The British Bingo game is different from the US Bingo not just in the quantity of balls used in the Bingo game and how the tickets look like. One of the most amazing features of the UK game of Bingo played in the land-based Bingo halls are the Bingo Calling Numbers rules. To explain the Bingo Calling Numbers meaning we are to start with the aim. This is done to help gamers to comprehend the number which is called and eliminate misunderstandings. The game is played in a custom way however with a small difference in Bingo Calling Numbers. The number caller names the ball in the custom way and after names the number’s name that might hint on the fell out number. The list of most frequently used Bingo Calling Numbers nicknames is all the time the same for all the land-based Bingo gambling halls, however, there can be slight variaties from one hall to another. We shall list the most usual nicknames and the origin of some of the Bingo Calling Numbers names.
1.Little Jimmy and Kelly's eye, B1 Baby of bingo, and First on the board
2. Peek a boo, and Home alone, and Me and you and One little duck, Little boy blue, Baby's done it
3. I'm free, One little flea and You and me, and Cup of tea, Monkey on the tree
4.The one next door, Shut the door, Bobby Moore
5. Man alive, and Jack's alive, little snake
6. Tom's tricks, Tom Mix, Chopsticks
7.God's in heaven and Lucky seven, A slice of heaven, One hockey stick and One little crutch
8. At the gate, Golden gate, Garden gate and Harry Tate, She's always late, and One fat lady
9. Doctor's orders
10. Cock and hen, and Uncle Ben (rhyming), Downing street and Gordon's den
11. Legs eleven Skinny legs
12. Monkey's cousin, One and two - a dozen and One doz' if one can
13. Bakers dozen
14. Valentines day and Tender
15. Young and keen and Yet to be kissed, Rugby team,
16. Sweet sixteen
17. Often been kissed, Posh and Becks
18. Now you can vote, and Coming of age
19. Goodbye teens
20. One score, and Getting plenty, and Blind 20
21. Royal salute, If only I was
22. Quack quack, Dinky doo, Put your 22's on and Bishop Desmond and All the twos, Toot toot
23. A duck on a tree, Thee and me
24. Two dozen, Did you score?
25. Duck and dive, Wish to have wife
26. Bed and breakfast, Half a crown, Pick and mix
27. Little Duck with a crutch,Gateway to heaven
28.The old brags, Duck & its mate
29. You’re doing fine, Rise and shine
30. Burlington Bertie, Blind 30, and Flirty thirty
31. Three and one
32. Three and two, Three ducks
33. Two little fleas, Gertie Lee, All the feathers, and All the threes, Sherwood forest
34. Ask for more
35. Flirty wives, and Jump and jive
36. Perfect
37. More than eleven, A flea in heaven
38. Christmas cake
39. All the steps and Jack Benny, and Those famous steps
40. Life begins at and Blind 40 and Naughty 40, Two score
41. Time for fun, Life’s begun
42. Whinny the Poo
43. Four and Three
44. All the four and Droopy drawers, and Open two doors
45. Halfway house, Cowboy's friend
46. Up to tricks
47. Four and seven, and Four and a stick
48. Four dozen
49. PC, Rise and shine
50. Blind 50, Hawaii five O
51. I love my mum, Tweak of the thumb, The Highland Div
52. The Lowland Div, Pack 'o cards
53. Stuck in the tree, The Welsh Div, The joker
54. Clean the floor
55. Snakes alive, and All the fives, Double nickels, and Bunch of fives, and Give us fives
56. Was she worth it?
57. All the beans and Heinz varieties
58. Choo choo Thomas
59. Brighton line
60. Three score, Blind 60
61. Bakers bun
62. Turn on the screw and Tickety boo
63. Tickle me
64. Red raw
65. Old age pension, Stop work
66. Clickety click, and All the sixes
67. Argumentative number, and Made in heaven
68. Saving grace
69. Any way round, Meal for two
70. Three score and ten
71. Lucky one
72. A crutch and a duck, Par for the course
73. Queen B and Under the tree, Crutch with a flea and Lucky three
74. Bingo Grandmamma, and Candy store and Lucky four
75. Big Daddy, Strive and strive, Lucky five, Bingo Granddaddy
76. Lucky six and Seven 'n' six - was she worth it?
77. Two little crutches, Sunset strip and Lucky seven
78. Heavens gate
79. Lucky nine
80. Eight and blank and Blind 80
81. Corner shot
82. Fat lady with a duck
83. Fat lady with a flea, Time for tea and Ethel's Ear
84. Seven dozen
85. Eight and five and Staying alive
86. Between the sticks and Eight and Six
87. Fat lady with a crutch
88. Wobbly wobbly,
89. All but one, Nearly there
90. Blind 90, End of the line
As one may see, most of the Bingo Calling Numbers are called this or that way to either be rhyming or provide a clear idea of the number being named.
The tradition of using the nicknames is kept to create the unique spirit of the game of Bingo rooms as since the novice technologies were introduced, the Bingo game started losing the original image.