Bingo Terms

Autodaub - Used in online Bingo games, this is an option wherein the computer can already mark off the called numbers in the person's Bingo card.

Bingo - The name of the game, which is also the phrase called out when a person completes the specified pattern. It is also what signifies the end of the game.

Bingo Card - This is the numbered card that is used for playing Bingo. It has 25 numbers in US Bingo on thand a square in the middle with no number called as a free space. In UK Bingo the bingo card has 15 numbers on it.

Bingo Board - An electronic board that displays the numbers that are called.

Blackout/Coverall - This is a pattern in which a person must mark off all the numbers on the card in order to win.

Caller - This pertains to the person calling out the winning numbers.

Chat room - This is a unit on the screen wherein the Bingo players can talk to each other and foster interpersonal communication to make the Bingo experience more fun. Various chat room games are also played here.

Four Corners - A Bingo pattern in which the four numbers in the corner of a person's card needs to be marked off in order to win.

Free space - The space in the middle of the US Bingo card.

Jackpot - The largest prize for the current game. It is awarded when a person does the pattern within the predetermined number of balls, referred to as "balls to jackpot".

Multiple Winners - This happens when two or more players achieve "Bingo" at the same time. During occurrences such as this, the prize is divided equally amongst the winners.

Parti - A type of Bingo wherein the prize is cash and the amount of the prize is dependent upon the number of players during that certain session.

Pattern - The arrangement in which the numbers called out must appear on your card. The pattern is usually in a straight line, either vertical, horizontal, or diagonal.

Payout - The percentage given away by the Bingo Hall as prizes.

Progressive Jackpot - A jackpot that gets bigger and bigger until it is won.