Number Bingo Cards: 75-Ball, 90-Ball and Every Range
Pick a range or format. Each page explains how the cards are laid out, counts exactly how many different cards exist, gives the chance of a line at each stage of the game and simulates how many calls the first winner needs with 1 to 100 cards.
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Standard formats
- 1-75 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 21 with 30 cards
- 1-75 bingo (no free space) 5x5 cards, 25 numbers each; first bingo near call 24 with 30 cards
- 1-75 bingo (numbers in any column) 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 21 with 30 cards
- 1-90 bingo 3x9 tickets with 15 numbers (5 per row); first line near call 36 with 30 tickets
- 1-90 bingo (5x5 cards) 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 24 with 30 cards
- 1-80 bingo 4x4 cards, 16 numbers each; first bingo near call 19 with 30 cards
- 1-30 bingo 3x3 cards, 9 numbers each; first bingo near call 6 with 30 cards
Classroom ranges
- 1-12 bingo 3x3 cards, 9 numbers each; first bingo near call 3 with 30 cards
- 1-15 bingo 3x3 cards, 9 numbers each; first bingo near call 4 with 30 cards
- 11-20 bingo (teen numbers) 3x3 cards, 9 numbers each; first bingo near call 3 with 30 cards
- 1-20 bingo 4x4 cards, 16 numbers each; first bingo near call 6 with 30 cards
- 1-24 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 8 with 30 cards
- 1-25 bingo 4x4 cards, 16 numbers each; first bingo near call 7 with 30 cards
- 1-40 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 12 with 30 cards
- 1-45 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 13 with 30 cards
- 1-50 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 14 with 30 cards
- 1-60 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 17 with 30 cards
Large ranges
- 1-100 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 27 with 30 cards
- 1-100 bingo (4x4 cards) 4x4 cards, 16 numbers each; first bingo near call 24 with 30 cards
- 0-99 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 28 with 30 cards
- 1-120 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 31 with 30 cards
- 1-150 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 40 with 30 cards
- 1-200 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 51 with 30 cards
- 1-500 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 125 with 30 cards
- 1-1000 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 247 with 30 cards
Counting patterns
- Tens to 100 bingo 3x3 cards, 9 numbers each; first bingo near call 3 with 30 cards
- Fives to 100 bingo 4x4 cards, 16 numbers each; first bingo near call 6 with 30 cards
- Even numbers to 50 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 8 with 30 cards
- Odd numbers to 50 bingo 5x5 cards with a free center, 24 numbers each; first bingo near call 8 with 30 cards
The common number bingo formats
75-ball bingo uses a 5x5 card under the letters B-I-N-G-O: B holds 1-15, I 16-30, N 31-45, G 46-60 and O 61-75, and the center square is free. That layout allows 552,446,474,061,128,648,601,600,000 different cards. 90-ball bingo, common in the UK, uses tickets of 3 rows and 9 columns with 15 numbers, five in each row; the first column holds 1-9 and the last 80-90, and games are played for one line, two lines and a full house.
30-ball speed bingo uses a 3x3 card with the numbers 1 to 30, and 80-ball cards are 4x4 with one column for each block of 20 numbers. Classroom ranges from 1-10 to 1-60 help younger children practice reading and recognizing numbers, and the 1-100 and 0-99 cards use the same numbers as a hundreds chart. Every page in this index counts its cards exactly, gives the chances of a line at several points in the game and simulates how many calls the first winner needs with 1 to 100 cards in play.
How many number cards to print
Print one card per player and a few spares for late arrivals; some groups let each player hold two or three cards, which shortens the game because more cards are in play. Every card in a generated set is different, and the caller sheet lists each number once in shuffled order, with the column letter in front of it for 75-ball games ("B 7", "N 42"). Tick the numbers as you read them so you can check a winning card in seconds.