Bingo Lingo

  • Bingo:
    What you shout loudly when you have a winning card!
     
  • 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.
     
  • Electronic Terminal:
    Computer-enabled bingo on a PC which allows multiple plays and various additional gaming opportunities at no additional cost but available only on a first-come, first-serve basis.
     
  • 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. 
     
  • 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 (Books) are purchased from the cashier. These cards then take you through the entire bingo session. Proof of the purchase with a receipt is required to receive any prize payout.
     
  • Session:
    One complete Bingo program. 
  • Speed Bingo:
    When balls are called at a rapid pace on specified speed bingo sessions. Speed bingo is currently offered Thursday Evenings, Thursday Late Nights and Friday late Nights.
  • A Set:
    A portion of a Drop In Bingo: each set offers one book and one or more specials.
     
  • Ka-Chingo:
    Large Progressive Jackpots played two times daily at 2:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. in Bingo Halls across BC. For the details on how to play, click here .