Bingo
Eyes down for a full house! 67, Made in Heaven - Two little ducks 22 - Legs 11 - you'll be calling 'em out like a pro with our delightful home Bingo sets.
| Dal Negro Bingo Set (90 balls, metal cage) 
£38.90 | Bingo set (75 balls, large metal cage) 
£34.90 |
Dal Negro Bingo Set (90 balls, metal cage)
Click on the picture for a larger version
Change to $  Change to €  |
UK pounds (ex.VAT) |
Pounds (incl. VAT) |
Typical ETA in wkg days |
Add to basket |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dal Negro Bingo Set (90 balls, metal cage) |
£33.11 | £38.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
For an immediate quote and ETA, add to the basket & select your location. |
Bingo set (75 balls, large metal cage)
Click on the picture for a larger version
| Change to $ Change to € |
UK pounds (ex.VAT) |
Pounds (incl. VAT) |
Typical ETA in wkg days |
Add to basket |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bingo set (75 balls, large metal cage) |
£29.70 | £34.90 | 1 + transit time | ||
For an immediate quote and ETA, add to the basket & select your location. |
Product Index
View Basket
About Us
Email Us
Game Rules
Shortcuts
Bowls
Chess
Skittles
Croquet
Mah Jong
Dominoes
Poker
Sets
Fair Games
Party Games
Casino Games
01727
855058
All material on this site - © Copyright Masters Games Ltd.
History of Bingo
A version of Lotto reached America in 1929 where it became known as "Beano" and was to be seen in country fairs, carnivals and other events of that nature. Around this time, Edwin S. Lowe, a salesman overhead someone shout "Bingo!" instead of "Beano!" upon winning, by mistake. He decided this was a much better name for the game and he undertook to re-launch a new version of the game called Bingo which was also improved by increasing the number of combinations of cards that could be played upon. American Bingo is still hugely popular to this day but is generally taken less seriously than in the UK and mostly events are organised as charitable fund-raising exercises.
In the UK, Bingo is taken more seriously. In 1960, a Gaming Act was passed by the British government that allowed gambling games to be played in members-only establishments and it was around that time that the game was brought over from America. This co-incided with the sudden availability of many large halls that had previously been used for cinema, theatre and social activities due to the rising popularity of television and some of these halls began to be used regularly and eventually exclusively as "Bingo Halls". The UK improved the Bingo "experience" by using special Bingo cabinets with numbered balls that were blown around with fans and the announcers, began to razzmatazz things up by using little rhymes when reading out the numbers.
Later electronic Random Number Generators (or the RNG) and more recently Internet Bingo replaced the original Bingo cabinets, but the game is still enormously popular in Britain where Bingo Halls are a way of life for many elderly people and for some their only means of meeting and socialising with others.
You can learn more about Bingo from The Online Guide to Traditional Games.