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Bingo cards can be used to play various bingo games. The U.S. and the U.K. style of bingo cards tend to differ in their format.
UK bingo cards tend to have 3 rows and 9 columns. Each row will contain 5 numbers and 4 blank spaces and each column may contain up to 3 numbers. Column 1 contains the numbers 1-9, Column 2 contains the numbers 10-19, Column 3 contains the numbers 20-29, Column 4 contains the numbers 30-39, Column 5 contains the numbers 40-49, Column 6 contains the numbers 50-59, Column 7 contains the numbers 60-69, Column 8 contains the numbers 70-79 & Column 9 contains the numbers 80-90.
US cards tend to be 5 squares by 5 squares. The columns are labelled from left to right with the letters B, I, N, G, O. These cards contain the numbers 1-75 with the centre square usually reserved as a free space in the middle of the card. Column B contains the numbers 1-15, Column I contains the numbers 16-30, Column N contains the numbers 31-45, Column G contains the numbers 46-60 & Column O contains the numbers 61-75.
The use of electronic bingo cards is now becoming more frequent in the larger bingo halls, however typically card and paper bingo cards are the prefered choice.
