shopperman
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February 17th, 2010 at 12:08:19 PM permalink
Every table in this document is based on American bingo, which is based on a 24-number card (plus a free square) and 75 balls.


Average Balls Drawn

The following table shows the average number of balls drawn by game type and number of cards.

Average Number of Balls Drawn
Game Cards
2000 4000 6000 8000 10000
Single Bingo 8.62 8.05 7.82 7.71 7.56
Double Bingo 19.32 18.04 17.22 16.79 16.53
Triple Bingo 27.13 25.77 25.03 24.49 24.08
Single Hardway 11.41 10.33 9.79 9.49 9.36
Double Hardway 24.56 23.07 22.25 21.76 21.28
Triple Hardway 33.44 31.95 31.09 30.64 30.02
Six Pack 9.51 8.9 8.55 8.37 8.26
Nine Pack 21.79 20.27 19.6 18.95 18.65
Coverall 57.57 56.38 55.56 55.08 54.79

What does single Bingo mean?
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February 17th, 2010 at 12:24:33 PM permalink
I would think single bingo means one line. Hardway means not using the free square.
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DJTeddyBear
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February 17th, 2010 at 12:58:20 PM permalink
I wonder why they don't specify the minimum?

FYI:

The minimum for a Single Bingo is 4 balls.

A double is two lines, and they CAN intersect, making the minimum 8 balls (they can share one space, and use the free space)

Hardways can't use the free space, but they can still intersect. So a Triple Hard Way uses a minimum of 13 balls.

A six-pack, as a general rule, doesn't use the free space, while a nine-pack has to.
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February 17th, 2010 at 2:04:52 PM permalink
Yes, a "single bingo" is just one line. This often leads into a "double bingo" the next game.

I guess they don't specify a minimum because the players already know what it would be, or it isn't required to know that to win.
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February 19th, 2010 at 4:18:19 PM permalink
Check out this link for many different "ways" to play bingo:
http://www.bingoinfo.com/ways.htm
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