Main Stage Bingo | The main event of a session of bingo, and the one said to draw the most customers. |
Minimum Buyin | The least amount you must spend to be eligible for prizes. |
Money Ball | A number drawn before the game that will double a players winnings if bingo is hit on that number. |
Moonlight Bingo | Session of bingo that starts late at night, usually about 10:00 pm. |
Multiple Winners | Two or more players bingo at the same time. When this happens, the cash prize is divided among them. For example, if there are five winners on a $500 game, they each receive $100. |
Mushroom | A group of bingo displays which takes its name from its shape - it has a narrow tubular base, and a wider head with the machinery used to play the game and collect money from players. Customers sit around the mushroom to play, and there are usually 6 to 8 positions at each. |
On | A player is said to be On when one or more cards they are playing lacks only one number for a bingo. |
On The Way | The game played on the way to the blackout game. It is played prior to the blackout on the same card. First the preliminary game(s) are played and then more numbers are called until there is a blackout. |
Parti | Short for participation bingo, a type of slot bingo or cash bingo where the prize is cash and depends on the number of players, since the cash prize is at least 50% of the money paid in. The most common boards used for parti bingo are inlaid cards and hand-held shutter boards. |
Pattern | You only need the numbers that form the pattern found at the top right monitor of your screen to win the game. If you manage to do this within the designated balls to jackpot then you win the jackpot prize. If not then you win the prize in question. If there are more than one winners, then the prize is divided equally. |
Pattern | The shape you need to cover on your card with called out numbers, usually it is in a straight line; horizontal, vertical and diagonal. See here examples of bingo patterns. |
Payout | The percentage of sales paid out by the House. The average payout among all bingo halls is approximately 75 percent. This compares with a payout of approximately 45 percent on state lottery games. |
Postage Stamp Pattern | Matching four numbers to form a postage stamp (a 2 x 2 grid) in any of the four corners. |
Prize Bingo | Until recently, this game was only played for a set prize or vouchers. Recent changes in UK law mean that now the prize may be cash of up to ?15. |
Progressive Jackpot | A Jackpot that gets bigger until it is won. It builds daily, weekly, or monthly if it is not won in a specific number of calls. If there is no winner in X number of calls, consolation prize(s) of lesser dollar amounts are paid. Different variations of progressive games add dollars or numbers, or both, to the jackpot. There is usually a separate buy-in for Progressive Jackpot games. |
