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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coverall

Games; Bingo

(Also Blackout) A pattern where you must cover the whole card to win.

dauber

Games; Bingo

Bingo dauber is ink-filled bottle/pen with a foam tip on it used to mark called numbers. When you touch the bingo card with the foam tip it marks the square. (See picture above)

early bird game

Games; Bingo

A bingo game that starts earlier than another regularly scheduled game. But sometimes the Early Bird game is merely the first game of the session. The first game of a session is more commonly known ...

face

Games; Bingo

Is the individual bingo sheet containing 24 numbers plus the free space in the middle.

flimsy

Games; Bingo

Bingo cards printed on thin sheets of paper. There are usually three cards printed on a single sheet but flimsies are also printed in one, two, four, six or 9-card formats. Typically a flimsy sheet ...

four corners

Games; Bingo

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

free space

Games; Bingo

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.