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In order to get the most out of playing bingo, one ought to know about all of the bingo game type. There are five major categories for bingo games, and will clarify the difference between each one. Are you ready to go?

Regular Bingo Games

In a regular game, each player gets a card on which he marks the called numbers. Cards contain random numbers of 1-75. A player wins the game when he covers a specific, predetermined pattern of numbers on his bingo card. One of the simplest bingo patterns is the "any line" pattern, which means that once you fill a line – you call "bingo!" and win (that is, if no one did before you). Other patterns are harder to fill. Some are letter-shaped; some are rectangular, octagonal and so on.

Combination Bingo Games

These games are much like the regular bingo games, with one single difference: in combination games, a single card is used for a few games in a row. The first game is usually played with a rather simple pattern, which doesn't require much space (for example – filling the 4 corner squares). The second game requires a pattern which covers different or additional squares than the former (for example -  marking the entire outside frame, and so on, until the card is full or the set of games is complete).

Pre-Called and Odd-Even Bingo Games

Games of this kind usually require many numbers to be called in order to win the game. To get the game going, some of the numbers are read in the beginning of the game, and the players quickly fill them up. These games often offer the largest prizes for winners, and some call them "specials." Since these games are more complex than regular ones, they used sealed cards to prevent cheating.

Another pre-called game is the Odd-Even game. This type of game considers either the odd numbers or the even ones to be "wild numbers" that may be marked on the cards even before the game begins, before any numbers are even called. The wild numbers are determined by various methods. One word of advice from us at BingoDimes.com- make sure that these methods are clearly described in the house rules. Just like all other pre-called games, this one also requires using sealed bingo cards.

Progressive Prize Games

These games are often called carryover games. Here one can win the game only if the winning pattern is achieved within a predetermined number of calls. If a winner is not declared by the end of the specified number of calls, the prize is added to that of the next game, and so on. The prize keeps growing and growing until a winner grabs it all. Nonetheless, the winner of each individual progressive bingo game, even if he doesn't make the specified number of calls, gets a smaller consolation prize.

In order to make sure that someone eventually wins, the progressive games are made easier as the prize grows. These games are made easier by increasing the number of calls required for winning the progressive prize.

Bonus Games

When you talk about bonus games, know you're not talking about bingo games, but rather about side-games or add-on games, which are added as an extra to combination or regular games. The players have an option of paying an extra fee in order to take part of the bonus games, if there are any. Participating in the bonus games doesn't affect your chances of winning in the bingo games, nor does it affect the value of the bingo prize.

Bonus prizes are hardly ever won, as there are very specific conditions that need to be fulfilled in order to win. Therefore, the pot tends to grow quite a bit before someone wins it. Bonus prizes may grow indefinitely, but when the prize exceeds $30K, the game is modified in order to make the prize easier to win.