Bingo

Bingo

2–16 players10-15 minNo app or download

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About Bingo

Classic seventy-five-ball bingo, with the cards on people's phones instead of on paper. Every player gets their own card, the board calls one long run of balls, and everyone daubs their own numbers as they come.

Every prize is live at once rather than one at a time: a quick five, a full row, the four corners, a diagonal - each is claimable the moment somebody actually has it, and the full house ends the night. That keeps players who missed the early prizes still in it.

Nothing is printed, nothing is cut up, and nobody has to check a card by hand at the end - a claim is verified against the balls that were actually called. The host just runs the board.

Two to sixteen players and ten to fifteen minutes for a full run. The board goes on a TV, a laptop or a propped-up phone, and players join by scanning a QR code with no app and no accounts.

How a room starts

1. Pick a game from the catalog — every occasion has its own room.
2. Put the game's board screen where everyone can see it: a TV, a laptop, or a shared screen on a video call.
3. Players scan the QR code (or type the room code) in their phone's browser. No app, no account.
4. Play — everyone answers, votes, and scores from their own phone.

How to play Bingo

A short narrated walkthrough of the whole game, from joining on your phone to the final scores: watch the how-to video. It is one tap from inside the room too, so a first-time group never needs the rules explained.

Where Bingo fits

You will find it in the Classics room, alongside the other games picked for that occasion.

Common questions

Do we need to print bingo cards?

No. Each player gets their own card on their phone, and daubs it themselves as numbers are called.

What can you win?

A quick five, a row, the four corners, a diagonal, and the full house. Every prize is open at once, and the full house ends the game.

Who checks a winning card?

The game does, against the balls actually called - so there is no arguing over a mis-daubed card.

How many people can play?

Two to sixteen.

How long does a game take?

Ten to fifteen minutes for a full run down to the full house.