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At this page we tried to list the most common terms and their meanings.

Admission Packet - The minimum quantity of bingo tickets which a player must buy before being allowed to play.

Autodaub - The function that is used in online bingo halls that automatically marks the numbers on the tickets.

Bingo Card - This is the numbered bingo ticket, a card that is used in the Bingo game. This card has 24 numbers in US Bingo on the ticket, and a square in the middle that is a free space. In UK Bingo the ticket has 15 numbers.

Bingo Board - An electronic monitor which displays the called numbers.

Bingo Marker - The dauber used to mark off the called numbers on a Bingo ticket.

Blackout/Coverall - The pattern which requires all the numbers to be covered for the win.

Caller - The person who calls out the winning numbers.

Chat room - The function offered at online bingo halls that allows online chat for all the registered players.

Early Bird - The game of Bingo which starts earlier than a usual game.

Four Corners - The winning pattern according to which 4 numbers in the corners of the ticket are to be marked.

Free space - The free space in the center of the US Bingo ticket.

Hardway Bingo – A Bingo game where the winning pattern may be won without the free space.

Money ball – A number that is pre-drawn, which increases the player's winnings twice in case the player makes a bingo on that very number.

Multiple Winners - a situation when two or more players claim for bingo simultaneously.

On – a situation when the player lacks one or more numbers to make a Bingo.

Parti - A Bingo game where the prize is cash and the amount depends upont the quantity of players.

Pattern - The symbol, image that is created with the marked bingo numbers. The pattern can be any line, any symbol, any image chosen by the bingo organizers and announced before the game starts.

Payout - The percentage of money given away as prizes to bingo players.

Session – An evening or afternoon of a sequence of Bingo games.

Validation - The process of determining the eligibility of the player to win the jackpot.