This technique is so overlooked by the vast majority of Bingo players but it is such an effective strategy if used properly. Many Bingo players know that they will have a greater chance of winning by playing more cards, but most do not know how to do this effectively. Many will try it but most players just end up burning through a lot of money before giving up and never trying it again. The key to making this technique work is to combine it with the deposit bonus technique you learned in Part 1. This lets you play double the number of cards per game while effectively paying only half price. Let s explore this technique further and show you how to use this technique properly.
Fact: The more cards you play in a game, the more chances you have of winning i.e. if you play 10 cards instead of your usual 5 cards you have twice the chance of winning. If you play 20 cards instead of your usual 5 cards, you have four times the chance of winning.
From my own calculations* and observations of many Bingo games over many different Bingo websites, I estimate that the average number of cards played in a typical Bingo game per player is 4-6 cards. Some players will play with more, some less, but in my experience it usually evens out to approximately 4-6 cards per player. So, in a game of 10 players, if I were to play the average 5 cards per game, statistics show that I should win approximately once every 11 games. However, if I double the number of cards to 10, then I can expect to win approximately once in every 5 and a half games.
Cards Played
Chance of Winning Win Rate
Of course, if there are more players per game, then your odds will be lower i.e. if there are 20 players, then playing 10 cards should return a win every 10.5 games compared to buying 5 cards and winning an average of once per 21 games. The math s still works though - however many players you are up against, you will always have double the odds of winning as the average player when you play double the number of cards.
In a normal situation though, if you were to play double the number of cards, you would also be paying double the amount of money. This pretty much cancels out the benefit of playing double the cards and you ll end up burning through your balance in no time. This is the biggest mistake most Bingo players make when trying to use this strategy.
Whenever I use this technique, I always use it in combination with the deposit bonus strategy I talked about in Part 1. Let s go through a typical scenario of how you should combine these two techniques for maximum effect.
Let s say that we ve just joined a new Bingo website. We ve spent £40 and the Bingo site has matched our deposit and given us another £40 for free so we have a total of £80 to play with. Make sure that your deposit and bonus is showing up in your account then join a Bingo game. Now its time to buy your cards go for between 8 and 12 cards to ensure that you are playing twice the number of cards as the average players 4-6 cards. I generally like to buy 10 cards per game, but I will usually increase it to 12 cards if the Bingo site has some sort of offer on cards e.g. buy 2 cards get an extra card free. Before the game begins, make sure your Auto Daub is set to on don t try to mark off your numbers yourself, it is virtually impossible to keep track of things when you are playing this many cards.
When the game starts, you can now just sit back and watch the game unfold, safe in the knowledge (and maybe even feeling a little smug!) that you have double the chance of winning as the average player. When the game finishes (whether you win or lose) just go ahead and buy exactly the same amount of cards for the next game and so on. As you play through a few games, you should begin to notice that you win more regularly than you usually would and also more often than the majority of other players.
The most important thing is to remember that you only spent £40 in the first place - the other £40 is free money, don t think of it as yours. The reason I say this is that it s so easy to forget and begin playing to conserve your balance, which will tempt you to play fewer cards. Please don t fall into this trap. Make sure that you give this technique a fair chance to work for you. Every time you purchase 10 cards, say to yourself I m only paying for 5 cards the other 5 are free . Or if your cards cost you £2.50 then say to yourself that only cost £1.25 .
I have found a lot of success using this technique and I can tell you that it s a lot more fun playing Bingo when you know that you have twice the chance of winning as you usually would and twice the chance of winning as the other players. If you use this technique every time you play, it shouldn t take too long before you notice that you are winning a lot more often than you used to.
I advise that you try this technique out in smaller games initially as you will see a much more obvious increase in your win rate on games with fewer players. Once you ve seen this work successfully for yourself in smaller games, then you ll have much more confidence to use this technique in the bigger money games.
*So how do I come to the conclusion that the average numbers of cards bought per player is 4-6? I feel it s important that you shouldn t have to take my word for it or be expected to make any assumptions for any of the techniques I describe in this book. However, the explanation of this is quite mathematical so I didn t want to put it here to distract you from this technique. I ve laid out these calculations for you in the appendix section at the end of this book so you can see for yourself how this conclusion was reached. But be warned there is some math s involved! Reading these calculations is not critical to your success so if you don t like Math s then don t worry about it. However, this explanation will give you a better understanding of Online Bingo and the mathematics behind the game.