{"id":7679,"date":"2022-10-03T08:33:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T08:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.com\/blog\/\/blog\/?p=7679"},"modified":"2024-04-06T16:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T16:00:51","slug":"bingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/03\/bingo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bingo Tips and Rules: Expert Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Our Bingo guide will tell you everything you need to know about this popular game. From the history of bingo to easy instructions on how to play and tips you can use, you will find all the information you need right here.<\/p>\n\n

The Origins of Bingo<\/h2>\n\n

The origins of bingo can be traced back to mid-16th\u00a0century Italy. This lottery-style game was known by the more melodic name\u00a0Lo Giuoco del Lotto D’Italia<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0Il Gioco del Lotto d\u2019Italia<\/em>. The game spread across the continent, becoming a favourite of wealthy French noblemen by the 1770s (known as\u00a0Le Lotto<\/em>) and being used as an educational tool in Germany by the early 19th\u00a0century.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

By the 1920s, the game had reached North America. A county fair stall run by Hugh J. Ward featured a game called\u00a0Beano,\u00a0which used\u00a0actual\u00a0beans to cover numbered squares. Edwin S. Lowe<\/a>, a New York toy salesman, (also responsible for developing\u00a0Yahtzee) saw the game at a carnival and recreated it at home to play with family and friends. Renaming it\u00a0Bingo\u00a0instead of\u00a0Beano\u00a0(numerous versions of this most famous of misheard words exist), he hired Carl Leffler, a Columbia University Maths Professor, to develop the bingo card and reduce the odds\u00a0of repeating numbers. Leffler developed more than 6,000 distinct bingo cards and was rumoured to have been driven insane by the process.<\/p>\n\n

Throughout the US, the game gained popularity as a way for churches to raise funds while engaging in a version of legal gaming with their parishioners. The first recorded charity bingo games were played in the basement of a Catholic Church in Wilkes-Barre, PA in 1930, and by 1934, an estimated 10,000 bingo games were being played weekly.<\/p>\n\n

In Great Britain, bingo gained huge levels of popularity in the 1960s, after the\u00a0British Betting and Gaming Act\u00a0legalised social gaming. Originally known as\u00a0Housey-Housey,\u00a0people finishing work would relax and socialise by visiting their local club. Here they could drink, talk, watch entertainment such as singers or comedians\u00a0and then join in a game of bingo. At the time of this writing, the UK has more than 600 licensed bingo clubs and the National Bingo Game is played every day, except for Christmas.<\/p>\n\n

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The Rules of Bingo<\/h2>\n\n

Bingo is a game of probability. You begin by purchasing a card to play, which contains a selection of numbers. Numbers then get called at random. When they are present on your card, you eliminate them. The aim is to cross off\u00a0off a predetermined line, pattern (4 corners, letter X, letter T, etc.), or all the numbers\u00a0on the card before others do to claim a prize.<\/p>\n\n

Bingo, (also known as\u00a075-Card Bingo\u00a0and\u00a0Pattern Bingo), is played on a 5×5 grid with 25 squares (24 numbered squares and one blank square in the middle). The five\u00a0horizontal columns are identified by a letter, running from left to right, that spells out B-I-N-G-O. Each of the 5 vertical columns will contain a selection of random numbers chosen from the next consecutive 14 numbers; i.e.,\u00a0B\u00a0has a range of 1 to 15,\u00a0I\u00a0ranges from 16 to 30,\u00a0N\u00a0ranges from 31 to 45,\u00a0G\u00a0ranges from 46 to 60 and\u00a0O\u00a0has a range of 61 to 75.<\/p>\n\n

When playing in person, a bingo caller will announce the randomly generated numbers one at a time. These can be generated in different ways, though traditionally they come from a spherical bingo machine that has balls\u00a0mixed up in a container. If you are playing online, these will be generated by a Random Number Generator (or RNG) and instead of someone calling them out, they will appear onscreen.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

When playing in a physical location, you should be aware of bingo parlance. Many callers use descriptive words and phrases to add to the fun of the game and to improve clarity. Britain lays claim to inventing \u201cBingo Lingo\u201d, or the slang, rhymes, puns and phrases that correspond to each number. For example, the number 8 is known as ‘Garden Gate’ and 85 is ‘Staying Alive’.<\/p>\n\n

Should the number called be on your ticket, then you can mark it off. The aim is to mark off the following:<\/p>\n\n