BINGO LINGO

Notice something odd about this Bingo Board? BINGO was printed Upside-Down! That attention to detail is probably why Transogram is no longer in business.

Bingo Board - A display board, holding each Bingo number after it has been called so that winners can be verified. Also called a Banker's Chart.

Bingo Card - A card containing 24 numbered spaces and one free space, with which you play Bingo. The numbers are assigned randomly and are arranged in five columns of five numbers each by five rows (5 x 5 = 25 in total including the blank square). The numbers in the B column are between 1 and 15, in the I column between 16 and 30, in the N column (containing four numbers and the free space) between 31 and 45, in the G column between 46 and 60, and in the O column between 61 and 75.

Bingo Marker - A crayon or ink dauber that is used to cover the numbers on a bingo game card.

Blackout - No, not what some bar patrons are likely to do, it's a pattern where you must cover the whole card to win. Usually 50 to 60 of the 75 bingo numbers have to be called to cover all the numbers on a card. Also known as Coverall.

Caller - The person who announces the bingo numbers as they are drawn.

Flimsy, Flimsies - Bingo cards printed on thin sheets of paper. Also called Throwaways in some areas.

Four Corners - A pattern where you must cover the corner numbers of the card. If you get those four numbers, you win.

Free Space - The center square of the card, which does not have a number assigned to it. It's like a Joker or a Wild square. You get it free every game and it counts towards your winning pattern.

Hard Card - A bingo card printed on heavy cardboard material usually with shutters to cover each number as it is called out. Sometime referred to as a Shutter Card or Shutter Board.

Hard Way Bingo - Bingo in a straight line without the use of the free space.

Moonlight Bingo - Session of bingo that starts late at night, usually about 10:00 pm.

Money Ball - A number drawn before the game that will double a player's winnings if bingo is hit on that number.

Multiple Winners - Two or more players bingo at the same time. When this happens, the prize is divided among them, or a winner can be decided by each player drawing a ball and the player with the highest number is the winner.

On - A player is said to be "On" when they are lacking only one number for a bingo.

Pattern - The shape you need to cover on your card with called out numbers, usually it is in a straight line; horizontal, vertical and diagonal, but it can also be an "X" or another special layout.

Session - An evening of bingo.

Texas Blackout - A variation of bingo. The first number called will be either odd or even. If the first number called is Even then all the even numbers on all your cards are Wild (Jokers). Cover all the even numbers. If the first number called is Odd, cover all the odd numbers. The game then proceeds to a blackout.

Warm Up - The name of the first game of the session.

Wrap Up - The name of the last game of a session.

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