Bingo

Bingo

A game of chance in which each player has one or more cards printed with differently numbered squares on which to place markers when the respective numbers are drawn and announced by a caller. The first player to mark a complete row of numbers is the winner.

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hopper

Games; Bingo

A rotating container where the lottery balls labelled one through 49 are placed that continually mixes the balls.

overdrawn

Games; Bingo

A digit that over a period of time is drawn more often than the norm. While some play these numbers because they are 'Hot', they can only reach normality by not being drawn.

instant game

Games; Bingo

A lottery ticket that requires the player to remove a latex coating to determine if the ticket is a winner. Also called 'Scratch-off Game' or 'Scratcher'.

jackpot

Games; Bingo

The top prize for a lotto or lottery game. Jackpots are usually 'Parimutuels'. If not won in the next drawing, they 'roll over' to the next drawing and increase in size/amount.

keno

Games; Bingo

A lotto game in which several numbers (typically 20) are drawn from a large field of numbers (typically 80). Players select a set of numbers from the main field (usually a minimum of 3 numbers up to ...

lotto

Games; Bingo

A game where players select a small group of numbers (usually six) from a large set (usually 49) and are awarded prizes based on how many match the randomly drawn result. In a typical lotto game, a ...