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Glossary of Bingo
| | | This is your guide to the common jargon and abbreviations used in the modern day game of bingo. It is essential that new bingo players understand and know all of the bingo terms and definitions in order to function effectively in a regular or online bingo hall.
Ball Gate - Part of the ball dispensing machine, the one-way flap at the top of the `ball runway` which the ball passes under to enter the main playfield area.
Ball Lifter - The mechanism used to raise the ball from beneath the playfield to the `ball shooter` tip.
Ball Runway - The channel where the ball is launched up by the ball shooter to enter the main playfield area.
Ball Shooter - The spring loaded plunger with a rubber tip used to launch the ball into the playfield area.
Basket Bingo - Bingo game where "basket" prizes are given. (See here for details and rules)
Bingo Board - A display board, usually electronic that lights up showing each number as it is called.
Bingo Books/Booklets - A number of different colored bingo sheets/cards bound together to form a book/booklet to be played one for each game at a bingo session. They are usually bound in the order in which they will be played.
Bingo Card - A card containing 24 numbered spaces and one free space (blank), with which you play BINGO. The numbers are assigned at random on each card and are arranged in five columns of five numbers each by five rows (5 x 5 = 25 in total including the blank square). The numbers in the B column are between 1 and 15, in the I column between 16 and 30, in the N column (containing four numbers and the free space) between 31 and 45, in the G column between 46 and 60, and in the O column between 61 and 75. Players have thousands of unique (unduplicated) cards to choose from. Some manufacturers print unduplicated series of 6,000 cards. There are also series of 9,000 cards available. Hard cards and Flimsy cards have a series number printed on them. For example, card number 1252 will always have the same numbers in the same spaces.
Bingo Marker - A crayon or ink dauber that is used to cover the numbers on a bingo game card.
Blackout - (Also, Coverall) A pattern where you must cover the whole card to win. Usually 50 to 60 of the 75 bingo numbers have to be called to cover all the numbers on a card. But blackouts in as few as 43 numbers have been recorded.
Blower - A forced-air device that mixes the bingo balls and dispenses them to the caller who announces the number and displays it on a bingo board.
Bonanza Bingo - A progressive coverall Jackpot that is usually played as the 13th game of the session. Forty-five numbers are drawn before the session and players mark them on separate cards and set aside. There is an additional fee to play this game, usually $1. The countdown begins at 48 numbers or less and go up one number per week to 52 numbers or until won. The amount of the jackpot is determined by card sales for that game.
Breakopen - A multi-ply card, made completely from paper or paper products, with perforated breakopen tab or tabs. The game play area of the card is covered to conceal a number(s), letter(s) and/or symbol(s); some of which have been designated in advance as prize winners.
Buy-in - Buying bingo cards or an Admission Packet (see above). Converting cash into bingo cards.
Caller - The person who calls out the bingo numbers.
Chat Room - A handy monitor or screen where you can read and exchange messages with other players.
Coverall - (Also Blackout) A pattern where you must cover the whole card to win.
Dauber - Bingo dauber is ink-filled bottle/pen with a foam tip on it used to mark called numbers. When you touch the bingo card with the foam tip it marks the square. (See picture above)
Early Bird Game - A bingo game that starts earlier than another regularly scheduled game.
Free Space - The center square of the card. It`s like a Joker. You get it free every game and it counts towards your winning pattern.
Game Board - The display board above your card(s) that shows you the balls in play.
Game Room - Some online games divide the players into game rooms.
G.T.I., T.E.D. - An electronic dauber system used to play multiple packs at once. These usually require a rental fee and only one is allowed per player.
Hardway Bingo (Hard-way Bingo) - Bingo in a straight line without the use of the free space.
Jackpot - A big prize usually awarded for achieving a difficult pattern, such as a blackout, within a specified number of balls.
Minimum Buy-in - The least amount you must spend to be eligible for prizes.
Money Ball - A number drawn before the game that will double a player`s winnings if bingo is hit on that number.
Pattern - The shape you need to cover on your card with called out numbers, usually it is a straight line.
Progressive Jackpot - A Jackpot that gets bigger until it is won. There is usually a separate buy-in for Progressive Jackpot games.
Rainbow Pack - A paper pack that allows players to play for three or four different prize denominations at once.
Six-pack, Nine-pack - Six or nine numbers in a block on one card.
T.E.D., G.T.I. - An electronic dauber system used to play multiple packs at once. These usually require a rental fee and only one is allowed per player.
Validation - Eligibility required to win additional jackpot amounts. Price varies by number of cards played.
W8 - Wait
Warm Up - See definition of "Early Bird".
WB - Welcome back
WE - Whatever
WOT - Waste of time
Wrap Up - just the name of the last game of a "session".
WTG - Way to go
WW - Warm welcome
YVW - You`re very welcome
YW - You`re welcome
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