Bingo
A typical housie, bingo, ticket contains
fifteen numbers, arranged in nine columns by three rows and each
row contains five numbers and four blank spaces. Each column
contains either one, two, or three, numbers.
The first column contains numbers from 1 to 9,
The second column numbers from 10 to 19,
The third 20 to 29 and so on up until the last column, which
contains numbers from 80 to 90 (the 90 being placed in this
column as well).
The game is presided over by a caller, whose job it is to call
out the numbers and validate winning tickets and he will also announce
the prize or prizes for each game before starting. The caller
will then usually say "Eyes down" to indicate that he is about
to start. The caller begins to call numbers as they are randomly
selected, either by an electronic Random Number Generator (RNG)
or by using balls in a mechanical draw machine. Calling takes
the format of simple repetition in the framework, "Two and three,
twenty three."
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A typical "dabber" or "dauber", used for both bingo and housie
tickets. The different winning combinations are:
Line = covering a horizontal line of five numbers on the ticket.
Two Lines = covering any two lines on the same ticket.
Full House = covering all fifteen numbers on the ticket.
In the UK it is most common for a line game to be
followed directly by a two line game and a full house game.
In the UK's National Bingo Game only a full house game is ever
played. The record payout for the national bingo game was
£950,000 and was won by a customer from Gala Sheffield
Parkway.
In all cases, the last number called must be in the winning
sequence. If you do not stop the game in time and the caller starts the next number, your claim will be deemed
invalid!
When players first come to the venue they can buy a
book of tickets. Players generally play between one and six
books. Players in the UK
usually buy books of 6 tickets containing all possible
numbers in different combinations.
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As each number is called players check to see if that number
appears on their tickets. If it does, they will mark it with a
special marker called a dabber or a dauber. When
all the numbers required to win a prize have been marked off,
the player calls out "Line" or "House" depending on the prize.
An Auto-Validate system is often used in large clubs where a 1
to 8 digit security code is read out by a member of staff and
checked against the entry for that ticket on the system. This
saves the club from reading out
every number on the ticket.
In smaller clubs each number in the winning
combination must be read out. The caller will check to see if
each number has been called, and if it has, he will say
something similar to "House correct - please pay out".
There will often be an interval halfway through the game.
Chris Lamb, manager from Gala bingo Nottingham Castle, says
"Electronic gaming is now taking another step forward with the
introduction of P.E.T (programable electronic tickets), that
allows customers to play many more tickets on a small handheld
terminal, connected to the caller via wi-fi."
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