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Overview

To start playing, purchase the tickets for the game. The tickets must be bought with in the 10 second countdown before the game starts. As the numbers are randomly called between 1 to 90, they are marked off your ticket automatically.
There are 3 prizes to win – 1 line, 2 lines and Full House or Bingo. The player who is the first to mark all the numbers displayed in a horizontal line on their ticket wins the 1 line prize. To win the 2 lines prize, the player must mark all the numbers on 2 lines of the same ticket. To claim the house or bingo prize the player must have marked all the numbered squares on a ticket.
The game ends when a player has claimed the House or Bingo prize, or when all 90 numbers have been called.

Logging into your Bingo Account

You must have a Golden Hat Bingo account to play. You can log in through the main site’s home page or directly when you launch Bingo. The first time you log in you will be asked to choose a "chat name" or nickname, this will be displayed in the chat room and if you win a game. You must have funds/credit in your account to be able to login and play bingo.

The Bingo Interface

Once you’ve logged into bingo you will see the bingo window is split up into a number of key areas

• A Main Menu – Options, Bet History and Help
• Your Account Balance
• Current Game Stake/Win Amounts
• A Progressive Jackpot Promotion Area
• Current/Next Game Details Area
• Call Board / Promotion Area
• Mini-Games Area
• Ticket Area
• Chat Area

The Ticket Purchase/Selection Interface
Here’s a sample view of bingo when you are selecting/purchasing tickets:

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The Bingo Game Play Interface
Here’s a sample view of bingo when you are playing a bingo game:

Here’s a sample view of bingo when you are watching a bingo game:

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Account Balance - Refresh, Hide or Show?

Your account has two main balances, which may be seen in the top-right corner of the bingo window:
1. Balance – This is your cash balance where all your deposits and winnings will be credited
2. Bonus Balance – this is where your bingo bonus funds will be credited
You can choose to hide or view your balance by clicking on the “Hide” or “Show” toggle button next to the balance value. If you make a deposit or withdrawal from your account you will need to click the “Refresh Balance” button to update your Account Balance in the bingo window. You must have funds/credit in your account to be able to login and play bingo.

Bingo Stake and Win Amount

There are two boxes labelled “Stake” and “Win” below your account balance in the top-right corner of the bingo window.

The Stake box displays the value of the bingo tickets you have selected/purchased for the game currently playing or about to start.

The Win box will accrue the value of any bingo winnings you may accumulate during a bingo game. (i.e. 1 line, 2 lines and Full House or Bingo)

At the end of a bingo game, if you have won one or more prizes in the bingo game, your Win amount will be credited to your account balance and both the “Stake” and “Win” values will be reset.

Game Schedule

Bingo games run approximately every 6 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Each bingo game has a name, i.e. The Big Five Hundred, Monday Night Special, etc. Ticket prices and the initial prize jackpot vary between games.

Game Prizes/Jackpots

The prizes/jackpots offered in each bingo game each have a minimum guaranteed jackpot but the actual prize is determined by the number of players/ticket purchased per game. The more players/tickets purchased, the bigger the jackpot!

In each game of 90 ball bingo, there are 3 prizes to be won – 1 line, 2 lines and House or Bingo. The player who is the first to have all the numbers called displayed in a horizontal line on their ticket wins the 1 line prize. To win the 2 line prize, the player must have all the numbers called on 2 lines of the same ticket. To win the house or bingo prize the player must have all the numbered squares called on a ticket.
In a game of 75 ball Pattern bingo there are 3 prizes to be won – consisting of either 1 line, sub pattern, full pattern or coverall. The player who is first to have all the numbers called on one line either horizontally, vertically or diagonally wins the 1 line prize. To win the sub pattern a player must have all the numbers marked off either part of the pattern. To win the full pattern a player must have all numbers marked off the full pattern. To win the coverall the player must have all the numbered squares called on a ticket.
You will be declared a winner and receive the prize won regardless of whether you have marked the numbers on the winning ticket. The bingo game will automatically identify a win. Winners will be visibly published in bingo and the Bingo Caller will make an announcement.

Two or more players can win/share a prize in bingo (1 line, 2 lines, sub-pattern, full pattern or Full House/Coverall), i.e. players’ may have tickets which meet the prize criteria on the same ball. A single player may also win a prize more than once too! i.e. this can only happen if the player purchased tickets from other strips In such circumstances the cash prize will be split in equal proportions between the winners. Winnings will be deposited directly into the player's account.
Please see the help section “Playing Bingo” for more details.

Selection and Purchase of Tickets/Strips

For each 90 ball bingo game you may purchase a maximum of 36 tickets from the available 6 strips (each strip has 6 tickets).
For each 75 ball pattern bingo game you may purchase a maximum of 72 tickets from the available 24 strips (each strip has 3 tickets).
To participate in a game of bingo you must “select” and “confirm” purchase of your tickets!
The strips of tickets are displayed in the “Ticket Area” of the bingo window.
You purchase your tickets through the "Purchase Tickets" pop-up window:

The pop-up shows the countdown time to the next game so you know how much time you have to buy your tickets. Ticket purchase for the next game closes just before the 10 second countdown to the game begins.
On the pop-up window, you can choose whether you want to select to buy “Strips” or “Tickets”. Click on either the "Strips" or "Tickets" button to toggle between the selection method - the active option will have a tick beside it. Use the "+" and "-" buttons to quickly increase or decrease the number of strips/tickets you want to select for purchase.

Alternatively, if you want to select individual tickets, click on the "SELECT" option on the face of any ticket.
Tickets you have selected to purchase will be displayed in a different colour and have a "DESELECT" option on the face of the ticket.

To cancel the selection of individual tickets, click on the "DESELECT" option on the face of the ticket.
Click the “Clear” button on the "Purchase Tickets" pop-up window to reset/clear your current selection of all tickets/strips selected for purchase.
You must click the “Confirm” button on the Purchase Tickets pop-up window to complete the purchase of the strips/tickets you have selected. The purchase of your tickets will be confirmed.

Purchased tickets will be labelled as “BOUGHT” and display in a different colour. Ticket selection options are not available on purchased tickets.

If you did not purchase all the available tickets in your first selection, you can continue to purchase more until ticket purchase closes (just before the 10 second countdown to the game starts).

The Purchase Tickets pop-up window displays the number of tickets you have currently selected for purchase, the price of each ticket and the total price of your ticket selection so you know if you need to confirm purchase before the game starts.

The “Tickets Purchased” value at the top of the pop-up shows the number of tickets you have successfully purchased for the next game.

The Purchase Tickets pop-up is always on display when you are not currently viewing or playing a bingo game. You can minimize the pop-up window by clicking on the “-“ button next to its PURCHASE TICKETS title and a summary will display telling you how many tickets you’ve purchased and when the next game starts:

Click the “Click here” button on the minimized pop-up to maximize it and purchase more tickets. If you have purchased all the available tickets for the next game then you will only see a summary of your ticket purchase.

Bet History

Your Bet History shows you the vital game statistics for each historical game you have played, i.e. bingo or one of the mini-games. We recommend you to regularly check your Bingo transactions in Bet History in order to confirm your bets and winnings.

You can see your bet history by clicking on the “Bet History” button at the top of the bingo window.

A pop-up window will display the bet history.
You can set the following criteria to help you target and retrieve the game data you require:
• Select Game (only the games you have played are listed)
• Set the Date (defaults to the current day)
• Time (defaults to All Day or can you set hourly periods)
Click the “Submit” button to search for the games you’ve played which meet your criteria.

If game data is found, a summary list of the games will display in the left panel of the Bet History window. The list shows:
- •Unique Game ID reference
- •Game Date and Time
- •Bet Placed Date/Time
- •Bet Amount
- •Paid (details of any winnings paid to a player)
- •Outcome (i.e. WON, LOST, IN PROGRESS, DRAW)
To view more information on the game, click on the “Game ID” for one of the games listed.
For bingo games, the following information is available:
- • a display of the cards you purchased and their position when each of the 1 line, 2 line and House prizes were won
- • the bingo numbers called
- • the winners and their winning cards
- • the number of players in the room at the time of the game
The number of players in the room is the sum count of players who either purchased tickets or are logged into chat.

Game Recovery

If your connection to a Bingo game is lost for any reasons e.g. internet connection problems, quitting by clicking on the X, you can still go back into Bingo and resume your participation.

If you join before the game has begun, you will see the same tickets/strips as before and you will have the option to purchase, if time permits.

If you join a game whilst it is in progress and you have already purchased tickets for that game, the game will resume at the current number being called, your purchased tickets will be retrieved and you will be able to watch the remainder of the game being played out.

If you are disconnected while a game is in progress, you can still see the results in Bet History after completion of the game

When you re-login to bingo, if a game is already in progress and you have not purchased tickets for that game, you will see this being played out, and will also have the option to move to the next game and purchase tickets if you wish.

In the event of a Bingo or Mini Game not playing out for whatever reason, malfunction will void all pays and play.