Bingo Jargon

Your Guide to Bingo Jargon:

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• Auto-Bingo - game function where the software automatically calls ‘Bingo!’ for you if you win
• Auto-daub/auto-dab/auto-play – game function where the software automatically marks your cards as the balls are drawn

Bingo callers in Bingo halls often use rhymes or other short descriptions to liven up the stream of numbers being called. These are always in the same way – nickname first, then number. For instance, "Kelly’s Eye, number 1" – "Two little ducks, 22". Here are some of the most common nicknames…  Read more... (349 words)

Online Bingo is designed to be as similar as it can be to the real game as played in Bingo halls.

The Goal in Online Bingo

The basic aim is, as with any Bingo game, simply to be the first to mark off all the numbers to match a specific ‘Pattern’ of squares on the card.
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Is there such a thing as a ‘Winning Bingo Strategy’?

Online bingo is almost entirely a game of chance. The balls are drawn at random and so are the cards. At the start of the game every card has an equal chance of winning. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do to increase your chances of winning.   
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