Game Board or Gameboard | An electronic display that is attached to the bingo board to show the pattern needed to win that particular game. It looks like a bingo card and shows what variation of bingo you are playing on that particular game on the program. For example: four corners, chevron, regular, blackout, etc. |
Game Room | Some online games divide the players into game rooms. |
GTI or TED | An electronic dauber system used to play multiple packs at once. These usually require a rental fee and only one is allowed per player. |
Hard Card | A bingo card printed on heavy cardboard material usually with shutters to cover each number as it is called out. |
Hardway Bingo | Bingo in a straight line without the use of the free space. |
House | A casino or gambling center/centre or a gambling hall/property. Also the property owners or the operators of a gambling game, such as Bingo. |
Inlaid Card | A pre-printed card, usually in 4x4 format laid into a table, and black discs are used to cover the numbers as they are called out. |
Instant Bingo | A breakopen ticket which contains the letters B I N G O, bingo card faces, bingo numbers, and no other symbols. Winning tickets may incorporate letters spelling the word B-I-N-G-O, or contain a complete pre-designated bingo pattern, i.e., vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line. |
Jackpot | The jackpot is our largest prize for the game in question and is awarded when you make the pattern within the specified number of balls, refered to on your screen as "balls to jackpot". |
Jackpot | A big prize usually awarded for achieving a difficult pattern, such as a blackout, within a specified number of balls. |
Late Night Bingo (or Moonlight Bingo) | Session of bingo that starts late at night, usually about 10:00 pm. |
Lucky Jar (or Cookie Jar) | A container with cash. You win the contents of the lucky jar if you bingo on the lucky number. The lucky number is usually the first number called at the beginning of a session. Money is added to the jar every time the lucky number is called or if the caller makes a mistake in announcing the game. Usually you can win the lucky jar only on regular games. There is no lucky number in play on special throw-away games. |
