What are bingo numbers called?
Within all our bingo games, numbers are called out when displayed on screen. However, there are certain numbers that carry iconic bingo ‘nicknames’ that you’ll have to listen out for during gameplay online.
What is the highest number in bingo?
In a 90-ball game of bingo, the number 90 is the highest possible number you will find on your bingo cards. In an 80-ball game, the number 80 is the highest possible number you can dab on your bingo cards. In a 75-ball bingo game, the number 75 is the highest possible number to be found on your bingo cards – are you sensing a pattern here? In our 36-ball Cash Cube games, the number 36 is also the highest number called.
What are the sayings for bingo numbers?
Traditionally, bingo callers have used nicknames to describe some of the bingo numbers called out during games. These nicknames generally rhyme with the number that’s called. You’ll sometimes hear our bingo callers use this ‘bingo lingo’ to keep things fun and interesting.
Nicknames for bingo balls
There is a nickname for every bingo ball that can be called out in a game:
1 – Kelly’s Eye
2 – One little duck & Me and you
3 – Cup of tea & You and me
4 – Knock at the door
5 – Man alive
6 – Tom mix & Half-a-dozen
7 – Lucky
8 – Garden gate
9 – Doctor’s orders
10 – Boris’s den (or whoever is residing at Number 10 Downing Street at the time!)
11 – Legs eleven
12 – One dozen
13 – Unlucky for some
14 – The lawnmower
15 – Young and keen
16 – Never been kissed
17 – Dancing queen
18 – Coming of age
19 – Goodbye teens
20 – One score & Getting plenty
21 – Key of the door
22 – Two little ducks
23 – The lord is my shepherd
24 – Double dozen
25 – Duck and dive
26 – Two and six, half a crown & A to Z
27 – Duck and a crutch
28 – In a state
29 – Rise and shine
30 – Burlington Bertie & Dirty Gertie
31 – Get up and run
32 – Buckle my shoe
33 – All the threes & Fish, chips and peas
34 – Ask for more
35 – Jump and jive
36 – Triple dozen
37 – More than 11
38 – Christmas cake
39 – Steps
40 – Life begins
41 – Time for fun
42 – Winnie the Pooh
43 – Down on your knees
44 – Droopy drawers
45 – Halfway there
46 – Up to tricks
47 – Four and seven
48 – Four dozen
49 – Four and nine
50 – It’s a bullseye! & Snow White
51 – Tweak of the thumb
52 – Danny La Rue
53 – Here comes Herbie
54 – Man at the door
55 – All the fives
56 – Shotts Bus
57 – Heinz varieties
58 – Make them wait
59 – Brighton Line
60 – Five dozen
61 – Bakers bun
62 – Turn the screw
63 – Tickle me
64 – Almost retired
65 – Old age pension
66 – Clickety click
67 – Made in heaven
68 – Saving grace
69 – Either way up
70 – Three score and 10
71 – Bang on the drum
72 – Six dozen
73 – Queen B
74 – Candy store
75 – Strive and strive
76 – Trombones
77 – Two little crutches
78 – Heaven’s gate
79 – One more time
80 – Ghandi’s breakfast
81 – Stop and run
82 – Straight on through
83 – Time for tea
84 – Seven dozen
85 – Staying alive
86 – Between the sticks
87 – Torquay in Devon
88 – Two fat ladies
89 – Nearly there
90 – Top of the shop
How do you claim numbers in bingo?
Claiming numbers in online bingo is much easier than playing in a real-life bingo hall. Unlike real life, you don’t need a dabber to mark off numbers on your bingo card. The system automatically marks it off for you and will notify the bingo caller if you win a line, two lines or a house.
What bingo numbers are called the most?
Statistically speaking, no number should be called out the most as there is no bias between one number or the next. Although there are certain theories on choosing winning bingo balls, everything averages out over time, giving you no long-term edge.
What are the numbers on bingo balls?
Each bingo ball in an active game is numbered from one to 90 (90-ball game), one to 80 (80-ball game) and one to 75 (75-ball game). No two balls can have the same number during any active game of bingo.
What are good bingo numbers?
There are two schools of thought as to what makes good bingo numbers on a card:
- Granville’s Theory
Given that all bingo numbers have an equal chance of being drawn out in a game, American financial writer, Joseph E. Granville believes players should choose bingo numbers that offer a broad spread from one to 90 (or one to 75 if you’re playing 75-ball games). Granville believes a good card consists of a mix of odd and even and high and low numbers.
- Tippett’s Theory
At the other end of the spectrum, British statistician, Leonard Tippett believes the best bingo cards have numbers that are grouped as close to the number one or 90 (or 75) as possible.
Choosing lucky numbers for bingo
When you play online bingo, it’s not possible to select lucky numbers on your bingo cards. That’s because every bingo card you pay to play with is randomly assigned bingo numbers by our online bingo number generator prior to the game.