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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).
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.
This is a list of British bingo nicknames. In the game of bingo in the United Kingdom, callers announcing the numbers have traditionally used some nicknames to refer to particular numbers if they are drawn. The nicknames are sometimes known by the rhyming phrase 'bingo lingo' and there are rhymes for each number from 1 to 90, some of which date ...
Bingo Night Live was a simple and free bingo game, split into: Four (originally three) games of bingo (green, orange, blue and - added later - purple cards). Prizes were given for: One line. Two lines. A "Golden Jackpot" prize, starting at £25,000 on launch night, given for a full card with less than 32 numbers called.
The National Bingo Game was Britain's largest computer-controlled gambling game until the National Lottery was launched in 1994. The lottery had a negative impact on attendances at bingo clubs, although the game underwent several changes in an attempt to boost prize money and compete with the lottery. Over £1 billion has been paid out in prize ...
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Website. www.national-lottery.co.uk. The National Lottery is the state- franchised national lottery established in 1994 in the United Kingdom. It is regulated by the Gambling Commission, and is operated by Allwyn Entertainment, who took over from Camelot Group (who had been running the National Lottery since its inception) on 1 February 2024.