Bingo Wikipedia

By Tine, BettingExpert

If you think that Bingo or internet bingo is a simple matter, a quick look at Bingo Wikipedia will prove you wrong. The fact that Wikipedia finds it necessary to categorize the many possible things that bingo can refer to into both games, arts, people and places and additional subcategories, reveals a lot about the versatility of Bingo. However, assuming that most you reading this have fairly limited interest in the basketball player Bingo Smith as well as the old folk song 'Bingo', this article will focus solely on the Wikipedia sites related to the Bingo games. There is, hence, more than one bingo wikipedia

The section under Games presents the following 6 links: Bingo (card game), Bingo (UK), Bingo (US), Online Bingo, Bingo (scrabble), Bing Bing! Bingo.

Bingo (card games) gives a brief description of a particular card game that should not be confused with the Bingo cards that are used for the types of bingo played online and/or at different bingo nights.

In the UK Bingo is commonly known as Housey Housey (In Australia and New Zealand, it is Housie) and is described as a game where an unspecified number of players mark off numbers on a ticket as the numbers are being called out. It is stressed that both calling and tickets differ from the Bingo played in the US. In addition Bingo (UK) Wiki offers a thorough description of both 'a typical housie' and the business aspect of Bingo. One of the more amusing elements on Bingo (UK) Wiki is the exhaustive list of calling nicknames, which includes '27 = Duck and a crutch' and '88= Two fat ladies'.

Bingo (US) is, according to the Bingo Wikipedia, the most extensive and detailed of the links. It encompasses a variety of themes such as bingo cards, equipment, culture, history, terminology, variations and the business of bingo and for each theme Wikipedia offers an in dept description.

One of the earliest online bingo games was played in 1996, and Online Bingo is therefore considered a relatively new phenomenon. However, it has grown significantly since then and every day a large number of people enjoy the benefits of online bingo. Online bingo Wiki presents some questionable statistics, but they also offer valuable information on e.g. how to get started and how to play. In addition, you are able to find information of the different game on bingo, and the site also points out that chat application adds an interesting social aspect to playing bingo online. Bingo (scrabble) is included on Bingo Wiki because Bingo is a slang term used in scrabble. It refers to a situation where a player uses all of his or hers 7 pieces in the same play. This results in a 50 point bonus and getting a bingo is therefore crucial if you want to win a game of scrabble.

The last category Bing Bing! Bingo is probably the least important and relevant of the six links. Bing Bing! Bingo is a reference to a Japanese Bingo computer game from 1993 where players can combine various activities such as bingo and skydiving. For a number of reasons the game was never released in North America.

It is only fair to say that even though some of it is more useful that other, Bingo Wikipedia provides all the information you need, and then some. So if you want to get started or simply want to spice up the game with extensive knowledge on Bingo, Wikipedia is a good place to look.

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