Bingo patterns are the shapes which are made on bingo cards. The winner is the first person to get the winning numbers which correspond to the bingo pattern.

Bingo Patterns

Here you can find bingo pattern cards online at auction:

THELMA HOUSTON: The Bingo Long Song / Same (soul 45)

£5.06

15m

Rosemary Wells,Bingo! (Bunny Read's Back) Book

£2.89

20m

NEW KINGFISHER LUCKY LOTTO BINGO FAMILY GAME. CHRISTMAS STOCKING FILLER

0 Bid

£3.40

34m

Family Bingo - Traditional Boxed Game - New!!

£4.75

50m

DREAMSICLES I LOVE BINGO 12132

£6.32

52m

SHELCORE EASY-POP BINGO AAGE 4-8YRS 2-4 PLAYERS ML

£11.05

1h 9m

Fisher Price Barnyard Bingo With Carry Case

0 Bid

£.99

1h 16m

"MATH BINGO" EDUCATIONAL PLAY, AGES 5+

£2.53

1h 23m

"ZINGO" BINGO WITH A ZING!, THINKFUN GAME, *NEW

£12.02

1h 23m

50 Baby Gift Bingo Game Sheets shower favors supplies party Girl Boy

£4.91

1h 31m

There are thousands of bingo patterns out there, with new ones being made up all the time. If you run your own bingo game you can make up your own bingo cards with your own patterns. However, why bother when you can play bingo online for free!

If you sign up with any of the major online bingo sites, you can see the kinds of bingo patterns on offer. You can either use these as inspiration for your own bingo patterns or just hang around and play bingo for a while.

Is online bingo really free? It can be. When you sign up to play, you get a £10 joining bonus. You can use this to play for as long as you like and as long as the money lasts, of course. If you keep winning, you can continue playing indefinitely without contributing any money of your own. It's great!

If the time comes when you run out of your free bingo bonus you can then add funds and continue playing and chatting to fellow bingo players.

So setting up your own bingo game with your own bingo patterns can be great but why now play a little online bingo too?

Most bingo sites have a free bingo bonus when you sign up. Offers vary but you can get £5, £10 or even £20 when you sign up - for free.

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If you love playing bingo and want to play at home with friends or family or in your local hall then you'll be looking for bingo supplies.

Bingo Supplies

Bingo supplies which you may be interested in include:

• bingo cards
• bingo machines
• bingo balls
• bingo chips
• bingo cages
• bingo bags
• bingo cushions
• custom bingo cards

There are lots of different bingo supplies and suppliers out there. Here are some current auctions where you can buy bingo supplies online:

THELMA HOUSTON: The Bingo Long Song / Same (soul 45)

£5.06

15m

Rosemary Wells,Bingo! (Bunny Read's Back) Book

£2.89

20m

NEW KINGFISHER LUCKY LOTTO BINGO FAMILY GAME. CHRISTMAS STOCKING FILLER

0 Bid

£3.40

34m

Family Bingo - Traditional Boxed Game - New!!

£4.75

50m

DREAMSICLES I LOVE BINGO 12132

£6.32

52m

SHELCORE EASY-POP BINGO AAGE 4-8YRS 2-4 PLAYERS ML

£11.05

1h 9m

Fisher Price Barnyard Bingo With Carry Case

0 Bid

£.99

1h 16m

"MATH BINGO" EDUCATIONAL PLAY, AGES 5+

£2.53

1h 23m

"ZINGO" BINGO WITH A ZING!, THINKFUN GAME, *NEW

£12.02

1h 23m

50 Baby Gift Bingo Game Sheets shower favors supplies party Girl Boy

£4.91

1h 31m

Baseball Cracker Jack & Bingo Porcelain Doll Linda Steele L.E. w/COA MIB

£41.14

1h 31m

BINGO BAG SALE--PATRIOTIC FREEDOM & GLORY-BLACK

£8.22

1h 32m

ARCADE BINGO INTERACTIVE DVD GAME,COMPLETE AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION

0 Bid

£2.99

1h 32m

BINGO TICKETS 84 SHEETS OF 6 TICKETS BHL

£1.20

1h 44m

INDIAN BINGO: Big Rock (punk/new wave vinyl 45)

£6.33

1h 46m

1980s Matchbook Friendship Hall Bingo Pembroke Pines FL

£2.05

1h 48m

12 Large "Lucky Dot" Bingo Dabbers 74ml

£6.00

1h 51m

The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich (Signed first edition, 1994)

0 Bid

£3.99

2h 1m

THELMA HOUSTON and BINGO LONG 1976 Promo Poster Ad MINT

£6.30

2h 2m

Beats International - Let Them Eat Bingo

1 Bid

£.99

2h 17m

GAMBLING * BINGO charm European Bead

£5.66

2h 29m

GAMBLING BINGO ** charm European Bead

£5.66

2h 29m

1978 KMEG tv ad ~ BINGO THE CLOWN

£4.42

2h 43m

Sound Bingo - Kindermusik New Item

£8.97

2h 52m

RARE NWT Betsey Johnson I LOVE HEART BINGO SEQUIN STRETCH THERMAL VEGAS SHIRT S

£50.63

3h 12m

DON FOX - THIS BINGO GAME

£6.90

3h 19m

CATCH CD Single Bingo CD1 mint

£4.99

3h 23m

CATCH CD Single Bingo CD2 mint includes 3 prints

£4.99

3h 23m

BINGO TICKETS 240 TICKETS S/S

£.99

3h 24m

1991 Pacific Bingo Complete Set 110 Cards

£3.80

4h 15m

Italian Charms E102 Fits Nomination BINGO

£1.60

4h 22m

ENGLISH MADE LEARN TO TELL THE TIME LOTTO BINGO GAME FOR KIDS AGE 5 TO 9 GREAT !

0 Bid

£1.99

4h 34m

BINGO - DKAY [VINYL NEW]

£3.15

4h 36m

Kids' Sesame Street Bingo and Cards Game in Collectible Tin BRAND NEW

£6.96

4h 36m

SPIDERMAN BINGO {NIB}

£2.75

5h 5m

Anchor Bay Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars And Motor Kings, The [DVD]

£3.96

5h 17m

Dora the Explorer Bingo Game Nickelodeon NEW

£6.48

5h 34m

$268 LILLY PULITZER Cameron Multi Bingo Blanket Sewn Patch Madras Ruffle Dress 8

£113.92

5h 40m

Victor 20-2196 Tommy Dorsey Bingo Bango Boffo EXC-

£1.89

5h 40m

$268 LILLY PULITZER Cameron Multi Bingo Blanket Sewn Patch Madras Ruffle Dress 6

£113.92

5h 42m

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I'm not working this week so I'm happily doing nothing. I could go out and 'get some fresh air' but seeing the temperature is hovering around zero, I think I'll give that a miss. I also have a cold so I just want to sit at home and watch movies, read, and play spades.

I subscribe to a property development magazine and I'm a bit behind on reading them. I love everything about property investing and I have a couple of properties myself but there are only so many case studies you can read in a day. I managed to read one magazine but the other 5 will have to wait until another day. I don't know how I managed to get so behind with them.

As for watching movies, well, there's not much chance of that. My subscription to pay TV recently expired and I didn't bother renewing it. How can have around 100 channels and there still be nothing to watch? Of course, now I'm left with just the free to air channel and, bloody hell, they're crap. No chance of seeing a decent movie, not even an old one. I could rent a dvd but you'd need a dvd player for that. I suppose I could watch a dvd on my computer but it's not much fun watching on a tiny screen. I think my computer screen is only 14 or 15 inches so does that qualify as tiny?

Next option is to play cards online. Of course I want to play Spades and nothing else but the site I usually use is not available. I admit I pay at MSN but I won't link to them because they are rubbish. They often have this problem where they say there was a 'general error' and that's it. So I can't play Spades. What can I play? Hearts? Yuk! I wish I had good backup game.

I almost bought a 200 game Sudoku yesterday and now I wish I had done. I could have easily passed hours playing that. I had stopped playing because I thought I was wasting too much time with it but in fact, I think it's a good way to use my brain, seeing it doesn't get much use these days!

For now it looks like I'll do some work. So I haven't had any time off since August and now when I finally get a few days to myself the best thing I can find to do is work. Brilliant.

I've found a new site to waste a few hours on. Pogo has free online games such as:

• card games
• board games
• casino games
• arcade games
• sports games
• puzzles

They have most of the usual games but a few more poker and casino type games than I am used to seeing. I don't play those sorts of games so I can't really comment on them. I'd rather stick to card games.

Games available for free include:

• Solitaire
• Spades
• Scrabble Blast
• Poppit
• Word Whomp
• Keno
• Slots
• Poker
• Bejeweled
• Zuma
• Sudoku

There are plenty more other games available. Some can be downloaded onto your computer but most can be played online for free. They also have members only games. Cash prizes can be won so join up now for free.

So far I've only played Spades and it's pretty rubbish. The design is very outdated and it's a bit slow to load. However, it will be a good backup for the many times when the MSN games site is unavailable. I will give the other games a go and see if they are any better. Still they're free and you can play with real people if you are sick of playing with the stupid computers. The other advantage of Pogo is that they games can be played using Firefox. MSN games only work with Internet Explorer which is a bit of a pain. I don't really need to waste spend more time playing free card games online but anyway...

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12 Nights of Christmas

A special Christmas bingo offer (running until Christmas day) is available with a Xmas tree pattern. It's played once an hour from noon till midnight in the Legs 11 room. If you have multiple wins you can win prizes such as an AstroBingo t-shirt, AstroBingo travel mug, or an AstroBingo wrist watch. Sounds like something to play for until Christmas.

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Win a Trip to Orlando Florida

This competition is still going on and will continue until the 24th December. What a great Christmas present that would be if you won. The prize includes flights and accommodation at Disney World. You've go to be in it to win it so head over to the Legs 11 room (75 ball bingo hall) and look out for the Play Bingo pattern. Head to AstroBingo.co.uk for more information on how to win a trip to Orlando in the US.

More Specials From AstroBingo

Coverall Hour, Nightly, 8-9pm, Legs 11
We also offer a special Coverall Progressive jackpot with a winning criteria that increases by one call number every day until a member wins the prize. This is a major giveaway daily!

Mini Threesome at Top of the Hour, 12pm, 3pm and 5pm, Monday to Friday
We are offering a mini version of the single purchase Triple game with £5,£15 and £25 jackpots 12-12:30 pm and 3-3:30pm, Monday to Friday and Triple games with £10, £20 and £50 jackpots 5pm-5:30pm. These specials are available in the Legs 11 room.

HotBall Progressive Prize, 12pm - 11:59pm Daily
We generate a random number daily and display it on our web page after your log in. The HotBall special is offeredfrom Noon to midnight everyday. If you bingo on the same daily random number in our 75-ball room (Legs 11 hall), you can claim the Hot Ball progressive prize on top of your bingo prize by clicking on our Hot Ball announcement box that announces the current progressive hot ball prize and the number of the day. We restrict to one winner per day, first come first serve. The Hot Ball progressive prize will start from �5. If there is no winner, an increment of �2.50 will be incremented to the current prize to build up progressively. The HotBall special will commence at noon on 1st May.

Hat Trick, 12pm - 11:59pm Daily
If you win three games in a row in the 75-ball room (Legs 11 hall) within the hours from noon till midnight, you will receive 5 extra BB's (bingo bucks). Players will be limited to one Hat Trick per day. Single or multiple wins of a Threesome game is considered to be one win. The Hat Trick prizes will be awarded to winners automatically no later than 5pm of the following day.

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Up to 150% Bonus for Any Deposits on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
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Hourly Fixed Jackpot from 1pm-5pm Every Afternoon
There is one £12 fixed jackpot together with two coveralls and three to four 10p games every hour in the Legs 11 from 1pm-5pm every day.

�100,000 Coverall Jackpot Every Night in Legs 11 (75 ball)
Between 10 and 11pm every night, there is a Coverall game that offers a maximum jackpot of �100,000 in the 75-ball bingo hall (Legs 11). To win this prize, all you have to hit is 40 calls or less in having bingo. There are also big prizes associated with the calls from 44 to 55.

�18 Minimum Guaranteed Jackpots from 10pm-12am Every Night
Don't forget that there is an hourly 25p game in the Legs 11 room (75 ball) that offers a minimum jackpot of £18, which grows to £25 or more every night from 10pm-12am.

Nightly Specials in Both 75 Ball and 90 Ball Rooms
*** One game with £25.00 minimum guaranteed jackpot every night in Legs 11 is offered between 9 and 10pm. The jackpot starts at �25 and grows bigger and bigger as you purchase more and more cards.

*** Three chances to win guaranteed £15, £25 and £75 prizes with one single purchase of our special Triple game in Legs 11 room, Monday to Friday, 9pm-9:30pm

*** £25 minimum jackpot for an hour from 10pm-11pm every night in the Legs 11. Card price is 25p. The jackpots will grow from the seed, you are likely to see £45 to £55 jackpots non stop for an hour.

*** £5 minimum jackpot for an hour from 9pm-10pm every night in the 2 Lil Duck room. Card price is 10p.

I think the first time I played Whiz Spades, I completely got it wrong. I either misunderstood the rules or, most likely, just wasn't paying attention and missed the point of the game.

So in fact, each player can either bid nil or the number of spades in their hand. You make the choice. The only time you don't have a choice is if you don't have any spades; then you must bid nil. As usual the first to 500 points wins or you lose if you get to minus 200 points.

At first I thought this card game was a waste of time. I thought you'd play a few rounds and it'd be over. This is not at all the case. As it turns out Whiz Spades can go on for quite a few rounds, sometimes too many. Most of the time though, one game provides a good break and then I can go back to work feeling refreshed. I also tend to play a few games before heading to bed but I have to watch the time as it can get away from me sometimes.

In short, this is now my favourite Spades game. I rarely play any of the other versions anymore, not even the standard game. I don't know why I get so addicted to these types of free card games. It's harmless fun though. It's just to pass the time a bit without having to think too much.

Well it looks like I'm due for a break now so I'm off for a couple of hands of Whiz Spades.