| No one could live long enough to print every | | | | with the same twenty-four numbers, but just in a |
| possible BINGO card. How is this possible? In | | | | different arrangement on each card. |
| BINGO there are seventy-five numbers broken | | | | Doing the arithmetic then, there are |
| up into five groups of fifteen numbers each, B-1 | | | | 111,007,923,832,371,000 possible unique BINGO |
| thru 15, I-16 thru 30, N-31 thru 45, G-46 thru 60, | | | | combinations where no two cards would have the |
| and O-61 thru 75. The game card has five | | | | same twenty four numbers. (That's |
| columns corresponding to the letters B-I-N-G-O. | | | | 111-million-million.) |
| The player's card has twenty four numbers, five | | | | There are so many ways in which you can play a |
| numbers pre-printed in four of the columns under | | | | Bingo game. Of course, the way you approach |
| the B-I-G-O and four numbers under the N. | | | | the game will definitely affect the outcome, that |
| Calculating the total number of possible | | | | is whether you win the game. In a nutshell, it boils |
| combinations yields the result that there exists | | | | down too the fact that you will need to catch the |
| 552,446,474,061,129,000,000,000,000. (That's | | | | right card that will award you the prize. |
| 552-million-billion-billion or 0.5 quadrillion) possible | | | | Let me share with you 5 of these winning tips |
| game cards. There would be | | | | that I personally find it to be useful. |
| 111,007,923,832,371,000 sets of game cards with | | | | 1) You can search out some cards containing your |
| 4,976,640,000 cards (almost 55 billion) in each set. | | | | lucky numbers or birthdates. It can also be a |
| Every card in each set would have the same | | | | combination of both or other preferred numbers |
| twenty four numbers, but in a different | | | | that you might have. |
| arrangement on each card. If we presume that | | | | 2) You can work on a system which uses |
| there are six billion people in the world today, it | | | | numbers that appear more frequently. This is |
| means that there are 92,074,412,343,521,400 | | | | based on the theory that if the numbers are |
| cards for each and every person in the world. If | | | | "hot", they are most likely to appear again. You |
| you could print a million game cards per second, it | | | | can also choose the opposite method where you |
| would take 17,505,972,382,599.7 years to print | | | | uses numbers which are outdated and thus more |
| every possible BINGO game card. | | | | likely to appear. However, both methods require |
| If you put four cards on a standard 8-1/2 X 11 | | | | you to do some homework. |
| sheet of paper, and if you spread all of the cards | | | | 3) You may want to work on a system that |
| out over the surface of the earth, they would | | | | combines the best of both worlds. In other |
| cover the earth to a depth of over 800 miles. If | | | | words, you will look out for cards that combine |
| there were one million game cards per inch of | | | | hot numbers with outdated ones. This combination |
| height, and all of the possible cards were put in | | | | might turn out to be an easy winner in some |
| one stack, the stack would extend for 1485 | | | | cases. |
| light-years. (A light year is 6-trillion miles.) Alpha | | | | 4) You may simply choose to randomly choose a |
| Centuri, our nearest star beyond the Sun, is only | | | | card and allow destiny to decide this will be your |
| 4 light-years away. | | | | lucky day. There are countless cases where a |
| Here's some more proof. | | | | player simply play a single card and win on their |
| You can have 120 different arrangements of five | | | | first try. |
| numbers under each of the four columns under | | | | Whatever method you use, bingo is a great way |
| the B, I, G, and O. You can have 24 different | | | | to enjoy yourself and you will find it to be |
| arrangements of the four numbers under the N. | | | | addictive in no time. However, you must be alert |
| So, 120 times, 120 times, times 24, times 120, | | | | as the game is in play so that you miss out any |
| times 120 equals 4,976,640,000. That's the | | | | winning numbers and the chance to bring home |
| number of bingo game cards that could exist, all | | | | the big prize. |