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Opening heading[edit]

It has been proposed the this article be merged with Housie in Bingo. Please discuss here. (Please avoid confusing discussion by making comments about the merger only at Talk:Bingo (disambiguation). Madeinsane 00:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Rules[edit]

These bingo rules are not the same as the bingo rules I am familiar with. Where I come from:

• The card bears a five-by-five array of numbers (or several such arrays), except for the middle cell, which is a 'free space'.
• The numbers range from 1 to 75. The left-hand column of the card has numbers in the range 1 to 15; the second column from the left has numbers in the range 16 to 30, etc. Above the columns are the letters B-I-N-G-O.
• Numbers are called as 'I-18', 'O-71', etc.
• The 'canonical' win is any row, column, or diagonal. However, variations are common.

The rules listed above appear to be the most common rules in the United States.

I added something about what I called North American rules, but which are really the rules in southern Ontario, which are the only rules I know, so if anyone knows better than me about American rules, please fix that part up. Trontonian 17:49, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I changed North American to Canadian and American. I have no idea what Mexican bingo is like. Trontonian

Mexican bingo is referred to as chalupa, and uses the same basic rules as for American bingo. However, the playing card is a 4X4 array, with images of simple items used instead of numbers. Images are such as 'El Catrin' (The Gentleman), La Botella (The Bottle), El Alacran (The Scorpion), etc. Images are called from a deck of card which contains 56 different images. This simpler set of possibilities allows for a quicker pace. Typically the winner of the round has the option of calling the cards for the next round.

I think you're talking about Loteria. ~ trialsanderrors 22:11, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Mechanised bingo, and basic rules[edit]

I've added a little about mechanised bingo and more about the rules of bingo. It would take a readjustment of the page to include all the major rules for bingo. Also I am only adding what I know from Working in the Bingo industry as a main stage caller, so all of my info is from UK bingo. If you want to know more or have any articles about bingo you want adding to just let me know.

Arlechinio 00:10, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

For Bingo calls, I seem to recall one '__ dozen'. Obviously if I could recal how many dozen, I would know which number...

Politically correct bingo sayings..?[edit]

Has the kill-joy PC brigade in the UK banned sayings, like 'two fat ladies' for the number 88?

No, they still say it. Where did you get that from?--Jcvamp 19:03, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

They don't say it in most commercial bingo halls in the UK, such as those owned by Gala Bingo, but this is mainly because of time efficiency, rather than political correctness. When it is played in church halls, social clubs and other similar settings, the nicknames are retained. There is a link between the use of an electronic RNG to generate numbers, and not using the nicknames. Madeinsane 19:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Housie slang?[edit]

I realize that they are similar games, but should 'housie' slang be in the housie article instead?

It seems to me that all variants probably ought to be in the same article, as they're not that different. — sjorford(talk) 15:28, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I would support the articles being recombined. The differences are too minor to justify separate articles. 2005 20:10, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

There is a more extensive discussion on the talk:Bingo (disambiguation) page. Madeinsane 20:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Online bingo[edit]

Is there online bingo in the U. S. or Canada? I left the bit about it in because I don;t know. I removed the references to Scandinavian games, though, because they're obviously not relevant. John FitzGerald 01:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Online bingo in the US does currently exist but soon may not. The online gambling industry worldwide has taken a big blow since the amendments to the Safe Port Act, passed by the US Congress in Fall 2006 and subsequently signed into law by the President. See this link and the main Online bingo and Online gambling articles. Madeinsane 15:01, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

History[edit]

Where and when did it originate?Andycjp 08:58, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Etymology[edit]

is it useful to have an etymology for the term? I came to this article to check if my hunch was correct. I mean, I have no sources or anything, but it seems to me that 'bingo' comes from the Latin vinco, 'I win'. seems that Bs and Vs are pretty similar.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.251.230.51 (talk) 16:28, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Prostitution[edit]

Is this bit really necessary? It is at the least uncited, and at the worst a dumb joke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.111.80.64 (talk) 23:42, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

I am removing it and placing it here if anyone can cite it. In any case, it doesn't belong in the lead.Jbower47 (talk) 18:21, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

'Bingo erupted on the prostitution scene in the 1980's when senior citizens would get together and play strip bingo.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbower47 (talk • contribs) 18:22, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Alleged WP:EL violation deleted from External links section[edit]

On 23 March 2011, Johnuniq removed the following link from the External links section:

Johnuniq's stated reason in the edit summary of his edit was 'per WP:EL'

I looked at WP:EL and don't see why the deleted link was deemed to be something that should be deleted. Could somebody explain this? Wideangle (talk) 19:27, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Restore 'Defensive omnivore bingo'[edit]

On 24 June 2011, 129.125.101.92 removed the 'Defensive omnivore bingo' item from the External links section with the comment 'omnivore bingo has nothing to do with the number game this page discusses'. My response is that Defensive omnivore bingo is as closely related to standard bingo as the items listed in the 'Variations' and 'Other forms' sections. I am therefore restoring 'Defensive omnivore bingo' to the External links section. Wideangle (talk) 23:53, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

cm se juega eso??? nose cn quien juego ayuda xfa — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.8.123.85 (talk) 04:07, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Reference to Zynga[edit]

The page header contains information about the invention of the game in 1929 and it goes straight to... Zynga. I guess there are a GREAT number of versions of the game that are far more relevant than this one.This reference to a version of the game by a social network game company seems useless to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.177.173.92 (talk) 01:02, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

It's actually useful. If you don't like it near the top of the article (this goes for any Wikipedian who sees this) please move it to an appropriate section. Georgia guy (talk) 01:06, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

A lot of things are useful. I think the question here was ethics. Many online game companies make Bingo. I found the reference offensive when I came to the page, so simply removed it. If you're looking for manufacturers of a game that's 500 y/o, that's what Google is for. Calling a spade a spade, and a conflict of interest just that- a COI. Ninavizz 08:20, 13 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ninavizz (talk • contribs)

Other variation: Drive-in bingo[edit]

In Nova Scotia there is a drive-in movie theater that has a fun variation. Same rules, but you tune your radio to the frequency of the theater (as if you were going to watch a movie) and they call the numbers over the radio. You shout bingo by honking your car horn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.238.86.148 (talk) 16:49, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

References[edit]

This page is one of a set of pages that need more references. It is a nice page but no references just a lot of possible half-truths. Started to add references and references are removed. Just going backwards in time? Add references or find better ones, don't remove references blindly. 15-20 sections and 5-6 references. How does anyone know this is not a lot of bs? One reference seems to be better than none. You need to start somewhere....Moving On... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.102.226.45 (talk) 00:06, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

You added a reference to one church game to support the statement that church games 'are normally weekly affairs held on the church premises' throughout the country.[1] The source does not demonstrate anything of the kind. We can equally support that Christians in the U.S. normally picket the funerals of anyone even remotely connected to LGBT rights or that restaurants in the U.S. typically serve fried peanut butter/bacon/banana sandwiches. - SummerPhD (talk) 01:53, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Electronic Bingo[edit]

Class II machines are typical called Bingo machines because of the software structure, but these games look like a regular slot machine. Where Electronic Bingo or Video Bingo should refer to an electronic video bingo game, where you can play bingo electronically. Maybe there is a better way to post this. --Edelg003 (talk) 22:24, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

He went on to copyright 'Bingo'[edit]

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'He went on to copyright 'Bingo' ... what is this claim supposed to mean? Nobody copyrighted the word 'Bingo'. A word can't be copyrighted. This appears to be an unsupported claim, and it doesn't correspond with the fact that 'Bingo' cannot be copyrighted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.68.134.1 (talk) 16:21, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Article fails[edit]

Mom (an inveterate Bingo player) asked me how the game came about, and what the actual chances of winning are for various games. I recommended Wikipedia, and she found the article disappointing, a sentiment with which I agree. So, a few open questions:

Why 25 spaces? In particular, why five columns of five numbers? Why the central 'free' spot?

The statistics ought to be laid out more completely, rather than just dumping some (unexplained) stats math & a Really Big Number on readers. Spell it out in English! How many five-number sets are possible in each column? How many variations of each set are possible? Similarly, how many collections of 24 numbers could in theory exist without repetition? and how many variations can appear of those same 24 numbers?

It boggles me somewhat that carnivals could have produced these cards themselves back in the 1920s. At the same time, in modern times I can't imagine how it is that these randomized layouts of randomly selected numbers can be so readily printed.

John Scarne addressed Bingo cheating. How is card production audited? Are there laws that regulate this? What sorts of controls are used on the cards to prevent someone from smuggling in their own cards?

There are parlors that don't 'read back' the numbers to verify a winning combination, instead calling out (as in the U.K. version) a security code printed on the particular card that somehow validates that the card does indeed contain the numbers that have been called to achieve that combination. How the heck (briefly) does THAT work?

Some years back, Paul Harvey presented a long The Rest of the Story segment where he talked about a wealthy man who hired a renowned mathematician to produce these randomized collections of numbers, one after the other, and worked him hard for years, paying very well but eventually driving the mathematician into a lunatic asylum. Given the gazillions of possible cards, this seems somewhat unlikely but it stuck in my head & is possibly still floating around somewhere as an urban legend, particularly if it was included in either of the volumes collecting Harvey's tall tales.
Weeb Dingle (talk) 18:17, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Numbers at top of page[edit]

What do the numbers at the top of the bingo game mean and what do you do with them

Dee — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8807:2100:6B1:ADAF:DD01:5036:2FCB (talk) 07:24, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Photo showing how Loteria was created by Clemente Jacques, known as the Mexican lottery, became popular culture around 1945-1950. Casasola Archive. Collection: © 172058SC.INAH.FN.

Chalupa Mexican Bingo

The traditional Loteria originated in Italy, moved to Spain, and finally came to Mexico in 1769. Initially played by the colonial Mexican elite, it eventually was embraced by all social classes.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Mexican farms and towns were few and far between. Traveling Ferias (fairs) would set up in these ranchlands and small towns on the weekends, and many people would go out to them especially to play Loteria.

The game is very similar to American Bingo, with some differences. In Bingo, a number with an associated letter is randomly chosen from a rotating drum, while in Loteria, with a colorfully illustrated image is drawn from a special deck of 54 cards. The modern versions of these cards also contain the name of the image at the bottom and an associated number at the top. In both games, each player has a different game board/tabla. In Bingo, the game board has random numbers listed under their associated letters, while in Loteria, the tabla has a random pattern of images matching those found on the cards.

Tabla de Loteria, watercolor on paper Mexico c.1920 Collection of San Antonio Museum of Art

Many of the older tablas do not have words or numbers, since the originally was found in prose. These tablas were made either out of tin or paper that had been painted by popular artists, some of whom specialized in this art form.

Lotería is often referred to as “Mexican Bingo.” For anyone who has had the opportunity to play Lotería, will find similarities in playing American Bingo. However, players will quickly realize, how much more visually and intellectually engaging and fun it is to play Lotería than the American Bingo game. In American Bingo, an announcer calls out the selected letters and numbers, such as “B-4” and the players mark their game boards accordingly.

In Lotería, the announcer gives an improvised short poem or familiar phrase alluding to the image on the card (e.g. “The coat for the poor” for the image of the sun, or “The one who dies by the mouth” for the image of the fish). Each player uses a chip -often a kernel of corn or a bean-to mark the corresponding spot on his or her tabla. In either game, the first player to appropriately fill the game board or tabla in a predefined pattern will shout either “Bingo!”or “Lotería!” to win the game and receive the prize.

El Sol and El Pescado Loteria Cards. Images ©unknown (but I suspect they belong to Don Clemente Gallo)

The announcer’s approach will often depend on the social context in which the game is being played. At a church bazaar, for example, he might use a more tame humor, while for a game played in an adult setting he might use innuendos that are more risqué and derisive. Satire and references to contemporary events and politics are often a part of the word play involved; in fact, the linking of images to social commentary has existed since the inception of the game.

Loteria has been played as a game of chance, as a pastime, and for educational purposes. Because the Loteria cards include the name of the pictured character, they are used to teach reading, writing, history, and social values. Many bilingual teachers use the game as a teaching tool in the United States.

One of the more interesting historical versions was an educational , liturgical Loteria that appeared in the 1930’s. The images employed were objects and concepts found with the Catholic Church. This combination of the irreverence and banality of the game coupled with the solemnity of sacred symbols had some Catholics concerned. While the marriage of church and gambling in the form of Bingo in the United States is common, the initial attempt of the church-sanctioned liturgical loteria was more educational –to allow the parishioners to differentiate between a tunic and a maniple, for example.

Eccleastic Loteria image use by permission from private Collection of Carlos Monsavais

The most recognized version of Loteria is the “Don Clemente Gallo” rendition introduced into Mexico in 1887 by the French businessman, Don Clemente Jacques.

He purchased a manufacturing plant in Mexico to produce many items, including packaged food products, corks and bottles, and ammunition. In their printing press division they produced labels for the packaged foods, advertisements, invitations, party favors, calendars and the game La Loteria.

It was told to me by Gallo that when they packaged the canned food for the military rations they included a little game of Loteria for the soldiers to play to pass the time. When the soldiers would bring home the game to their families it was a big hit and became hugely popular with the general public thus creating a big demand and embraced fully within the Mexican culture.

The owners today of of Don Clemente Gallo Pasatiempos own the registered trademark of the original images, including the most famous and better known images that have existed.

As Mexican culture spread across the border, so did the demand for the game within the United States. The original Don Clemente Gallo Loteria game can be purchased today not only in Mexico but also in the United States, and online all over the internet. Many collectors have been purchasing and sharing them online, perpetuating the love of Loteria and the cultural significance and historical value of this game.

2001 Both Loteria game sets published and produced by Don Clemente Gallo. The Nuevo Loteria game set are images by American artist Teresa Villegas.

Artists have been inspired by the images of Lotería since its inception and is not a unique occurrence. I was one of many artists who were inspired by the imagery of the game, the enthusiasm of the players and by the announcers who were gifted poets and wordsmiths.

While living in Mexico (2000) it was in the research, for my installation paintings that I first interviewed Gallo. Gallo was very generous with giving their time, historical facts and information for the development of this work. While meeting with Gallo, they had asked to see my paintings and so I had shown them a few sample paintings and the sketches for the remaining. They had liked what they saw and asked if they could use my images for publishing and distributing a new version of their game. They were excited at the thought of “sprucing up” the 100-year-old game, and I was excited too and thus the “Nuevo Versión” Lotería game was born.

Gallo produced and distributed it throughout Mexico and the US from 2001-2008. During the initial process of publishing this nuevo Loteria game, Gallo had offered me to have a higher end printing of the game than the original game. However, I wanted to keep with the historical intent when Lotería first came to Mexico for the purpose of soldiers’ passing the time, and to keep it affordable and available “for the masses.” Therefore the printing quality and the retail prices remained the same as the original lotería game. The royalties I received from Gallo, I donated back to Mexico to FAI Save the Children Foundation, Mexico.

In 2008, as did many businesses, Gallo cut back the production of many of their products because of the global economic recession, thus ending the production and distribution of el “Nuevo Verisión de Lotería.” Copyright for these Nuevo Loteria images now remain with me as my contract with Gallo has expired. For any of you who have purchased this version, you now have a “collectors item” and I hope you play it until it falls apart like my family’s has. And because I truly believe that “the experience is better than the artifact.”.