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Bingo (British version) A typical 9×3 bingo ticket, as used in the United Kingdom. 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 ...
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).
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").
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Lottery machine. A lottery machine is the machine used to draw the winning numbers for a lottery. Early lotteries were done by drawing numbers, or winning tickets, from a container. In the UK, numbers of winning Premium Bonds (which were not strictly a lottery, but very similar in approach) were generated by an electronic machine called ERNIE.
TV Bingo is a fixed odds betting game similar to the lottery or Keno. Contestants choose 6 numbers using their telephone by calling the number on screen during the show and follow the prompts. They can pick six numbers of their own or simply go for a "Lucky Dip" where the six numbers are randomly selected by the computer.
Online bingo. Online bingo is the game of bingo (either the US or UK variant) played on the Internet. Sites offering the game launched around 1996, and the global gross gaming yield outside of the United States was estimated at US$ 500 million in 2006, forecast to grow to $1 billion by 2010. [1]
Lingo USA. Lingo is a British game show based on the American programme of the same name, the original iteration of the programme was made by Thames Television and Action Time for ITV, running for a single series with host Martin Daniels from 12 May to 14 July 1988. A revived version has also aired from 1 January 2021 hosted by Adil Ray.