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✅ Rules and gameplay for 75-ball and 90-ball bingo – plus lesser-known types like Bonanza, Death Bingo, and Facebook Bingo
✅ Fun facts and trivia, including British bingo lingo and famous bingo variations around the world
✅ The business of bingo – charity, commercial, and casino operations explained
✅ Online and mobile bingo – how digital transformation is changing the game
✅ Bonus insights into related games like Keno, Lotería, and scratchcards

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Nicolae Sfetcu is a Romanian author, researcher, and publisher with a passion for making knowledge accessible. His work bridges technology, culture, and history — and Bingo! is a perfect example of that mission in action.

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A short guide about what is and how to play bingo, the game in US and United Kingdom, and its major variations.
Since its invention in 1934, modern bingo has evolved into multiple variations, with each jurisdiction’s gambling laws regulating how the game is played. There are also nearly unlimited patterns that may be specified for play. Some patterns only require one number to be matched, up to cover-all games which award the jackpot for covering an entire card and certain games award prizes to players for matching no numbers or achieving no pattern.
Bingo is often used as an instructional tool in American primary schools and in teaching English as a foreign language in many countries. It became increasingly more popular across the UK with more purpose-built bingo halls.
Keno is an important variation of bingo game, often played at modern casinos, and also offered as a game in some state lotteries.
Scratchcard is another major variation. The scratchcard is a small token, usually made of cardboard, where one or more areas contain concealed information: they are covered by a substance (usually latex) that cannot be seen through, but can be scratched off.

CONTENTS:

Bingo
– Equipment
– Bingo cards
– Equipment
– Culture
– – Terminology
– History
– The business of bingo
– Variations
– – U-Pick’Em bingo
– – Quick Shot bingo
– – Bonanza bingo
– – Facebook bingo
– – Horse racing bingo
– – Table bingo
– – Electronic bingo
– – Death bingo
Bingo in Commonwealth
– Gambling
– Description of the game
– – Strips of 6 tickets
– – Gameplay
– – Purchasing tickets
– – Linked bingo
– – Windfalls
– Electronic bingo
– – Online bingo
– Bingo for profit
– – Mechanised cash bingo
– National Bingo Game
– – Gala Bingo’s High 5 game
– – Gala Bingo’s special tickets
– British bingo nicknames
Bingo cards
– History
– Types of Cards
– – 75-ball Bingo Cards
– – – Randomization
– – 90-ball bingo cards
– – Bingo Cards and the Odds of Winning
– Buzzword bingo
– – Concept
– – Creation and popularization
– The card game
– – Gameplay
– – Variations
Keno
– History
– Odds
– Hits: Odds
– Modern keno
– Detailed mathematical analysis
Loteria
– History
Prize Bingo
– How to play
– Prizes
– Bingo number slang
– Odds of winning
– Known Prize Bingo locations
– – United Kingdom
Scratchcard
– Technology
– Origins
– Popularity
– Predictability
– Second-chance sweepstakes
– Break opens
– Online gambling scratchcards
– Fraudulent practices
– Cards hiding confidential information
Online bingo
– Main types of bingo games
– History
– Getting started
– Playing
– Chat
– Bingo networks
– Online bingo in the UK
– Mobile Bingo
– Facebook Bingo