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A typical housie/Bingo ticket. In UK bingo, or Housie, cards are usually called "tickets." The cards contain three rows and nine columns. Each row contains five numbers and four blank spaces randomly distributed along the row. Numbers are apportioned by column (1–9, 10–19, 20–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, 70–79 and 80–90).
Bingo is a game of probability in which players mark off numbers on cards as the numbers are drawn randomly by a caller, the winner being the first person to mark off all their numbers. Bingo, previously known in the UK as Housey-Housey , became increasingly popular across the UK following the Betting and Gaming Act 1960 with more purpose-built ...
The number 88 visually resembles a lady next to another lady. Refer to 8 and 81 above. Players can reply with "wobble, wobble!" 89 Nearly there 89 is one away from 90 (the end of the bingo numbers). Almost there 90 Top of the shop [5] 90 is the highest (top) number in bingo. Shop refers to the entire game of bingo (and also rhymes with "top").
Updated August 10, 2016 at 7:11 PM. It's an old-time favorite for today's Game of the Day, Bingo! In this virtual version, you can play one, three, or six cards at once at your choice of fast or ...
Varies. In the United States and Canada, bingo is a game of chance in which each player matches the numbers printed in different arrangements on cards. The game host (known as a caller) draws balls at random, marking the selected numbers with tiles. When a player finds that the selected numbers are arranged on their card in a horizontal ...
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For example, in a five-draw poker game, the event at least one player holds a four-of-a-kind formation can be identified with the set of all combinations of (xxxxy) type, where x and y are distinct values of cards. This set has 13C(4,4)(52-4)=624 combinations. Possible combinations are (3♠ 3♣ 3♥ 3♦ J♣) or (7♠ 7♣ 7♥ 7♦ 2♣).
In determining value, jacks are valued at 11, queens, at 12, kings at 13, and aces at either 1 or 15, depending on whether the players have agreed that high rank wins or low rank wins. The game can also be played with cards having blackjack value, with all face cards given value of 10 and the ace having value of either 1 or 11.