About Bingo
Bingo is the great get-together game from village halls, sports clubs and Christmas parties. Someone draws the numbers, everyone else sits with their tickets and marks them off, and the excitement builds with every number until someone shouts BINGO! On GameBase, the TV draws and calls out the numbers, while every player has their own tickets on their phone.
The tickets are classic 90-ball bingo tickets with three rows and nine columns. Each ticket has 15 numbers, five in every row, and each column has its own numbers, from 1–9 and 10–19 up to 80–90. The phone makes the tickets for you, and everyone can play with 1–3 tickets. Numbers can be marked off automatically, or you can tap them yourself, just like with a dabber.
First you play for one line, then for two lines and finally for a full house. When you tap BINGO on your phone, the TV checks your ticket straight away, so there’s never any doubt about the winner. No phones to hand? Then 2–4 players can sit around one iPad, each with a ticket facing their own edge.
How to play
- Choose TV + phones, and have everyone type the code from the TV into their phone.
- Choose 1–3 tickets on your phone, and whether the numbers should be marked off automatically.
- The TV draws one number at a time, on its own or when you tap. The numbers are read out loud too.
- Tap BINGO when you have a full line. The TV checks your ticket and celebrates the winner.
- Keep playing for two lines and finally for a full house.