Developing your vocabulary related to bingo games can help in making the game more fun and entertaining. Here is a list of some popular terms used in bingo that will boost your confidence and keep you engaged throughout a game:
• Admission Packet – This term refers to the minimum numbers of bingo cards that a player has to purchase for entry into a bingo hall.
• Buy-In – A term for buying bingo cards.
• 75 Ball - A bingo game commonly played in the United States consisting of 75 balls on cards with a 5 by 5 grid.
• Caller – The person who calls out the numbers.
• Blackout/Coverall - Refers to a term used for a bingo game in which the players have to cover all the squares on their card.
• Flimsies/ Throwaways – Bingo cards which are printed on thin sheets of paper.
• Four corners – The name for a pattern in which the player has to fill the corner numbers on the bingo card.
• Cookie Jar/ Lucky jar – A container consisting of a jackpot to be awarded to a player who strikes a winning pattern on a lucky number.
• Moonlight bingo – A session of bingo that commences late in the night.
• Pattern – Refers to a vertical, horizontal or diagonal combination of covered squares that must be filled to win.
• Card - A card comprising of different numbers on which bingo is played.
• Free Space – The square at centre of a bingo card.
• Six-pack – The formation of six numbers in a block on a card.
• Full House - When all the numbers on a bingo card are marked off, a full house is achieved.
• Dauber – An instrument used to dab the numbers on a bingo card.
• Jackpot - When the required pattern is attained within a set number of balls, an extra prize referred to as a jackpot is offered.
• Pattern - This term refers to the layout of numbers that is required to win.
• Single line - When a row is completed on a bingo card it is called a single line.
• Two lines across - A term used when two rows are completed on a bingo card.
• Wrap up – The final game in a session of a bingo.
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