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Admission packet |
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The minimum number of bingo cards that must be purchased as the price of admission to a bingo hall. |
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After game |
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A game played after the end of a regular session of play. |
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Ball gate |
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Part of the ball-dispensing machine, the one-way flap at the top of the 'ball runway' which the ball passes under to enter the main playfield area. |
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Ball lifter |
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The mechanism used to raise the ball from beneath the playfield to the 'ball shooter' tip. |
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Ball runway |
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The channel where the ball is launched up by the ball shooter to enter the main playfield area. |
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Ball shooter |
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The spring-loaded plunger with a rubber tip used to launch the ball into the playfield area. |
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Bingo board |
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A display board, often electronic, that shows the balls in play. Also called Game board. |
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Bingo booklets |
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A number of different colored bingo sheets/cards bound together to form a book/booklet to be played one for each game at a bingo session. |
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Blackout |
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A pattern where every space on the bingo card must be covered to win the game. Also called Coverall or Full House. |
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Blower |
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A forced-air device that mixes the bingo balls and dispenses them to the caller. |
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Bonanza bingo |
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A progressive Blackout Jackpot that is usually played as the thirteenth game of the session. |
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Buy-in |
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Purchasing bingo cards. |
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Caller |
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The person, or machine, which calls out the selected bingo numbers for the players. |
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Card |
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The bingo playing card. |
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Consolation prize |
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A prize awarded for some special games if there is no winner in a predetermined number of calls. |
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Cookie jar |
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A container with a jackpot you can win if you get a winning bingo pattern on a predetermined lucky number. Also called Lucky jar. |
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Coverall |
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A pattern where every space on the bingo card must be covered to win the game. Also called Blackout or Full House. |
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Dauber |
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An ink-filled bottle or pen used to mark the numbers on a bingo card as they are called. |
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Early bird game |
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A bingo game that begins before another regularly scheduled game. |
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Face |
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The individual bingo sheet containing 24 numbers plus the free space in the middle. |
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Flimsies |
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Bingo cards printed on thin sheets of paper. Also called Throwaways. |
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Four corners |
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A pattern where you must cover the corner numbers of the card. |
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Free space |
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The square in the middle of a bingo card. This space can be used in any winning pattern. |
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Full house |
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A pattern where every space on the bingo card must be covered to win the game. Also called Blackout or Coverall. |
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Game board |
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A display board, often electronic, that shows the balls in play. Also called Bingo board. |
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G.T.I. |
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An electronic dauber system used to play multiple packs at once. |
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Hard card |
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A bingo card printed on heavy cardboard material. These cards usually have shutters to cover the numbers as they are called. |
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Hardway bingo |
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Winning bingo pattern without the use of the Free space. |
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Jackpot |
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The prize awarded for achieving a set bingo pattern. |
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Lucky jar |
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A container with a jackpot you can win if you get a winning bingo pattern on a predetermined lucky number. Also called Cookie jar. |
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Main stage bingo |
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The main event of a session of bingo, and the one said to draw the most customers. |
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Minimum buy-in |
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The smallest amount a player must spend in order to be eligible for prizes. |
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Money ball |
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A number drawn before the bingo game that will double a player's winnings if bingo is hit on that number. |
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Moonlight bingo |
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A bingo session that start late at night. |
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Multiple winners |
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When two or more players get bingo at the same time. The prize is usually split equally among the winners. |
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Nine-pack |
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Nine numbers in a block on one card. |
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