A Game of Bingo

    A GAME OF BINGO is a common American custom that is not only encouraged by popular groups. It is also condoned by the church. Because it brings in some necessary income. Participants usually gather away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and people of similar social status and interests, etc., will play together. Because it is usually a dollar a card, the game of bingo is viewed as low-risk gambling and therefore poses no financial threat to participants.

    Game Play

    This is somewhat similar to how tic-tac-toe is played. A square is drawn and divided into nine smaller squares, i.e. 3*3 format. The words are then filled in the small squares as per the requirement. One person reads the three selected words and the other person marks the corresponding words according to the order in which they are read. If the three words happen to form a horizontal or vertical line or a diagonal line (diagonal), then the marker shouts “Bingo!

    Rules of the game

    A “Bingo” ticket consists of 5 rows and 5 columns of 25 rectangular cells, of which the cross cells in the 3rd row and 3rd column are free cells and do not need to be filled in. When purchasing a Bingo ticket, the purchaser selects 5 numbers from 1-15 to be added to column 1, 5 numbers from 16-30 to be added to column 2, and 4 numbers from 31-45 to be added to column 3 (the free cells can represent any of the remaining 11 numbers in the group). (The free cell can represent any one of the remaining 11 numbers in the group), 5 numbers from 15 numbers from 46-60 are added to column 4, and 5 numbers from 15 numbers from 61-75 are added to column 5, making a total of 24 numbers for one ticket.

    “Bingo” does not have multiple bets and can be played in multiple sessions.

    Game prizes

    First prize: 16 numbers in the outermost circle of a 5*5 matrix. If 32 numbers are randomly shaken out of the 75 numbers from 1-75 with these 16 numbers in them, the prize is won.

    There are two types of graphics for the second prize, a diagonal cross and a cross. The diagonal cross is (0,0), (0,4), (4,0), (4,4), (1,1), (1,3), (3,1), (3,3), and the cross is (0,2), (1,2), (3,2), (4,2), (2,0), (2,1), (2,3), (2,4). The lottery is the same as before, except that The 8 numbers that correspond to the diagonal lines of the ticket purchased or the 8 numbers that correspond to the horizontal and vertical lines through the center of the ticket are the same as any 8 of the winning numbers of the current period.