Keno & Lottery Bingo!

[Salt Shaker]

I occasionally go to the local bingo hall with a couple of mates and we play bingo. It is always a great night out and we have a great laugh.
It isn't just for the oldies folks!

(Sorry if this is in the wrong place)

 

[food fan]

A girl I used to work with was a big bingo fan. She often organised nights out for groups of people to go out with her.
She won thousands once on the national while everybody else was there!

 

[Zero]

I have tried playing the online version two or three times, I think. Luck seems to be more dominant, so we need to set a clear limit for each game. I've heard that it's better to find not-so-crowded websites (but still trustworthy ones) and play in the early mornings or afternoons to increase winning chances.

 

[randy]

I haven't played Bingo before but my assumption is that this is easy to grasp.

Can it be complicated for someone who's never played before? Again, is it preferable to first learn this from a physical location?

I've always had luck with trying new things and I hope this works out just well.

 

[MonkeyGirl]

I went to a physical bingo game a couple of times years ago and it was INTENSE!!

When the bingo starts, the numbers come really quick and there isn't really any time to talk or even think!

 

[Tolly]

I've played sometimes on holiday. It is fun, but not something I'd want to do regularly. Where I went, there were too many little old ladies with their bingo pens and downright predatory expressions hunched over their bingo cards with these huge pens to blot out numbers in one hit, and those calls were fast. Are there any strategies to bingo, other than good ears and fast reflexes?

 

[AlltheAces]

I've been a couple of times, but I've seen blackjack games that were less intense. (When do you hear a little old lady swear? When the little old lady next to her shouts 'Bingo!' first.)

 

[QueenOfHearts]

Is it just me or does bingo sound like a game mostly for the elderly? From what everyone here is saying they experienced, it seems more popular with the old people than anyone else.

 

[SjOnFire]

Bingo is big down here in the south and it isn't just for the older crowd. I went with the girls from work one day and it is intense. People playing five or six cards or more. I could barely keep up with everything. I'd actually like to go back, it was a rush getting close to a bingo.

 

[zephyr 12]

I haven't played Bingo before but my assumption is that this is easy to grasp.

Can it be complicated for someone who's never played before? Again, is it preferable to first learn this from a physical location?

I've always had luck with trying new things and I hope this works out just well.

Search the internet for images of a Bingo card.

You have tokens that you put on the numbers. The middle space is a freebie. Put your token on that when the game starts. There are usually people sitting at tables in a room and they all have a Bingo card. There is a person with a spinning ball with the numbers in the ball. This person will reach into the ball, pull out a number and call it out so everyone can hear. Everyone searches their card for that number and, if they have it on their card, put a token on it. If all of your numbers are called before anyone else, you yell out BINGO, and you win.

That's it. That's how you play Bingo.