Bingo

Bingo

A game of chance in which each player has one or more cards printed with differently numbered squares on which to place markers when the respective numbers are drawn and announced by a caller. The first player to mark a complete row of numbers is the winner.

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Continuous design

Games; Bingo

Some lottery tickets come in a set that forms a picture while they are connected.

Drawing

Games; Bingo

A drawing is when the winning lottery numbers are chosen.

Antipode draw

Games; Bingo

A draw result having extreme numbers. Example: 01-02-03-47-48-49 or any set of winning numbers having only numbers at both ends of the lowest or higher possible decades. Example: 01-38-40-42-45-48.

Group play

Games; Bingo

A group of lottery players who combine their bets and equally share the burden of the cost of playing. Often referred to as a Lottery Pool.

Pattern betting

Games; Bingo

Pattern betting is marking patterns of numbers in a row to make a straight line or other design on a lotto ticket. These should be avoided as they are played heavily and would pay out little if won ...

Number field

Games; Bingo

A number field is the set of numbers from which a lottery draws its winning numbers. Example: Florida lotto is a pick-6 from 53 numbers. 53 is the number field.