Bingo is such a curious game. While it is certainly keeping up with the times, thanks to the popularity of online bingo, it maintains its old school charms by retaining the terms and jargons used ever since this popular card game became very well-known. Besides the bingo calls, or the nicknames used for the bingo numbers being called, there are still a number of bingo jargons that populate the game. As with knowing the bingo call nicknames, they are not completely necessary in order to play the game. However, knowing the bingo terminologies does make the game easier. Every game has its own set of terminologies and jargons-Poker and Gin Rummy, as well as other popular casino games, have them as well. If you plan to be a regular bingo or online bingo player, you need to know and understand these terms since you will be encountering them often when you play.

Among the more common terms are the ones used to pertain to the bingo patterns. Bingo pattern terms are only applicable in the US bingo games or the 75-ball bingo games, since there are no such patterns in non-US bingo games of the 90-ball bingo game. For instance, four corners and blackout are two of the popular bingo terms here. When the game requires you to form a four corners pattern, you need to form a pattern where the top and bottom B column and the top and bottom O column-the four corners of the bingo card-are marked. In blackout, you need to mark every numbers on your card.

Another term that you will not use in non-US bingo games is the free space. This is the space in the middle of the bingo card. In the 75-ball bingo card game, the middle slot has no number because it is given as a free slot. This means it is already considered as a marked slot. When you a play a five in a row bingo game, this means you only need four numbers if you are aiming to mark all your N column slots.

Some terms, on the other hand, are used during the game itself. For instance, even in online bingo, people use the term eyes down when referring to the start of the game. Looking at it closely, this is used because when playing bingo, the players have to look down at their cards, which are often placed on the table. Meanwhile, terms are also used to refer to the type of prize package winners get. For instance, a cash-in-prize is a payout system where the prize is dictated according to the number of players who joined the game. Progressive bingo games, on the other hand, have jackpot prizes that continue to increase until someone wins. While this may seem preferable, this means that not every game will have a winner. For instance, a progressive bingo game may end not if there is a winner but according to a pre-set number of balls to be drawn