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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Skip and hit pattern

Games; Bingo

The pattern of a specific number's appearances and absences measures by an examination of "X" number of draw results.

Boxing

Games; Bingo

A system used to play more digits than you could normally play in a three or four digit numbers game.

Commission

Games; Bingo

The fee paid to retail outlets for selling lottery tickets. Commissions in North America typically range between 5 percent and 6 percent of the price of the ticket.

Cash lotto

Games; Bingo

A lotto game awarded as a lump-sum cash payment. Cash lotto games typically have a smaller top prize than large jackpot games, more favourable odds of winning the top prize, and require players to ...

Breakopen

Games; Bingo

An instant-win ticket on which the player tears open a flap to see if the ticket is a winner. Also called 'Pulltabs'. Breakopens are often sold by charities and occasionally by state lotteries.