Rules of Bingo Calling Numbers

The UK game of Bingo sets apart from the American game of Bingo not only in the quantity of balls used in the Bingo game and the way the cards look like. One of the most wonderfull features of the British game played in the land Bingo rooms are the Bingo Calling Numbers traditions. To explain the meaning of the Bingo Calling Numbers rules we will begin with the object. This is done to help players hear the ball called and eliminate misunderstandings. The Bingo game is played in a custom way however with a small difference in Bingo Calling Numbers rules. The number caller calls the number in the custom way and after that calls the ball’s name which can hint on the fell out ball. The list of most popularly used names in the Bingo Calling Numbers is usually the same for most of the actual Bingo game rooms still there may be slight differences from one gambling room to the other. We are going to enumerate the most traditional names and the origin of some of the Bingo Calling Numbers nicknames.

1.At the beginning and Buttered scone, Little Jimmy, Number Ace 

2. Peek a boo

3. Dearie me and Debbie McGee and I'm free, One little flea, and Cup of tea, and You and me

4.On the floor and The one next door and Knock at the door, Shut the door

5. Jack's alive and Man alive, One little snake

6. Tom Mix, In a fix

7.Lucky seven, A slice of heaven and One little crutch

8. Garden gate, One fat lady and Is she in yet

9. Doctor's orders

10. Uncle Ben, Cock and hen, and A big fat hen (rhyming), Gordon's den, and Downing street

11. Legs - they're lovely and Legs eleven Chicken legs

12. One dozen, One and two - a dozen and One doz' if one can

13. Unlucky for some, Devil's number, and Bakers dozen

14. Tender

15. Young and keen, Rugby team,

16. Shes lovely

17. Often been kissed, Posh and Becks

18. Now you can vote

19. Goodbye teens

20. Getting plenty, and One score, Blind 20

21. Key of the door, Royal salute If only I was.., Just my age

22. Quack quack, Dinky doo, Ducks on a pond, All the twos and Put your 22's on, Too toot

23. A duck on a tree

24. Two dozen, and Did you score?

25. Duck and dive and Wish to have wife

26. Half a crown, and Bed and breakfast, Pick and mix

27. Little Duck with a crutch,Gateway to heaven

28.The old brags, and In a state, Over weight

29. In your prime, Rise and shine and Youre doing fine

30. Dirty Gertie, and Burlington Bertie, Blind 30 and Flirty thirty

31. Get up and run and Three and one

32. Buckle my Shoe, and Three and two

33. Dirty knees, Sherwood forest

34. Ask for more

35. Jump and jive

36. Perfect, Three dozen

37. More than eleven, and A flea in heaven

38. Christmas cake

39. Jack Benny

40. Two score, Life begins at and Naughty 40

41. Time for fun

42. Whinny the Poo

43. Four and Three, Down on knees

44. All the four, Open two doors, Droopy drawers

45. Halfway house

46. Up to tricks

47. Four and a stick, Four and seven

48. Four dozens

49. PC, Rise and shine

50. Blind 50, Hawaii five O

51. I love my mum, The Highland Division

52. The Lowland Division, Pack 'o cards, and Danny La Rue

53. The Welsh Division

54. House of bamboo

55. All the fives and Snakes alive, Give us fives

56. Was she worth it?

57. All the beans

58. Choo choo Thomas and Make them wait

59. Brighton line

60. Three score, Five dozen

61. Bakers bun

62. Turn on the screw

63. Tickle me

64. Red raw and Beatles number

65. Old age pension, Stop work

66. All the sixes, Clickety click

67. Argumentative number, Made in heaven

68. Saving grace

69. Either way up, Any way round, Meal for two

70. Blind 70 and Three score and ten

71. Lucky one, and Bang on the drum

72. A crutch and a duck, Lucky two    

73. Queen B, Crutch with a flea, Under the tree

74. Lucky four, and Bingo Grandmamma

75. Lucky five, and Big Daddy, Strive and strive

76. Seven 'n' six - was she worth it?, and Lucky six

77. Sunset strip, All the sevens and Lucky seven, Two little crutches 

78. Heavens gate

79. Lucky nine

80. Blind 80 and Gandhi's breakfast

81. Corner shot

82. Fat lady with a duck, Straight on through

83. Ethel's Ear, and Fat lady with a flea and Time for tea

84. Seven dozen

85. Staying alive, and Eight and five

86. Between the sticks

87. Fat lady with a crutch, Torquay in Devon

88. Wobbly wobbly,

89. Nearly there, All but one

90. Top of the house, As far as we go, and End of the line

As you might see, most of the Bingo Calling Numbers names are called in this way to make them either rhyme or provide a clear understanding of the ball being called. The Bingo Calling Numbers are one of the oldest and the most interesting traditions of the Bingo game.

The tradition of naming the names is kept to offer the special atmosphere of the Bingo game gambling halls as since the modern technologies have been introduced, the game started losing the image.