Ballarat Bingo At Midlands

How to Play Bingo

Bingo Basics

There are many different variants of the bingo game. There are 75, 80 and 90 ball numbers, as well as pattern variations (full house, liners, corners, shapes etc).

At our centre, we only play 90 ball bingo, in 2 different formats. It is played on tickets that have 15 numbers scattered over 3 rows of boxes with 5 numbers in each row. The numbers run in columns of the same group of numbers, that is:

1st column: 1-9
2nd column: 10-19
3rd column: 20-29
4th column: 30-39
5th column: 40-49
6th column: 50-59
7th column: 60-69
8th column: 70-79
9th column: 80-90

Tickets can be purchased in strips of 1 to 6 tickets. Purchasing a 6 ticket book will give a player all 90 numbers per game.

Bingo Tickets

PET Machines

PET machines are electronic tablets that we load your books onto. We have our PET machines set so that they auto-dab the numbers for you, and essentially play bingo for you. If any of your tickets get down to one number, you will hear a “ding” sound to alert you to the number you need to win bingo. If this number is announced by the caller, you must still call out Bingo. Failure to do so will result in a missed Bingo.



There is a feature on the machines which allows you to mark the numbers off manually on the screen. If you are interested in this feature, please see one of our staff members, however, we only recommend this setting for experienced PET machine players. Failing to mark off a number correctly on the PET machine will result in a missed Bingo.

Bingo PET Machine

Formats Played:

All games played at Ballarat Bingo at Midlands are called by a staff member. We do not use the automated caller system.
Numbers are drawn via a random number generator, announced by our caller and displayed on monitors on our walls.

This can also be known as “Full Card”, and is the format that we play on all our main games (unless otherwise advertised).



Players need to cross off all 15 numbers on a ticket to claim the bingo prize. The last number announced by the caller MUST be on the winning ticket, otherwise the claim is dismissed as a false call, and the game will continue.

Full House Example

"FULL HOUSE"

Liner Example

"LINER"

This format is played on most of our single flyer ticket games, and will be advertised as such.

This is where a player must have 5 numbers marked off across any one line on a ticket. The last number announced by the caller MUST be on the line when this prize is claimed, otherwise the claim is dismissed as a false call. Once the “liner” winner is confirmed the game continues on until a player calls bingo for a “full house”.

Prizes are cash prizes, and the amount paid is decided by the winning number that bingo is claimed on. The prize structure is as follows:
Numbers 1-50 = $50
All other numbers above 50 will be paid the same amount as the number.
EG:
Number 62 = $62
Number 89 = $89

“Double Roulette” is simply the above prize amounts doubled (prizes $100-$180).


“Triple Roulette” is simply the above prize amounts tripled (prizes $150-$270).

“Jackpot” on funny money games is a prize pool that is awarded once all funny money games have been played. The jackpot amount varies depending on the payout of funny money games.

“ROULETTE”

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