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With gas at over $4.00 a gallon many Americans are reconsidering their driving and travel habits. The price of gas has affected almost all sectors of the economy. The stock market has taken a dive, prices are rising, and there is much uncertainty about the direction the American and world economy will take.

The rises in gas prices have hit traditional bingo halls hard, especially those in rural areas. In rural areas some players drive 20 or 30 miles one way to get to their favorite bingo hall. Many bingo players are either reducing their play or are foregoing bingo altogether. Many factors are working against the land based bingo industry. Smoking bans in many states have emptied bingo halls across the nation. In the UK smoking bans caused several bingo halls to close and hundreds of employees found themselves unemployed. It has been estimated that as many as 60% of bingo players have quit playing at bingo halls because of smoking bans.

Charitable, religious, and veterans groups have used bingo as a fundraising tool for decades. The sharp drop in the number of players has caused many bingo halls to close and several organizations have been forced to curtail their charitable work. While those in urban areas can easily use public transportation to get to their favorite bingo hall, players in rural areas are facing long drives and rising fuel prices.

Because of these combined factors many organizations are curtailing their bingo games or are doing away with them altogether. While this is bad news for traditional land based bingo, the online bingo industry has seen a significant increase in players. Despite the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 the US online bingo market remains strong. In the UK the number of players who have switched to online bingo has been a boon for UK based websites.

Online bingo offers players many benefits that land based halls cannot. Jackpots are much higher and online bingo sites operate 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Online bingo players may choose to play on auto pilot, that is, they can log on to their favorite site, select a game, and walk away from their computer to do something else. Since the internet is global in nature, players may play with other bingo aficionados from around the world. The online bingo industry is poised to accept the many new players that will make the switch due to recent developments in the economy. While land based bingo will hardly become extinct the future of online bingo has never looked brighter.

Ever hear a bingo caller blurt out something like “2 fat ladies” or “halfway there” and wondered just what the caller was talking about? If you are new to the world of bingo many of these terms are confusing, especially to a novice. Here is a list of terms used by callers to refer to specific numbers and we hope this helps when you play your next bingo game!

1 Translation: Kelly’s Eye or On it’s Own
5 Translation: Man Alive
7 Translation: Lucky for Some
8 Translation: The Garden Gate or One Fat Lady
9 Translation: Doctor’s Orders or Revolution Number
10 Translation: PM’s Den
11 Translation: Legs, Chicken Legs or Legs Eleven
13 Translation: Lucky for Some or Unlucky for Some
16 Translation: Sweet Sixteen
21 Translation: Key of the Door
22 Translation: Two Little Ducks
23 Translation: Thee and Me
24 Translation: Two Dozen
30 Translation: Dirty Gertie or Dirty Bertie
37 Translation: More Than Eleven
44 Translation: Droopy Drawers or also All the Fours
45 Translation: Halfway There
50 Translation: Bulls Eye or Blind 50
51 Translation: Tweak of the Thumb
55 Translation: Snakes Alive or All the Fives
57 Translation: Heinz Varieties or Heinz 57
59 Translation: Brighton Line (particular to the U.K.)
64 Translation: Red Raw
66 Translation: Clickety-Click
69 Translation: Naughty
71 Translation: Bang on the Drum
76 Translation: Trombones or (in the U.K) –Was she worth it?
79 Translation: One More Time
81 Translation: Stop and Run
86 Translation: Between the Sticks
88 Translation: Two Fat Ladies
90 Translation: Top of the Shop

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Gambling experts agree that bingo is one of the few pure games of chance. Many bingo players wonder if there are strategies that can be used to increase the odds of winning at bingo. Because bingo does not have the complexity of other gambling games options for changing the odds of winning are limited.

Actually the only way known to beat the house is to play in a game with fewer players. In a land based bingo situation this means playing at bingo events where there will be fewer players. On occasion this strategy can result in lower winnings especially if the game jackpot is not fixed but based on the percentage of admission fees and cards sold. If this strategy is used players should look for games with a fixed jackpot.

Another land based strategy is to play as many cards as it is possible to play. If a player has more cards than he or she can keep up with this strategy is useless. The most frequent winner is the player who plays the most cards effectively.

For those bingo players with knowledge of higher mathematics, using a system based on the laws of probability similar to that used by card players can be adapted for bingo. Instead of counting cards the player is counting bingo balls. There are several articles about this relatively ineffective method usually marketed as “how to win at bingo’. Also staying in the game as long as possible has been cited as a way players can increase their odds of winning.

For online bingo players the only really effective strategy is to play as many cards as possible. Technology allows online players to play more cards automatically than would be physically possible in a land based bingo game. Some sites have games where every player is limited to the same number of cards and in these games the house has a definite edge. Online players should look for games that allow the purchase of large numbers of cards.

One relatively complex strategy known as the “Tippet Theory’ and was invented by statistician L.H.C. Tippett in the UK. Simply explained the theory goes something like this: in a game of 75 ball bingo the median number is 38. The more numbers that are called the more likely that the numbers will be closer to 38. If a player intends to play a short game and has the ability to pick the cards it is best to choose cards with numbers close to 1 and 75. If the player is playing a long game then cards with numbers close to 38 should be chosen. Sound complicated? It is.

The main reason people play bingo is for fun and socialization and in many cases winning is a secondary consideration. Since bingo is a pure game of chance the unpredictability may be an attraction for some players. There are a few strategies than improve the chances of winning at bingo so go to your favorite bingo hall or log on to your favorite online bingo site and enjoy.

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