Bingo Guide and Review

In this Bingo Guide we have taken the time to review all the current Bingo offerings on the market place and the findings of these can be viewed on our Top Bingo Sites page. Our most highly recommended site for playing Bingo is PartyBingo giving you access to life changing Bingo windfalls !

Bingo is an old time favourite and it is no longer a game that only your Parents and GrandParents can enjoy. Since the emergence of the game online, its popularity has grown ten fold and its clientele emerged from a diverse cultural and age span.

UK Bingo Terms

Here is a list of the most widely used bingo phrases that are used in British bingo halls. The majority of the phrases have derived from Cockney Rhyming Slang, which for the un-initiated stems from the East of London, where Eastenders on BBC televevision is filmed. In this area common days words are assigned phrases that rhyme with that word, even though they may not be shorter. For example "Dog and Bone" and "Sharon Stone" are both known to refer to "Phone", "Apple and Pairs" to "Stairs" etc. In bingo halls this phemonen has continued, for example "Buckle my shoe" is 32, etc.

Bingo terms can aslo be based upon actual numbers, for example "Old age pension" is 65, "Bullseye" is 50, "Par for the course" is 72. Sometimes the term is based upon the shape of the numbers. For example 8 looks like a fat lady, hence 88 is "Two Fat ladies".Similarly, 2 looks like the neck of a swan, so 22 is "Two Little Ducks", 7 is a little crutch, 3 is a flea etc.

Some more examples of the manner in which Bingo Numbers are announced can be seen by clicking on the tab below...