Bingo is a massively popular game around the globe and. Pondering the differences between UK Bingo and US Bingo can make for interesting reading - and give you some of the resources required to play this hugely entertaining game.

Starting off with UK Bingo, it's intriguing to know the game likely originated in medieval Italy and eventually grew in participation through other parts of Europe in the 18th century. Its early popularity was because of its social aspect, as people gathered to play together.

UK Bingo can also be called 90-ball Bingo, which includes 27 spaces across a nine by three grid. The columns comprise five numbers and four blank spaces - and the card has room for three numbers in each column. Each column, then, as a set of numbers that can be contained in it.

These are: 1 to 9 in first column; 10 to 19 in second column; 20 to 29 in third column and so on, up to and including 70 to 70 in eighth column and 80 to 90 in ninth column.

Bingo tickets are created in strips of six. This allows all numbers from 1 to 60 to come through in all six tickets. If you choose to buy the entire six strips, each number gets included. You will mark each digit until someone blurts out 'Bingo'. Keep in mind that, if you only have one ticket, your chances of winning are one out of six in response to your number.

For one-line Bingo, you need to cover a single row on any ticket to win. For two-line Bingo, you have to cover all the numbers on two of the three rows to win. For a full house, winners need to have covered all numbers across any ticket.

In modern days times, variations of UK Bingo are played on the internet and there are games - such as big Bingo at Lottoland - offered by many reputable online companies. The versions online take on a lot of the factors and variables of the original version of Bingo in the UK.

US Bingo might seem slightly more complex than its UK counterpart, but some brief explanation should clear things up.

For the most part, 75-ball Bingo is the most popular in the US. The card per game comprises 24 numbers with five columns - and divided into 25 squares.

The headers for each of the five columns spell out 'B I N G O'. The 'B' column has five random numbers between 1 and 15. The 'I' column has five numbers from 16 to 30. The 'N' column includes a blank space and has numbers from 31 to 45. The 'G' column has five numbers between 46 and 60. The 'O' column includes five numbers from 61 to 75.

To win 75-ball Bingo, you need to create a single line of covered numbers. This can be done across, down or diagonally. There are ultimately 300 patterns available. The popular ones are diagonal, which requires the completion of two full lines; and Blackout, which requires covering all spots. There is also X, which needs the completion of two diagonal lines that form an 'X'.

Other patterns, which are less popular, include shapes in the form of a turtle, airplane - or the letters 'L,', 'Z' and others.