For information regarding the history of Bingo, Bingo terms and terminlogy, and guidance on how to play 75, 80, and 90-ball bingo press the links relating to the individual selection you are looking for.

Please find below a complete list of bingo number terms and slang phrases used when bingo moderators are calling out the numbers.

Bingo number calling terms slangs and phrases

There are two traditional types of bingo that is 75-ball and 90-ball bingo, however, recently bingo.com, and Internet bingo games company, has created their own 80-ball bingo game.

Rules of 75-Ball Bingo

Traditionally played in North America players purchase cards with numbers on a 5×5 grid with headings of the 5 letters of the each letter of B-I-N-G-O at the top of each column. Numbers are then drawn at random out of a total of 75 balls until the point that one player out of the group complete the necessary bingo pattern, for example, straight line (one single line), blackout (fill the entire card), a letter C, a cross, etc.

Bingo cards contain 25 boxes on them with a number in the the box with the exception of the free space in the center. The numbers on the card are chosen at random. The B column with contain 5 numbers chosen between 1 and 15. The I column will include 5 numbers from 16 and 30. The N column will contain 5 numbers 31 and 45. G will contain 5 numbers between 46 and 60, and lastly the O column between 61 and 75.

Usually players can choose from as many as 6000 unique cards to choose from therefore, the game of bingo is primarily a game of chance not skill. However, the skill of the game derives when efficient players can play multiple cards and therefore, increase their chances of winning.

Rules of 90-Ball Bingo

In most other countries 90-ball bingo is played. But, when playing online you will usually have many Internet bingo game sites offering both, and as mentioned above even 80 ball bingo. 90 ball bingo cards contain three lines and nine columns and will sometimes be bound in books. Single books have ten ten pages with ten separate cards each with a different color. Skilled players can play all 6 books, however, it is also possible to play a single book or a single card even.

Each individual card is called a ticket. Bingo tickets consist of 3 rows and 9 columns. Each row contains 5 random numbers and 4 blank spaces. 90 ball bingo is almost always played with strips of tickets. A strip is a set of 6 tickets, containing all 90 numbers, distributed throughout. When a strip of tickets is played in one bingo game, every possible number from 1-90 is covered and therefore, a number is crossed off at each bingo call. You buy strips of tickets at the beginning of each game, up to a maximum of 48 tickets.

The game is played with 3 patterns. The patterns are called One Line, Two Lines, and Full House. The first player to correctly cross off a horizontal line wins the first prize. The game then continues and the first player to cross off two horizontal lines wins the next prize. Finally, the first player to cross off all the numbers on a ticket (Full House) wins the maximum prize.

Playing both 75 and 90 ball bingo online

When playing online you will be given choice of the number of cards you want to play as well as the opportunity to choose a new set if you don't like the ones you've been given.

Each Internet bingo game has a caller and a display board of the bingo numbers. The game pattern is also displayed. Most often you will find that the games cards are automatically marked therefore, selecting a large number of cards is not a problem.
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From 16th century Italy to the present day follow the timeline of the game of bingos history.

Bingo Games History

1530 Italy Bingo started out in Italy in 1530. At this time it was a lottery type game, known as "Lo Giuoco Code Lotto" or "Lo Giuoco del Lotto D'Italia". To this day it is still played in Italy each Saturday.
1778 France – In 1778, the french version of the game arrived in France played by wealthy Frenchmen.
1880 Germany – The game of Bingo reaches Germany, whereby the game is used as a teaching method for educational purposes teaching maths, spelling and history.
1929 North America – The game reaches America known as "beano", where players place beans on the number with the objective of forming a straight line in any direction. The winner shouts "Beano!" when this is achieved. A salesman by the name of Edwin S. Lowe, learns of the game and achieves success in promoting the game by renaming the game bingo.
1930 North America – The salesman, Mr. Lowe hires a Columbia University maths professor Carl Leffler to increase the number of combinations in bingo cards to 6000. This project allegedly drives the professor insane.
1934 North America – In 1934 the church began the coordination of Bingo games, with the permission of Mr. Lowe, for charitable purposes. From this point on the game increases significantly in popularity.
1968 – In 1968, the game of bingo is included in the Gaming Act.
1986 – A National Game of bingo is launched in the UK.
2007 – More than 3 million people play bingo in bingo halls, with online bingo increasing in popularity.