Step 3: Play a Game in Hitmix Bingo

Once you’ve created your playlist and bingo cards, you’re ready to start your game!

This guide explains the options found on the Play Game tab and how to control your session.

🎶 Playlist Controls

Button Function
Top Moves the selected song to the top of the playlist.
Bottom Moves the selected song to the bottom of the playlist.
Up Moves the selected song up one place.
Down Moves the selected song down one place.
Randomise Shuffles the playlist into a new random order.

⏱ Playback Settings

Setting Description
Call Duration How long each track plays before moving to the next.
Break Duration The pause between each track.
Fade In / Out Number of seconds each track fades in and out.
Sound Effects Adds a sound effect between songs.
Customise Start Time If you haven’t set start points in the playlist editor, Hitmix Bingo will begin each track at a random point.
Auto Shuffle Playlist Shuffles the playlist automatically each time it’s loaded.
Pause Between Media Pauses after every track until Next is clicked.
Keep Playing Current Song Ignores the end time or call duration and plays the full track.

🏆 Game & Display Controls

Button / Option Description
Set Prize Choose the winning pattern for the next game.
Guest Screen Opens a separate window to display visuals for your audience.
Play Starts the game (you must set a prize first).
Next Moves to the next track.
BINGO Stops playback when a player calls bingo.
Display Game Name Shows the current game name on the guest screen.
Display Winning Pattern Displays the pattern needed to win.
Display Overlay Image Shows the Hitmix Bingo or your own logo overlay.
Display Scrolling Text Shows the list of tracks played so far.
Display Artist & Title Displays artist/title/both for the current track.
Reveal after X seconds Reveals artist/title after a set delay.
Remove Parenthesis Removes text inside parentheses ( ) from titles.
Scramble Text Scrambles artist/title text to make guessing harder.
Slide Show Displays a slideshow on the guest screen. Replace images by opening the slideshow folder via the Hitmix Bingo icon, then restart the software.

🧩 Setting a Winning Pattern

When you click Set Prize, you can choose one or more winning patterns.

These can also be shown on the guest screen if Show Patterns in External Screen is enabled.

Pattern Requirement
Line H One horizontal line.
Line V One vertical line.
Line D One diagonal line.
Two Line H Two horizontal lines.
Two Line V Two vertical lines.
Two Line D Two diagonal lines.
L Pattern An “L” shape.
T Pattern A “T” shape.
Full House All squares filled.
Custom 1 / 2 / 3 Select to define your own custom patterns.

▶️ Playing the Game

  1. Click Set Prize to choose your winning pattern.
  2. Click Play to start the game.
  3. When someone calls Bingo, click the BINGO button to pause the music.
  4. Enter the card number and click Check.

✅ Handling Bingo Calls

If the bingo is valid, you can:

  • Set New Prize – Start a new game with a different pattern.
  • Play Same Pattern Again – Repeat the same winning pattern.

If the bingo is not valid, click Close Card.

🎚 Additional Controls

Button Function
Set Prize Change the winning pattern at any time.
Correct Bingo Override the checker to confirm a win and play the winning sounds.
No Bingo Override the checker to reject a call and play the “no bingo” sound.
Resume Resume playback of music and video files.
End Check Return to the Play Game screen.
Stop Music Stop the winning sound or music clip.

Still need help? Contact Us Contact Us