How to Play & House Rules

Last updated: 30 October 2026

KaBingo is a friendly 75-ball bingo game for families and friends, wherever they are. This page explains how a game works and the simple house rules that keep it fair and fun. For quick answers see the FAQ. For the legal details, see our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.

Credits inside the app are for fun only - they have no cash value and cannot be bought or cashed out. Any real prize (for example GCash) is arranged and given by the host outside the app.

1. Joining a game

Sign in with Google or with an email and password.
Going to an event? You do not need an account: scan the organizer's QR code and type your name (see Event games below).
Open a room from the list on the dashboard, or open the host's invite link.
A private room asks for an invite code - get it from the host.
A scheduled game shows a countdown; open it a little early so you do not miss the first ball.

Daily Bingo (automatic games)

Daily Bingo rooms open and run on their own several times a day (Philippine time) - no host needed. Look for the DAILY tag on the dashboard; live games are at the top, upcoming ones are listed by start time.
Anyone can join. Each game has a small, random buy-in per card (sometimes free), and every game starts with a guaranteed minimum prize pot that grows as more players buy cards.
The winner takes the whole pot (split if there is a tie). You play exactly as in any room: mark your card and tap BINGO! when you complete the pattern.
The pot amount is shown on the room card and in the lobby, so you can see what a win is worth before you buy.

Event games (Event Pass)

An Event Pass lets an organizer run bingo for a birthday, party or company event. The organizer pays a one-time fee per event by GCash, outside the app. The fee is not credits and not a stake.
Guests: scan the organizer's QR code, type your name, and play. No account, password or app is needed, and you get one free card as you come in. The organizer can give you more cards, and you can tap Change card until the round starts. Cards in an event are always free.
The QR code works from 6 hours before the event starts until midnight (Philippine time) of the event day. Your guest session lives on your device: if you leave the event or clear your browser data, your cards are lost and you need to scan the QR code again.
Organizers: your event has one private room named after it. Use Edit room to set the rounds, patterns and prizes, and on the day of the event add more rounds after a game ends. You are the caller; switch on I will also play in Edit room if you want a free card too.
Cards in an event: in Players in this room the organizer sets how many cards each guest has, for one guest with Edit or for everyone with Cards for everyone. The cards reach the guests' phones right away. Every round of an event starts with new cards, the same number each guest had in the round before; while a round waits to start the organizer can change the number again.
A pass works only after an administrator approves it. Keep your event page link private and saved: it is the only way back to your event.
Prizes are given by the organizer outside the app, as in any room. Claims, the 5-second BINGO window and multi-round play work exactly as described on this page.

2. Cards and credits

Each card is a 5x5 grid (B 1-15, I 16-30, N 31-45 with a free center, G 46-60, O 61-75).
Buy one or more cards with credits before the game starts. Some rooms are free to play. In an event room, cards are free and you get one automatically when you come in.
Credits are granted by an administrator - there is no self top-up. You can tap Request credits in the Wallet and an admin will grant them.

3. Playing a round

Numbers are called live - by an automatic caller or by the host - and read aloud by your device.
Called numbers light up on your card automatically (you can turn this off and daub manually).
The win pattern for the round is shown (a line, four corners, blackout, and more).
On the number board each letter has its own colour. Tap Full screen (at the top, or on the number board or your cards) to see the caller and the whole board with nothing else in the way: swipe left to see your cards (and the chat), swipe right to go back, and tap Exit to leave. The BINGO button stays at the bottom in both views.
The host's number board, and a player's cards, float under the top bar while you scroll down to the chat. Use Pin or Unpin to turn that off or on; on a short screen it starts unpinned.
The number board fits your screen. One card fills the width; with two or more cards, swipe sideways to move between them (the dots show which card you are on).

4. Winning - you must tap BINGO!

When your card completes the pattern, the BINGO! button lights up. You must tap it to claim your win - the app then checks your card.
The first valid BINGO pauses the caller and opens a 5-second window so other players can also tap. Only players who tap a valid card win - if you do not tap, you do not win, even if your card is complete. Everyone who taps a completing card shares the round's credit pot equally.
Breaking a tie (for one real prize): when a round has more than one winner and only one prize is offered, the tied winners vote a method - Split (share the prize), Spin the wheel (random pick), or Highest number (each winner gets a random 1-100; the highest wins). It decides once every tied winner has voted (the host can also resolve it), and the method with the most votes wins. If the votes are tied, or no one votes, Spin the wheel decides (and a Highest-number tie also falls back to Spin the wheel). The result is shown to everyone. This only decides the single external prize - the credit pot is always split among all who tapped.

5. Multi-round games

A room can have several rounds, each with its own pattern and prize. You keep the same cards; the balls reset each round (an Event Pass is different: each round starts with new cards, see Event games).
After a round is won, the next round waits - the host presses Start round before the calling continues.

6. Prizes

The credit pot is paid inside the app automatically.
Any real prize (for example a GCash amount) is given by the host outside the app. KaBingo does not handle money and is not a gambling operator.
Whether and how a prize is given is between the host and the players.

7. Fair play and being kind

Play fairly - do not cheat or exploit bugs.
Keep chat friendly. Offensive language is filtered, and the host can turn chat off.
Your display name and username are visible to other players; your email and phone are not.
An administrator may pause, deactivate, or remove accounts that break these rules.

8. For hosts

Only approved hosts (and admins) can create rooms. Ask an admin for host access.
Set the card price, pattern(s), rounds, and prize when you create the room; you can edit these before the game starts (including adding rounds or turning the invite code on or off).
Share a private room with its Copy invite link button.
You are the caller: keep the pace fair, and if you leave or refresh, the game pauses so no one misses a ball.
You choose the caller in Edit room before the game starts (a new Event Pass room starts on Manual), and you can switch it during a game with the Caller button on the live screen. Auto draws a ball every few seconds by itself. Manual waits for you: press the big Draw next ball button above the number board whenever you want the next ball and the app picks it, or tap a number you drew yourself (the board then shows two lines per letter with bigger numbers to tap).
To change how many cards one player may have, open Players in this room, find the player (use the search box) and tap Edit. In a free room (Event Pass or a free game) a higher number gives the cards right away and a lower number takes the newest cards away. In a room with a card price a higher number lets the player buy more with credits, and a lower number takes the newest cards away and refunds them, before the game starts. It works in the lobby and before a round starts drawing. The player's phone updates at once. In a free room, Cards for everyone sets one number for every player in one go (a room with a card price is set one player at a time).
If you tap a wrong number while calling by hand, tap that number again on the board: a question asks if you want to take it back. It works for any number already called, the first one included. The number comes off the board, everyone sees a red "Correction" note and hears it, and you can call the right one. It is not available while a BINGO is being confirmed or after a player has claimed the round.
If someone shouts BINGO on a card that is not in the app (a paper card), press End round (or End game on the last round). The round ends with no winner in the app and the next round waits for you to start it. Any credit pot of that round is returned to the players who paid for it. It is not available while a BINGO is being confirmed.
Describe prizes honestly and deliver what you promise - you host on your own behalf, not for KaBingo.

9. Tips

Sound: for the caller voice, open KaBingo in Chrome or Safari. In-app browsers (like the one inside Facebook or Messenger) may have no sound - use the "..." menu and choose "Open in browser". Turn your volume up, and on iPhone turn off the silent switch.
Create your account a little early so you are ready when a scheduled game starts.
You can pick the caller voice and turn on the fun Taglish caller in your Profile.

10. Questions

Need help or want to report something? Email aries.teanila@gmail.com or message our Official Facebook Page.

KaBingo is a social game for family entertainment. It is not a gambling service, and credits have no cash value.