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From 75 Ball to Full House – A Complete Glossary of Bingo Terms and Chat Lingo




Author: Nick Wright


Jackpot bingo and other related games on free bingo sites, as well as the traditional game played at a house of bingo or bingo hall are all ever entertaining and increasingly popular games with huge swathes of the gambling community.

Jackpot bingo games online are in fact one of the most popular online gambling options as it provides a social aspect with the fun of playing the game and the possibility to win a nice wedge of cash especially if the jackpot bingo game includes any bingo bonus prizes.

So, with all this in mind you may well fancy giving this online jackpot bingo a try and if you do then this article will provide you with definitions and explanations of all the jackpot bingo terms you may come across, as well as demystifying some of the abbreviations that you could encounter through the chat functions of free bingo sites.

    75 Ball – The favoured variation of jackpot bingo in the United States, it is played using 75 numbered balls and a 5 x 5 grid bingo card.

    90 Ball – The variation of jackpot bingo that you’re more likely to come across in the UK or on UK free bingo sites, it has 90 numbered balls and typically a 3 x 9 grid bingo card.

    Blackout – A jackpot bingo game where the aim is to cover all of the numbers in your grid.

    BLNG – A chat abbreviation that stands for better luck next game, used frequently in the chat rooms of free bingo sites.

    BRB – A chat abbreviation that stands for be right back, used frequently in the chat rooms of free bingo sites.

    Chat Master – Many free bingo sites have a chat section for interacting with other players and the chat master is the person in charge of this section.

    Chat Room – The area of free bingo sites where you can chat to other players, often as well as through the jackpot bingo games you can win a bingo bonus or promotion through the chat room.

    Full House – What you achieve by covering all of the numbers on your grid in a game of jackpot bingo.

    GGA – A chat abbreviation that stands for good game all, used frequently in the chat rooms of free bingo sites.

    G2G – A chat abbreviation that stands for got to go, used frequently in the chat rooms of free bingo sites.

    Single Line – Covering a complete horizontal row of numbers on your grid either online or at a house of bingo.

    TTYL – A chat abbreviation that stands for talk to you later, used frequently in the chat rooms of free bingo sites.

    Two Lines Across – Two completed rows on your 90 ball jackpot bingo grid.

Now that you have got your head round the terminology and lingo of jackpot bingo, you can get down to your local house of bingo or get online and join the tens of thousands of people who love to play the game.