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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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Bonus ball

Games; Bingo

A seventh ball drawn in the UK National Lottery. Matching 5 numbers and the 'Bonus Ball' wins the second highest prize.

Box bet

Games; Bingo

A way of betting a three or four digit number that will pay off if those three or four numbers are drawn in any order. For example 245, 452, 425 would win if the selected number is 542.

Bonus match 5

Games; Bingo

Bonus Match 5 is an exciting numbers game presented by the Maryland Lottery. Every evening, the Lottery will select five winning numbers ranging from 1 to 39. A Bonus Ball will then be drawn from the ...

Bonus gopher 5

Games; Bingo

This is like the Gopher 5 lotto plus a sixth Bonus ball drawn. You still get five numbers on your ticket and you still need to match the first 5 numbers drawn to win the jackpot. However, if four of ...

Straight bet

Games; Bingo

A bet of 3 or 4 numbers that must be drawn in the exact order. The player attempts to match both the numbers drawn and the order in which they are selected. For example, if the numbers 1, 2, 3 are ...

Spiel

Games; Bingo

An add-on feature to a lotto game. For an additional fee an extra set of numbers (typically four to six numbers) is printed on the bottom of a ticket. Players win by matching one or more of these ...

Terminal

Games; Bingo

A computerised device located at a lottery retailer that is used to sell lottery tickets and online games and to validate winning tickets of lottery, online and instant games. Terminals are connected ...

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