BINGO RULES


In the UK, just about everyone has played bingo at some time or another in their lives. It’s an extremely popular game in Britain and families tend to enjoy this as an activity for everyone to get together over. Not only do families play this game, it’s also played in bingo halls, social clubs all over Britain. It’s also a favorite game for fundraisers. Now there’s Bingo online. This form is catching on very quickly with many of the people.
The rules are quite simple. So simple that even small children can master it. The simplicity of the game is probably what makes this such a favorite among so many people. It’s simple, yet fun and the winning gives such a thrill. The cards typically have twenty four or twenty six squares with numbers from one to ninety in some or all of the squares. Many players will play several cards at the same time to increase their chances of winning. Of course by doing this, the person will need to pay good attention to the caller as they call off the numbers. A caller is the person who will read out the numbers to the players. The quicker they call out the numbers, the faster the game will move. This presents the players with more of a challenge to pay attention. As the numbers are called off, players cross out the ones that they have on their cards. The main objective is to be the first one to make a straight line, either vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Another version of winning is to be the first to fill all the blank squares on a card. Once this is accomplished, the player will yell out “Bingo” or “House” to stop the game. Once the card has been verified that all the numbers do indeed match the ones that have been called, that person is declared the winner. Sometimes there is more than one winner. When this happens, the prize is simply split amongst all of the winners.
There are variations to the numbers being called. Instead of the normal one, two, three. The numbers have number rhymes that are used instead. For example, one would be “Kelly’s eye”, two would be “Little boy blue” and three is “cup of tea”. Calling the numbers out this way definitely presents more of a challenge as the players have to know what numbers these rhymes match up with.