Bingo Games Around the World

The bingo played around the world has 2 major variation. divided into 2 major games.

1. The variation of bingo played in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.


2. And the bingo typically played in the US and Canada.
   

These Online Bingo games are similar in many ways, but differ slightly in the cards they use and in the calling of numbers.

In the UK, a 90-ball version of bingo is popular. In the US and Canada, most players use a 75-ball version of the game.

Outside the UK, the many nicknames we usually hear for bingo numbers are hardly ever used, especially not some of the nicknames that come from Cockney rhyming slang.

In Australia and New Zealand, bingo is known as “housie”. So, instead of playing at a bingo hall, you can play the game at a housie hall.

But still, some of the UK bingo nicknames have spread to the four corners of the world and can be heard in bingo halls everywhere. All in all, despite the evolution of Bingo, the basic elements have remained the same.