What are neighborhoods and houses?

Each of the Bingo Lane game rooms has an associated neighborhood — complete with houses! There are FOUR houses in each neighborhood, each one more luxurious than the last. When you play Bingo Lane, you can win items to put in your houses ... and then sell the property for prizes!

When you unlock a new game room, you unlock the first house in its neighborhood too. You won’t be able to access houses in neighborhoods you haven’t unlocked.

The next house is unlocked only once your current house has been sold. For example, when you sell the “Satellite” house in the Space neighborhood, you’ll unlock the “Space Ship” house.

Selling houses is automatic, and happens as soon as you finish filling the house with all of its collectibles. When a house is sold, all collectibles in the house are sold with it, and you’ll receive a bonus of coins, tickets and other goodies!

The fourth house of each neighborhood is the final house. When you sell this house, the collectibles will be deducted from your inventory and you’ll receive your reward as normal ... but you can sell the final house as many times as you like, receiving the reward each time, as long as you have enough collectibles!

What are collectibles?

Collectibles are items you can win during a game of bingo that go in your houses. Collecting all the items in a particular house lets you sell the house, and earn prizes!

You can get collectibles by:

Finding them in Treasure Chests
Buying them in the Store (though not all collectibles are for sale!)
Asking your friends to gift them to you (though not all collectibles can be gifted!)
Scoring a bingo on a card with a Special collectible

If you’re short on coins, you can sell individual collectibles. You can do this at any time. Simply click the item in your house, and then click “Trade this item for coins”.

How do I put collectibles in a house?

When you get a collectible, it’ll be added to your inventory. You can only view items in your inventory that are on display in the house you are currently collecting for. If you gain a collectible that is only for a larger house you haven’t unlocked yet, the item will still be added to your inventory but you won’t be able to view it until you reach that house.

Each collectible is tied to the game room of the same theme. For example, you can’t win an item for your Hawaii house in the Las Vegas room.

You need a certain number of items to complete each house:

The first house contains FIVE items
The second house contains TEN items
The third house contains FIFTEEN items
The fourth house contains TWENTY items

For each new house, you’ll need to collect the items you collected before, plus the new items from that house. You can have more than one of each collectible in the same house. If you have more than one of an item in a house when you sell it, the item will carry over into your new house.

If you’d like to request an item from your friends, simply click on the "shadow" of the item and then select “Request”. You’ll be able to choose which friends you request the item from. Requesting an item sends that player a message that you need the item. If they have one spare, they’ll be able to gift it to you!

What are Special Items?

For every neighborhood, there are FOUR Special Items to collect. You’ll need one of them for the first house, two for the second house, and so on. The stars displayed above your house show how many Special Items you need in total, and how many you have collected so far. Special Items are rare collectibles that can’t be found in Treasure Chests or in the Store. You can only get them by winning a bingo on a card that shows the Special item next to the “BINGO” button.

Special Items can't be purchased in the Store or gifted to friends.

What are achievements?

You can earn achievements for completing certain tasks or passing milestones while playing the game. Some examples are:

Winning a bingo in the first six balls called
Winning 20 keys
Selling 6 houses
Sending 500 gifts

Just like Treasure Chests, there are THREE types of achievement — Gold, Silver and Bronze. When you get an achievement, you’ll win a coin bonus. The more valuable the achievement, the bigger the coin boost!

You can see your progress on your achievements by clicking the Profile tab.

What about "sharing" achievements?

When you earn a achievement, you’ll be given the opportunity to share it with your friends. If you do this, it will appear as a link on your friends’ Facebook timelines. The first 10 of your friends to click this link will receive some bonus coins! Look out for your friends’ achievements on your timeline too!