If you're new to bingo you'll want to familiarise yourself with some of the terms. Learn our prize bingo lingo and you'll be daubing away and shouting full house with the best bingo players!
Bingo Calls: Rhyming Slang for bingo numbers - Kelly's Eye, Two Fat Ladies etc...
Blackout or Coverall or Full House: A pattern where you must cover the whole card to win.
Caller: The person who calls out the bingo numbers for the player.
Card: Your bingo playing card.
Chat Room: When playing online, an area where you can communicate with other bingo players. Often run by CM's (chat managers)!
Dauber: The marker that you use on your bingo card to mark off the numbers as they are called.
Early Bird Game: A bingo game that starts before another regularly scheduled game.
Free Space: The middle square of your bingo card. It's free every game and will count towards your winning pattern.
Game Board: The display board over your cards that shows you the balls in play.
Jackpot: What you're playing for!! A big prize usually awarded for achieving a set pattern (usually a full house) within a specified number of balls.
Pattern: Game are often divided up into "patterns" - for example play for the four corners, the middle line, and a full house would represent three patterns. More complex patterns are offered by a number of online sites.
