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Admission: Most bingo halls or parlors have a minimum number of
cards that you must purchase as the price of "admission."
Typically you must purchase an "admission packet." The
packet usually contains three to six card for every regular game.
Packets also usually contain some special games. Exactly what is
part of the admission packet varies widely from hall to hall.
A Duck And A Flea: Bingo call meaning 23.
A Flea In Heaven: Bingo call meaning 37.
After Game(s): The game(s) played after the end of a regular "session"
of play.
Any Way Up: Bingo call meaning 69.
Ask For More: Bingo call meaning 34.
At The Beginning: Bingo call meaning 1.
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Bakers Bun: Bingo call meaning 61.
Ball Gate: The one-way metal 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. Manual: A plunger below the
ball shooter can be pushed in at any time to raise a ball for play.
Automatic: A motor raises the ball when appropriate. On most games,
a ball is raised as soon as the current ball leaves the ball gate.
Some later games actually detect when a ball has fallen into a hole,
and raise the next ball then.
Ball Runway: The channel along the right side 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. The rubber tip should
be replaced if torn, as pitted balls will damage the playfield quickly.
The rubber tip and springs are cheap and and easy to get.
Bang On The Drum : Bingo call meaning 71.
Barrier: A barrier, in bingo terms, is a box section that contains
playing consoles and coin slots, usually on both sides. Inside,
there is a conveyor belt which moves money taken at the coin slots
to a cash-box at one end of the barrier. Players sit facing each
other across the barriers.
Beano: A game played with bingo cards in which the players cover
squares when objects similarly numbered and lettered are randomly
drawn to complete lines or other patterns. Also Bingo.
Between The Sticks: Bingo call meaning 86.
Bingo: A game played with bingo cards in which the players cover
squares when objects similarly numbered and lettered are randomly
drawn to complete lines or other patterns. Also Beano.|When a player
has all the numbers required for the game or "pattern"
being played. This is when you shout "BINGO!"
Bingo Board: A display board, usually electronic that "lights
up" showing each number as it is called. There are 75 numbers
and a "free space" in the game of bingo.
Bingo Booklets: A specific number of different colored bingo sheets
all containing the same number of faces (ON's) bound together to
be played one for each game at a bingo session. They are bound in
the order in which they will be played.
Bingo Card: A flat card made of cardboard or non-reusable paper
which contains 25 squares arranged in five vertical and five horizontal
rows. The letters B, I, N, G, O are pre-printed above the five vertical
columns, with one letter appearing above each column. The center
space is marked "free." The printed numbers on the card
correspond to the following arrangement: 1 to 15 in the B column;
16 to 30 in the I column; 31 to 45 in the N column; 46 to 60 in
the G column and 61 to 75 in the O column.
Bingo Marker: A crayon or ink dauber that is used to cover the
numbers on a bingo game card.
Blackout: A variation of the game of bingo in which the object
is to cover all the 25 spaces on your card. 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 42 or 43 numbers have been
recorded in the Seattle area in the past five years. Blackouts in
48 or 49 numbers, while not frequent, are not uncommon.
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.
Book: A Ticket.
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."
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.
Brighton Line: Bingo call meaning 59.
Buckle My Shoe: Bingo call meaning 32.
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Caller: The person who calls out the numbers as they are drawn;
machines are normally used to randomly generate these numbers. Most
clubs use two callers; the job of the main stage bingo caller tends
to involve more showmanship than a prize or parti bingo caller's.
Candy Store: Bingo call meaning 74.
Card: Your playing card.
Cash Ball: A progressive jackpot that pays off with a bingo on
the called number (number is drawn before the session begins). Validation
is required to win the jackpot.
Cash-In-Prize: A form of bingo where the prize is a cash payout.
This is taken from the money paid in, and must be a minimum of 50%
of the available stake.
Casino Night: An event held for a specific period of time (generally
beginning in the afternoon and ending by midnight) during which
a qualified organization is entitled to hold casino-style gaming
events. Games conducted include: Pulltabs, bingo, roulette, blackjack,
poker, craps, gin rummy, five card stud poker, and merchandise wheels.
Also Vegas Night.
Christmas Cake: Bingo call meaning 38.
Clean The Floor: Bingo call meaning 54.
Clicketty Click: Bingo call meaning 66.
Coin Door: The front door that can be opened for access to the
cash box. Early machines used a wooden door, while later games used
metal. The condition of this door can tell you a lot about how the
game was operated. If the coin door has extra metal, locking bars,
or gouges from attempts to pry it open, the machine has had a hard
life.
Colors: The color of each sheet in your collated bingo book.
Coming Of Age: Bingo call meaning 18.
Consolation(s): The prize or prizes offered on some "special"
or "flimsy" games if there is no winner in a predetermined
number of calls.
Coverall: This is a pattern where you must cover all numbers on
the card to win.
Cup Of Tea: Bingo call meaning 3.
Cut: Indicates the direction in which a sheet of faces will be
cut from the master sheet. (square, horizontal, or vertical).
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Daber: Bingo daber is a bottle of ink that has a foam top on it,
when you touch the bingo card with the foam tip it marks the square.
Dancing Queen: Bingo call meaning 17.
Danny La Rue: Bingo call meaning 52.
Dauber: An ink marker sold in a small plastic bottle for the purpose
of marking off numbers on "flimsy" sheets. See definition
of flimsy.
Devil's Number: Bingo call meaning 13.
Dirty Gertie: Bingo call meaning 30.
Dirty Knee: Bingo call meaning 33.
Dispensing Device: A mechanical or electro-mechanical device with
one or more stacking columns that dispenses a charity game tickets
after the player inserts the appropriate amount of coin or currency.
Distributor: Any person who purchases or obtains charity gaming
equipment and sells, offers to sell, or otherwise provides charity
gaming equipment to a charitable organization. Synonym: Supplier
Doctors Orders: Bingo call meaning 9.
Down On Your Knees: Bingo call meaning 43.
Drag Arms: The drag arms are a couple of metal bars leaning up
against cams on the front of the control unit. They periodically
stop a couple of the cams from rotating briefly, and in the process
alter the positions of the cam lobes between themselves and the
rest of the control unit. The net affect is to randomize the timing
of certain events during the cycling of the game, such as the amount
of time the spotting wipers turn.
Droopy Drawers: Bingo call meaning 44.
Duck And Dive: Bingo call meaning 25.
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Early Bird Game: A bingo game played before the start of a "session."
But sometimes the Early Bird game is merely the first game of the
session. The first game of a session is more commonly known as a
Warm Up.
Eight And Blank: Bingo call meaning 80.
Either Way Up: Bingo call meaning 69.
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Face: Is the individual bingo sheet containing 24 numbers plus
the free space in the middle.
Five Dozen: Bingo call meaning 60.
Flimsies: Bingo cards printed on thin sheets of paper. There are
usually three cards printed on a single sheet but flimsies are also
printed in one, two, four, or six or 9-card formats. Typically a
flimsy sheet costs one or two dollars and a win on a flimsy on a
"special" game usually pays quite a bit more than a win
on a "regular" game. Also called throwaways in some areas.
Foot Rail: The wood or metal covered bar across the bottom of the
game that holds in the playfield glass and often has feature control
buttons/knobs on it.
Four Dozen: Bingo call meaning 48.
Four And Seven: Bingo call meaning 47.
Free Space: The space in the center of a bingo card. It does not
have a number assigned to it. It is always "wild." Cover
it on all your bingo cards when you start a new game.
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Game Board: An electronic display board, usually attached next
to the "Bingo Board" that looks like a bingo card and
shows what variation of bingo you are playing on that particular
game on the program. For example, "Four Corners," "Chevron,"
"Regular," "Blackout," etc.
Game Family: The sum of all games of the same ticket type and same
name.
Game Room: Some online games divide the players into game rooms.
Garden Gate: Bingo call meaning 8.
Gateway To Heaven: Bingo call meaning 27.
Get Up And Run: Bingo call meaning 31.
Goodbye-Teens: Bingo call meaning 19.
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.
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Half A Century: Bingo call meaning 50.
Halfway There: Bingo call meaning 45.
Hard Card: A bingo card printed on heavy cardboard material usually
with shutters to cover each number as it is called. A bingo card
contains 24 numbered spaces and one "free space." The
numbers are arranged in five rows or columns of five numbers each.
The numbers in the "B" row contain five numbers between
1 and 15, picked at random. The numbers in the "I" row
contain five numbers between 16 and 30. The numbers in the "N"
row contain four numbers between 31 and 45 and the "free space."
The numbers in the "G" row contain five numbers between
46 and 60. The numbers in the "O" row contain five numbers
between 61 and 75. Players have thousands of unduplicated cards
to pick 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.
Card number 1252, for example, will always have the same numbers
in the same spaces. Hard cards are fast becoming a thing of the
past. Soon they may even be collector's items!
Hardway Bingo: Bingo in a straight line without the use of the
free space.
Heavens Gate: Bingo call meaning 78.
Heinz Varieties: Bingo call meaning 57.
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Inlaid Card: A pre-printed number card, usually in 4x4 format.
It is usually laid into a table, and black discs are used to cover
the numbers as they are called out
Instant Bingo: A breakopen ticket which contains only the letters
B, I, N, G, O; bingo card faces; bingo numbers; and no other symbols.
Winning tickets may incorporate letters spelling the word B-I-N-G-O,
or contain a complete, pre-designated bingo pattern, i.e., vertical,
horizontal, or diagonal line.
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Jackpot: The prize offered on a "flimsy" game or "special"
game. Sometimes the jackpot is progressive and grows every day or
every week. Often the numbers needed to win are progressive, too.
As numbers are added, the pot becomes easier to win..
Jump And Jive: Bingo call meaning 35.
K
Kellys Eye: Bingo call meaning 1.
Key Of The Door: Bingo call meaning 21.
Knock At The Door: Bingo call meaning 4.
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Late Night Bingo: "Session" of bingo that starts late
at night, usually about 10:00 pm. Also Moonlight Bingo.
Legs Eleven: Bingo call meaning 11.
Lucky:
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Lucky Jar: Or "Cookie Jar," a container with cash. You
win the contents of the Lucky Jar if you bingo on the "lucky
number." The "lucky number" is usually the first
number called at the beginning of a session. Money is added to the
jar every time the lucky number is called or if the "caller"
makes a mistake in announcing the game. Usually you can win the
Lucky Jar only on "regular" games. There is no lucky number
in play on "special" throw-away games.
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Made In Heaven: Bingo call meaning 67.
Main Stage Bingo: The "main event" of a session of bingo,
and the one said to draw the most customers. Players purchase a
page (or book) of pre-printed bingo tickets to use as game boards.
Make Them Wait: Bingo call meaning 58.
Man Alive: Bingo call meaning 5.
Minimum Buy-In: The least amount you must spend to be eligible
for prizes.
Mixers: Much more complex than the reflex unit, the mixers are
used to do "proportioning" during the current game. From
a players point of view, proportioning simply means that the higher
your scores/features go, the less likely it is that the game will
give you extra balls or increase the scores/features even more.
Money Ball: A number drawn before the game that will double a player's
winnings if bingo is hit on that number.
Moonlight Bingo: "Session" of bingo that starts late
at night, usually about 10:00 pm. Also Late Night Bingo.
More Than Eleven: Bingo call meaning 37.
Multiple Winners: If two or more players bingo at the same time,
the cash prize is divided among them. For example, if there are
five winners on a $500 game, they each receive $100.
Mushroom: A group of bingo displays which takes its name from its
shape - it has a narrow tubular base, and a wider head with the
machinery used to play the game and collect money from players.
Customers sit around the mushroom to play, and there are usually
6 to 8 positions at each.
Mystery Intervals: This was bally marketing speak for the idea
that something may or may not happen when a credit is played or
a coin is deposited. The not-happening is what makes the games gambling
devices in many jurisdictions. generally, something would improve
initially as each coin/credit was played, but as the scores/features
got better, it became more likely that cycling the machine flashes
the lights but nothing else happens.
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Naughty Forty: Bingo call meaning 40.
Nearly There: Bingo call meaning 89.
Nine-Pack: Nine numbers in a block on one card.
Number Of Booklets Per Set: 9000 divided by ON's. (The number of
faces per page.)
O
Old Age Pension: Bingo call meaning 65.
On: A player is said to be "on" when one or more cards
they are playing lacks only one number for a "bingo."
On's: Refers to the number of bingo faces per sheet. A 6 ON would
have 6 faces per sheet.
One Dozen: Bingo call meaning 12.
One Little Duck: Bingo call meaning 2.
One Little Flea: Bingo call meaning 3.
One More Time: Bingo call meaning 79
One Score: Bingo call meaning 20.
On The Way: Or "games on the way." The bingo game(s)
played on a blackout game prior to the blackout and on the same
card. First the preliminary game(s) are played and then more numbers
are called until there is a blackout.
Open Two Doors: Bingo call meaning 44.
Over Weight: Bingo call meaning 28.
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Parti: Short for participation bingo, a type of slot bingo or cash
bingo where the prize is cash (and depends on the number of players,
since it is at least 50% of the money paid in). The most common
boards used for parti bingo are inlaid cards and hand-held shutter
boards.
Pattern: The shape you need to cover on your card with called out
numbers, usually it is a straight line
Payout: The side of a breakopen ticket which may display the game
name, form number, graphics, winning symbols, letters or numerals,
prize amounts, number of winners at each level, and price per card.
This side of the ticket is also referred to as the "Face".|The
value assigned to individual winning combinations of symbols and/or
the collective value of all prizes to be awarded in a single game.
P.C.: Bingo call meaning 49.
Pod Top: This is the unit which sits on top of the barrier and
contains the mechanisms used in the game - typically the coin mechanisms,
valid & credit displays, and claim buttons. Most pod tops have
the equipment for 4-6 playing positions. Also Saddle.
Prize Bingo: Until recently, this game was only played for a set
prize or vouchers. Recent changes in UK law mean that the prize
may be cash of up to £15.
Profit Slip: A sheet of paper included in each set of game tickets
detailing the selling price per ticket to players, number of tickets,
ideal gross receipts, payout/profit information, prize breakdown
by denomination, and sometimes, game play instructions.
Progressive: A jackpot prize that builds daily, weekly, or monthly
if it is not won in a specific number of calls. If there is no winner
in x number of calls, consolation prize(s) of lesser dollar amounts
are paid. Different variations of progressive games add dollars
or numbers, or both, to the jackpot.
Progressive Game: A seal card -style game with a designated jackpot
that, if not won, is carried forward and added to the jackpot of
the subsequent sets of the game until won. Here's how a progressive
game works
Pull Tab: A game similar to the Washington State lottery game.
Tickets sell for 25 cents or 50 cents or even more and typically
offer prizes ranging from free tickets to $500. Each ticket has
perforated windows which open revealing symbols similar to those
found on slot machines or some lottery games.
Punch Board: Another lottery-type game. The player "punches"
out a slot on a board for a chance to win a merchandise prize. Punch
boards offering cash prizes are also common.
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Queen B: Bingo call meaning 73.
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Rainbow Pack: A paper pack that allows players to play for three
or four different prize denominations at once.
R-Button: A button on the foot rail with a single letter R on it.
In order to score your wins, you need to push the R-button. On games
where you could rearrange winning combinations via things like the
magic screen, you need to push the R-button for every winning combination
you set. The main reason for the R-button was to have more control
over when scoring happened, and it had the nice side effect of reducing
wear in the game, as the search disc was held stationary until the
R-button was pushed. On earlier games where the search disc was
rotating constantly, the contacts on the search disc and the search
relays would wear away.
Rebound Rubber: The rubber disk mounted at the top left of the
playfield that the ball bounces off if you shoot the ball hard enough.
Red Raw: Bingo call meaning 64.
Reflex Unit: A simple mechanism in the game which stepped up when
credits were won and stepped down when credits/coins were played.
As it stepped up/down, electrical circuits in the game were broken/made.
The circuits were used when playing for increasing the scores/features
or extra balls. Bally marketing speak referred to the reflex unit
as "proportioning the game". What that really meansis
that as credits are awarded, the game is less likely to give you
extra balls or increase the scores/features. As credits are played
off/coins deposited, the game gets more generous. The reflex unit
does not reset between games, so if you win big, leave the game
and let someone else loosen it up with their money!
Register: The series of blank lines preceded by a numeral, letter,
or symbol combination that appears on a coin board, seal card, or
tipboard and is the place where players holding a ticket with the
corresponding numeral, letter, or symbol combination sign their
names.
Reno Night: An evening of casino games like blackjack and roulette.
These are sometimes held in bingo hall Is but more often in restaurants
and hotels, Eagles & Elks clubs and other fraternal organizations.
Reno Trip: A blackout played for a Reno Trip for Two as the prize.
The trip usually includes air fare, hotel accommodations, and ground
transportation. Winners have a choice of taking the trip or a cash
alternative, usually about $250 to $300.
Replay Counter: A mechanical unit inside the machine that keeps
track of how many credits the player has been awarded for various
wins. In early games, there is one of these units. If, for example,
you win 12 credits for a 3-in-line, the counter will step up as
the credits are added to the replay register. When the counter reaches
the 12-level, payout stops. If you then pot another ball to give
you a 4-in-line, the counter starts stepping up from where it left
off until you reach the 4-in-line level. Later games have multiple
replay counters, so they can pay wins independently. For example,
games with triple deck advancing odds/scores have three replay counters,
one each for the red/yellow/green winners.
Replay Register: The three or four digit unit that shows the player
the number of credits they have. Not to be confused (much) with
a replay counter.
Rise And Shine: Bingo call meaning 29.
RNG: Random Number Generator; the machine used to pick the numbers
for a game of bingo. Most are electronic.
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Saddle: This is the unit which sits on top of the barrier and contains
the mechanisms used in the game - typically the coin mechanisms,
valid & credit displays, and claim buttons. Most pod tops have
the equipment for 4-6 playing positions. Also Pod Top.
Saving Grace: Bingo call meaning 68.
Score Disc: The score disc is a stepper unit that lights the odds
lamps, determines payout amounts, and adjusts the odds of getting
features. As the scores advance, the chances of lighting additional
features reduces.
Seal Card: A board or placard used with charity game tickets which
contains a seal or seals, which when removed or opened, reveal pre-designated
winning numbers, letters, symbols or monetary denominations. The
seal card also may contain a register and serve as the game's flare
card.
Search Disc: A large unit inside the game that is used to detect
winning combinations. It works by controlling a set of five or more
search relays. As the unit operates, it closes the search relays
when balls are in the particular holes it is looking at. If the
correct number of search relays are closed, the search stops and
payout circuits are activated. After payout completes, the search
continues for more paying combinations. Higher payouts can actually
get broken into two pieces - payout for a 3-in-line, a pause, then
the remainder of the payout for a 4-in-line or higher.
Search Index: The search index assembly is mounted underneath the
control unit cams just to the left of the search disk. It consists
of a coil, some switches, and an arm. In it's inactive state, the
arm is lowered away from the search ratchet, and the search wipers
are free to turn (unless held by something else). When a winner
is detected and payout is needed, the search index coin is activated
and the arm engages a tooth on the search ratchet, thus causing
the search wipers to stop on the winning contacts until the payout
is complete.
Search Ratchet: A gear connected to the search wipers which the
search index can engage to stop the search wiper unit from turning.
Search Relays: The search relays are used in conjunction with the
search disc to detect winning combinations of lit numbers. It's
the search relays that make all the clicking noises heard on the
early bingo's. The amount of clicks increase as more balls are in
playfield holes.
Serial Number: The minimum five-character number printed by a manufacturer
on each set of charity game tickets. Each ticket in a set contains
the same serial number.
Series: Indicates the number of unique faces that a single set
will contain. For example: a 9000 SERIES has 9000 unique faces.
Session: An entire evening or daytime program of bingo consisting
of "regular" games usually played on "hard cards"
and special games played on "throwaways" or paper sheets.
A session usually lasts somewhere between two and a half hours and
three hours and 15 minutes.
Set: 9000 bingo faces numbered in sequence and all one color.
Seven Dozen: Bingo call meaning 84.
Shutter Board: A hand-held plastic board with pre-printed numbers,
usually in a 4x4 format. These numbers are marked off by closing
shutters over them.
Shutter Panel: A thin wooden board mounted to the bottom of the
playfield. When slid away from the player, holes in the board would
allow the balls to drop beneath the playfield onto another sloping
board, which would direct the balls into the ball trough. The shutter
panel normally closes when the first ball lifts the ball gate on
a completely reset machine. Complete reset of the machine requires
all balls to be in the ball trough, so if you power off a game with
a ball in the ball runway, then power on and start a game, shooting
the first ball will not close the shutter. Once all the balls are
beneath the playfield, reset is complete and shooting the next ball
will close the shutter.
S / I Cards: Score/Instruction cards. The score cards defined the
payouts for 3,4, and 5-in-line/section, and the instruction cards
gave minimal info on what the features did. Many games also have
a third/fourth card which explained unique features of the game,
or indicated the OK game/red letter game guaranteed minimums.
Six Dozen: Bingo call meaning 72.
Six-Pack: Six numbers in a block on one card.
Snakes Alive: Bingo call meaning 55.
Solenoid: A coil of wire wound around a spool and a metal plunger
partway inserted in it. Apply power to the coil and the plunger
is sucked into the spool, pulling whatever is attached to it.
Special: A game played on a flimsy sheet: Bingo cards printed on
thin sheets of paper. There are usually three cards printed on a
single sheet but flimsies are also printed in one, two, four, or
six or 9-card formats. Typically a flimsy sheet costs one or two
dollars and a win on a flimsy on a "special" game usually
pays quite a bit more than a win on a "regular" game.
Also called "throwaways" in some areas.
Speed Bingo: A variation of regular bingo. Numbers are called very
quickly and you can bingo in as few as three numbers. Usually played
before or after a regular session.
Spin Cycle: The spin cycle is when the game is eating your coins/credits
as you attempt to improve the scores/features. "Spin"
comes from the flashing lights that sequence around the back-glass.
Split Pot: A bingo game in which the winner splits the sales of
the game (the pot) with the bingo hall or "house." For
example the winner might get 60 percent of the sales and the house
would keep forty percent.
Spotted: A number being lit on the bingo card without a corresponding
ball being it the hole. Usually spotting occurred before the game
started, but some games used the roll-over buttons to spot numbers.
Spotting Index: The spotting index assembly is mounted on the back
door just to the right of the spotting disk. It consists of a coil,
some switches, and an arm. In it's inactive state, the arm is engaged
on a tooth on the spotting ratchet, and it stops the spotting wipers
from turning. When the coil is activated, the arm moved away and
releases the spotting wipers.
Spotting Ratchet: A gear connected to the spotting wipers which
the spotting index can engage to stop the spotting wiper unit from
turning.
Spotting Wipers: The metal fingers on the spotting unit that rotate
and make contact with the rivets on the spotting disk. The rivets
that the wipers stop on are the first hurdle to overcome to get
odds advancement, features lighting, or extra balls awarded. The
mixers decide whether to ignore the spotting disc or not.
Stage Displays: Most large bingo clubs use electronic displays
to show information to the customers - from the current called number
and ticket sales to prize money and advertisements.
Staying Alive: Bingo call meaning 85.
Stop And Run: Bingo call meaning 81.
Straight On Through: Bingo call meaning 82.
Strive And Strive: Bingo call meaning 75.
Stuck In The Tree: Bingo call meaning 53.
Sunset Strip: Bingo call meaning 77.
Sweet Sixteen: Bingo call meaning 16.
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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.
Texas Blackout: A variation of bingo. The first number called will
be either odd or even. If the first number called is "even"
then all the even numbers on all your cards are "wild."
Cover all the even numbers. If the first number called is "odd,"
cover all the odd numbers. The game then proceeds to a blackout.
Thee And Me: Bingo call meaning 23.
Three Dozen: Bingo call meaning 36.
Three Score And Ten: Bingo call meaning 70.
Throwaways: Usually called Flimsies: Bingo cards printed on thin
sheets of paper. There are usually three cards printed on a single
sheet but flimsies are also printed in one, two, four, or six or
9-card formats. Typically a flimsy sheet costs one or two dollars
and a win on a flimsy on a "special" game usually pays
quite a bit more than a win on a "regular" game.
Ticket: These are printed pages on which the main stage bingo is
played. They are laid out in grids, and normally come in books.
Some tickets have bar-codes which describe the numbers on them and
are used to help check claims.
Time For Fun: Bingo call meaning 41.
Time For Tea: Bingo call meaning 83.
Tom's Tricks: Bingo call meaning 6.
Tony's Den: Bingo call meaning 10.
Top Of The House: Bingo call meaning 90.
Top Of The Shop: Bingo call meaning 90.
Torquay In Devon: Bingo call meaning 87.
Total Facesper Collated Set: 9000 times the number of colors or
UP's.
Trombones: Bingo call meaning 76.
Turn On The Screw: Bingo call meaning 62.
Tweak Of The Thumb: Bingo call meaning 51.
Two Dozen: Bingo call meaning 24.
Two Fat Ladies: Bingo call meaning 88.
Two Little Ducks: Bingo call meaning 22.
Two Little Fleas: Bingo call meaning 33.
U
Unluck For Some: Bingo call meaning 13.
UPs: Refers to number of sheets that are used to made your book.
For example, 6 UP indicates that the book has 6 sheets of bingo
paper.
Up To Tricks: Bingo call meaning 46.
V
Valentines Day: Bingo call meaning 14.
Validation: Eligibility required to win additional jackpot amounts.
Price varies by number of cards played.
Vegas Night: An event held for a specific period of time (generally
beginning in the afternoon and ending by midnight) during which
a qualified organization is entitled to hold casino-style gaming
events. Games conducted include: Pulltabs, bingo, roulette, blackjack,
poker, craps, gin rummy, five card stud poker, and merchandise wheels.
Also Casino Night.
W
Warm Up: A bingo game played before the start of a "session."
But sometimes the Warm Up game is merely the first game of the session.
Also Early Bird.
Was She Worth It: Bingo call meaning 56.
Whinney The Poo: Bingo call meaning 42.
Wild Number: Usually played on a double bingo that leads into a
triple bingo. The first number out of the hopper determines the
wild number - for example, if 42 is drawn, all numbers ending in
2 should be marked off.
Wrap Up: Name of the last game of a "session."
Y
Young and Keen: Bingo call meaning 15.
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