How to estimate and modify the odds of a bingo game
The Bingo Calculator is a Free Microsoft Excel Program that allows you to link visually together all the parameters of a bingo game. When you create a New bingo project, the calculator will help you understand how to select the option “Number of random values“.
The bingo odds calculator gives an average of winners for a certain number of draws in order to obtain a certain amount of winners for certain number of draws.
File name: 230613-bingomaker-bingo-calculator.xlsx
Size: 158 KB
Download the Bingo Calculator 🚀
Control the outcomes and modify the bingo game odds in many situations. It could be depending on how many players, how many prizes, and how long the game to last.
*Follow us on our Facebook Page:
– Instructions –
How does the bingo calculator work?
The most popular bingo game in America is played with numbers from 1 to 75. When you create a New bingo project, in the card settings, it is set by default to 75 values. Modify the number of values from 25 to 150 values in the game depending on how you wish to influence the outcome of the game.
Create custom bingo cards
in the app ⭐
The numbers in the table were found by calculating an average of all the results for each parameter. The number of winners indicated in the graph represents the average number of bingo lines (5 consecutive squares) obtained among all the cards of a game.
The only parameter you need to set when you use the bingo calculator is the number of cards in the game. The statistics on the table will update themselves automatically. Start analyzing the results to find which number of values you need to select during your project creation.
Parameters that can influence the calculator
Keep in mind that this program gives you average results. When you create a bingo project, you set how many total values will be in the bingo card squares. The relation between the number of total values and the number of winners for 25 to 150 total values.
If the number of values is high, you’ll need to play many values in order to get some winning lines (get a bingo). If this number is low, you’ll need to play fewer values to get winning lines. Let’s say you plan to have around 25 winners after making around 24 draws.
Number of random values and number of draws
Example 1:
If you play a game with 50 total values in your bingo and you have 100 players (100 cards), you will need to play about 24 values in order to get an average of 25 winners.
If you play a standard bingo game with 75 total values and you have 100 players (100 cards), you will need to play about 35 values in order to get an average of 25 winners.
If you play a game with 90 total values in your bingo and you have 100 players (100 cards), you will need to play about 40 values in order to get an average of 25 winners.
Number of cards
This relation describes the link between the number of cards and the number of values to be drawn to get a certain number of winners. If you have many cards, you will likely get a lot of winning lines after you draw a small number of values. If you have fewer cards, you will likely need to draw more numbers to get the same number of winning lines as the probabilities are lower for a player to get a bingo.
Example 2:
If you play a standard bingo game (numbers from 1 to 75) and you have 25 players (25 cards), and if you play 30 random values, you will get an average of 3 winning lines.
When you have more cards, you will likely get more winners. If you play a standard bingo game (numbers from 1 to 75) and you have 100 players (100 cards), and if you play 30 random values, you will get an average of 13 winning lines.
Number of winning lines
Depending on the number of players, the number of total values in the bingo and the number of values drawn during the bingo, adjust the number of winners. All you need to do is to set these parameters accordingly.
Example 3:
Let’s say that I organize a bingo for 100 players (1 card each, so 100 cards), and I would like to have about 20 winning lines. I have 20 prizes to distribute among the winners. In order to make that scenario possible, I need to adjust the number of total values in the bingo and the number of values drawn during the bingo. Here are some possible scenarios to do so:
- Ex. 1: Draws: 23 – Random values: 50 – Number of winning lines: 20
- Ex. 2: Draws: 34 – Random values: 75 – Number of winning lines: 20
- Ex. 3: Draws: 42 – Random values: 95 – Number of winning lines: 20
I can technically pick any of those three scenarios because they all give me the same approximate number of winners (20 winning lines). Because most of the players are used to playing standard bingo (numbers from 1 to 75), I’m going to use the 2nd scenario with 75 values, and make about 34 random draws in order to get about 20 winners among the 100 players.
Make your own bingo game simulations
At this stage you should have already created a New bingo project with your cards. The bingo calculator was created using many different bingo game simulations. The stats in the table were found by calculating an average of all the results for each parameter. Make your own tests with the Bingo Simulator.