games. Most sessions are set up over a period of time spanning two and a half to three and a half hours.
· Speed Bingo – This is a variation of the regular bingo games played. In speed Bingo, the game numbers are called out very quickly. In these games, players can achieve bingo in as few as three numbers. These games are most often played before or after a regular Bingo session.
· Speedgame or Speed Game – This is a coverall Bingo game which is designed to be played very fast. It is a special game and has one card played at a time.

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Bingo games are fun and exciting. However, in order to make the most of these games, players need to know what is going on. Since there is a certain terminology reserved for such games, being aware of key bingo game glossary terms can be helpful and advantageous for beginner Bingo players, online and offline. This is the primary topic which we will be covering this week. In alphabetical order, key Bingo game terms include:

· Parti – Parti is short for the longer phrase, participation bingo. This is a type of Bingo game played where the prize is cash. The cash prize depends on how many players are in the game and it is equal to at least half the amount of money paid in by the players.
· Payout – Payout refers to the amount of money paid out by the gambling establishment owners, known as the House. Most Bingo halls offer a payout of at least 75%.
· Postage Stamp Pattern – This is a particular Bingo game pattern where players achieve four numbers, on a 2 by 2 grid, forming a ‘postage stamp’. It may be located in any of the four corners on a Bingo card.
· Progressive Jackpot – This jackpot grows bigger and bigger, until it is won. Such jackpots may grow over a number of days, weeks or months. With Bingo, games are often played to see if a player can win in a certain number of calls. If no one can achieve the pattern desired within a number of calls, the prize money rolls over to the next game.

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Bingo games are fun and exciting. However, in order to make the most of these games, players need to know what is going on. Since there is a certain terminology reserved for such games, being aware of key bingo game glossary terms can be helpful and advantageous for beginner Bingo players, online and offline. This is the primary topic which we will be covering this week. In alphabetical order, key Bingo game terms include:

· Late Night Bingo – Late night Bingo is also known as Moonlight Bingo. These bingo games are those which start late at night. In many cases, this refers to games which start around 10PM at night.
· Main Stage Bingo – This is the main event of a Bingo game. It is believed that main state Bingo games draw the biggest crowds and highest number of customers.
· Minimum Buy-in – This is the smallest amount of money a player needs to spend at a gambling establishment in order to become eligible to win and receive prizes.
· Multiple Winners – There are declared to be multiple winners in a game when two or more players achieve Bingo at the same exact time. When this occurs, the prize is divided among the winners.
· On – When their bingo card requires online one more number to win, a player is said to be ‘on’.
· On The Way – Prior to playing a blackout bingo game, there is a game offered called On the Way. This game is played before the blackout game and uses the same card. After the initial on the way game or games are played, more numbers are called until someone gets a blackout pattern.

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Bingo games are fun and exciting. However, in order to make the most of these games, players need to know what is going on. Since there is a certain terminology reserved for such games, being aware of key bingo game glossary terms can be helpful and advantageous for beginner Bingo players, online and offline. This is the primary topic which we will be covering this week. In alphabetical order, key Bingo game terms include:

Game Room – A game room is an online makeup used to describe certain Bingo websites, internet gaming areas and casinos. In some online environments, there are multiple and different game rooms available for playing online gambling games.
· Hardway Bingo (Hard-way Bingo) – This term is used to describe a pattern for online Bingo games in which the players gets a straight line win on their Bingo card without using their Free space in the middle of the card.
· House – This is the term used to describe the casino, gambling environment or Bingo hall where gambling games are played. It may also refer to the property owner of such gambling establishments.
· Jackpot – The jackpot is the prize awarded to winners of gambling games. In Bingo, a jackpot is often used to describe a particularly large winning prize, which is awarded to players who are able to win by achieving a particularly difficult pattern. In many instances, this refers to a blackout or coverall pattern within a specific number of Bingo balls and numbers being called.

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Bingo games are fun and exciting. However, in order to make the most of these games, players need to know what is going on. Since there is a certain terminology reserved for such games, being aware of key bingo game glossary terms can be helpful and advantageous for beginner Bingo players, online and offline. This is the primary topic which we will be covering this week. In alphabetical order, key Bingo game terms include:

· Dauber – A bingo dauber is marker. It is used both online and offline in order to mark called numbers on a bingo card. Offline markers are often ink filled pens, but only daubers are virtually markers used to check off numbers on a player’s card after they have been called.
· Early Bird Game – This is a specific type of bingo game which is programmed to start sooner than another, regularly-scheduled bingo game. However, in some instances, the Early Bird bingo game is simply the first bingo game of a particular bingo session. The first game of a such a session is often more commonly referred to as the Warm Up game.
· Four Corners – This phrase describes a particular bingo card pattern in which, to win, players are required to cover up the corner numbers on their bingo card(s). Once this has been accomplished, the player wins.
· Free Space – This is the center square of some versions of Bingo’s cards. It is the one spot which does not have a number assigned to it. The free space is like a wild space, players get the spot on every game (for the particular versions of bingo which offer it) and it counts towards the winning patter of the players.

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Bingo games are fun and exciting. However, in order to make the most of these games, players need to know what is going on. Since there is a certain terminology reserved for such games, being aware of key bingo game glossary terms can be helpful and advantageous for beginner Bingo players, online and offline. This is the primary topic which we will be covering this week. In alphabetical order, key Bingo game terms include:

Blackout: This term is synonymous with a ‘Coverall’. Bingo games in which players are attempting a blackout or a coverall are trying to get all the numbers on their card called before anyone else – it is a pattern in which players need to have the whole card covered in order to win.

Caller : This is the person or the machine which calls out all of the Bingo numbers for the players, either at a physically located Bingo hall, casino or online gaming environment.

Card : A card containing 24 numbered spaces and one free space (blank), with which you play BINGO. The numbers are assigned at random on each card and are arranged in five columns of five numbers each by five rows (5 x 5 = 25 in total including the blank square). The numbers in the B column are between 1 and 15, in the I column between 16 and 30, in the N column (containing four numbers and the free space) between 31 and 45, in the G column between 46 and 60, and in the O column between 61 and 75.

Chat Room : A screen displayed alongside your game where you can type in messages to other players and read their responses.

Consolation Prize :The prize or prizes offered on some special games if there is no winner in a predetermined number of calls.

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Bingo games are fun and exciting. However, in order to make the most of these games, players need to know what is going on. Since there is a certain terminology reserved for such games, being aware of key bingo game glossary terms can be helpful and advantageous for beginner Bingo players, online and offline. This is the primary topic which we will be covering this week. In alphabetical order, key Bingo game terms include:

· Ball Shooter – This refers to the spring loaded plunger, used in offline bingo halls, which utilizes a rubber tip in order to launch the bingo balls into the bingo playfield area.
· Bingo Board – This term is utilized to describe the bingo game display board. When numbers are called throughout the bingo game, they are marked on the Bingo board so that players know which numbers have been called already. In most cases, the bingo board is usually electronic and it lights up, showing each number as it is called.
· Bingo Books/Booklets – These terms are used to make reference to a number of different colored bingo sheets or bingo cards which have been bound together. They have been bound together in order to form a book/booklet which can be played, one for each game during bingo game play. In most cases, the bingo books and bingo booklets have been bound together in the order in that they will be played.
· Bingo Marker – This is the term given to the dauber which is utilized by players, both online and offline, in order to mark the called numbers on a bingo game card.

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Bingo games are fun and exciting. However, in order to make the most of these games, players need to know what is going on. Since there is a certain terminology reserved for such games, being aware of key bingo game glossary terms can be helpful and advantageous for beginner Bingo players, online and offline. This is the primary topic which we will be covering this week. In alphabetical order, key Bingo game terms include:

Ball Gate – This is the part of the bingo ball dispensing machine, which illustrates the one-way flap at the top of the ‘ball runway’ (a term found at the end of this post), which the ball must pass through and under in order to rest at the main playfield area. This term is primarily used for offline Bingo game play.

Ball Lifter – The is the mechanical device utilized in order to raise the bingo ball up from beneath the playfield. It moves the bingo ball to the ‘ball shooter’ tip.

Ball Runway – This is the area of a bingo ball machine where the ball is launched up by the ball shooter. Via the ball runway, the bingo ball is able to enter the main playfield area.

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Bingo games are fun and exciting. However, in order to make the most of these games, players need to know what is going on. Since there is a certain terminology reserved for such games, being aware of key bingo game glossary terms can be helpful and advantageous for beginner Bingo players, online and offline. This is the primary topic which we will be covering this week. In alphabetical order, key Bingo game terms include:

· Admission – This is what allows players to be eligible for participation in a bingo game, either offline or online.
· Admission Packet – This represents the minimum number of cards that a player is required to purchase, which then acts as the price of admission. In most cases, players are required to purchase admission packets which are made up of three to six bingo cards for regular games, as well as potentially some cards for special Bingo games. Still, the admission packet varies from bingo hall to bingo hall and from site to site.
· After Game – This term is used to describe the game which is played after the end of a regular session of bingo game play.

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