Bingo:
- what you shout loudly when you have a winning card.
Blue Boy Bingo:
- hand held computer card minder played by entering the numbers as they are called.
Bonanza Board:
- indicates the balls called, Number of balls and pattern for the Bonanza.
Bonanza Game:
- a blackout having 50#s called early in a session and completed later.
Bonanza Sheet:
- a sheet for personally recording called Bonanza Numbers.
Dabber, Dauber, Marker:
- an inking device for marking paper cards.
Drop In Bingo:
- play one game or more games, the choice is yours.
Flashboard:
indicates the game numbers called, number of balls in play and pattern in play.
Free Number:
- a number declared in play without being called: e.g. all numbers ending in "3."
Houdini:
- a game in which a called number is reversed whenever possible: e.g. N-35 & G-53 are both playable when either number is first called.
I'm Set:
- I need one number to win.
Lightning Bingo:
- speed bingo (called rapidly)
Odd/Even Game:
- a blackout played having the Odd or Even numbers declared free.
Package:
- evening session cards in a pack.
Paper Bingo:
- paper cards played with a dabber
Progressive:
- a Jackpot which builds each session until won or maximum reached.
Reno Number:
- when the first number is called, both digits of that number are beginning and ending free numbers.
Regular Bingo:
- when cards are purchased at the till, these cards then take you through the entire bingo session (a regular session is a booklet session which requires a minimum purchase of a 6 up book to participate). Proof of the purchase with a receipt is required to receive any prize payout.
Session:
- one complete Bingo program.
Set:
- a portion of a Drop In Bingo: each set offers one book and one or more specials.
Big Link Bingo:
- Large Progressive Jackpots played three times daily at 1:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. in Bingo Halls across BC. For the details on how to play, click here.
