Many people are so used to playing Bingo at halls, parties, churches and community centers that they do not have the foggiest idea about how to play Bingo online. If you are reading this blog, you are obviously interested in playing Bingo at 123bingoonline.com.

Your first step is to register yourself and sign in with a minimum deposit . At present it is $20. On completion of the registration, your player ID will be emailed to you. Using that, you can enter the Bingo rooms on our site. Clicking on the Join Now logo on www.123bingoonline.com will help you start your registration.

You will be transported to a pleasantly pink games lobby page. You will find a lot of interesting bingo games like slots, keno, video poker, craps, blackjack, roulette and so on. What we are especially proud of are the value-adds we have provided. Players can check out horoscopes and try out puzzles in the games and trivia section. We also host an Agony Aunt column in our lifestyle section. There is more, but we will let you explore the goodies yourself.
Going on to Bingo, click on the Bingo link and you will have an option of playing either in the green room, red room, blue room. If you are not aware, we offer 75 ball Bingo in our rooms. The Green Thumb Bingo is a quarter room (where you purchase Bingo tickets priced 25 cents each), the Blue room or Blue Sapphire Bingo is a free room (where you can pick up free Bingo cards) and the Red room or Bingo Country is a nickel room (where players can purchase a ticket for as little as 5 cents).

The game is yet to begin. If you look around you will find a chat window. Click to join the chat room and engage in friendly banter with other online Bingo players. The chat hosts will also help you with any doubts or problems you may encounter.  They also host chat games which you can indulge in, if interested.

When the game begins, you can see the number board on the right side of the screen. If you have chosen the auto daub function, the numbers will be daubed automatically. The prize money is displayed on the screen and it depends on the pattern being played, the number of tickets bought (the number of participants). Some patterns like coverall do carry a fixed prize amount.

Well, that should help you get started. Make sure you check back for more on our Bingo Billboard.

Do you know what number the term “ two fat ladies” refers to? Or, who is considered the father of Bingo? Give up? Well, the term “two fat ladies” refers to number 88, and Edwin S. Lowe is considered as the father of Bingo.

There is much more to Bingo than simply daubing the numbers on your cards. Bingo is surrounded by many interesting facts and terms. Wanna find out? Here we go:

What was Bingo called in the beginning?

Bingo was called Beano initially. In Beano, a special “marker” was used to mark numbers. Can you name that? You may be surprised, but beans were used by players to mark the numbers called in Beano! The players just placed the bean on a disc carrying the letter and number called out.

Ever wondered how Beano was renamed as Bingo? It all happened during a carnival when a player got too excited and yelled “Bingo!” instead of Beano. This eventually led to the renaming of the game as Bingo.

Since then Bingo has spread far and wide and is now quite popular around the world.

In Australia and the UK, Bingo is known by a different name. What do you think that name is?

If you say, Housie, you get full points. As a matter of fact, it is played with 90 balls and a different Bingo card called ticket is used to mark numbers.

Looking for more questions? Let’s talk about online Bingo. Do you know what Bingo Bucks (BBS) are? It is a special way Bingo websites thank you for playing Bingo with them. You can use Bingo Bucks to play Bingo games but you cannot withdraw them directly.

What do you think people refer to when they say Bingo chat games?

When you play Bingo online, you can join the chat room opened for a particular game. The person who controls the chat in a chat room, called a chat host, often comes up with short games based on numbers, events and themes to keep players engaged and excited.

The popularity of Bingo has led to the development of many similar bingo games. Can you name one game that closely resembles Bingo?

The game is called Keno. It is played in casinos, both offline and online.

Bingo has been around for many years . Can you guess how old this game really is ? More than 450 years! It is one of the oldest games out there. No wonder the old and elderly seem to have a natural affinity towards it!

Do you know who invented Bingo cards that are still used? That man was known as Carl Leffler. He invented about 6,000 different Bingo cards and promptly turned insane! Beware, too much of anything is dangerous. We don’t want players to meet with a similar fate. So play with restraint, don’t go overboard.

Which is why we will stop here and come back later with some more Bingo tidbits.