Print Bingo Cards

Bingo is about as athletic as we get, but we really enjoyed this story about how bingo card games were introduced at Chicago Cubs games.  Winners of the sports bingo game won autographed memorabilia and other neat prizes and the fans absolutely loved it!

This from Matthew Wszolek, Director of sales and promotions, Chicago Cubs:

“Giveaways for us have always been a very important piece of what we do, not necessarily to drive ticket sales but more or less to enhance the Wrigley Field experience. … There’s other ways to skin the promotional cat when it comes to expenses and economic conditions in that you can do something like we did in September of this year where we had Bingo Night. Out of all the years I’ve done stuff here, this is my ninth year, it was the most incredibly well-received promotion we ever did. People received bingo cards when they came in to the game that had one of 51 different elements on it that could happen in a baseball game, not just Cubs-specific. If they covered the card, they won a bingo, which was autographed memorabilia or the chance to throw out a first pitch next year. Fans were interactively playing along the entire game. Instead of just giving them an item that they kept, they got to play along for three hours. People were ridiculously out of their minds, and I got 250 letters from season-ticket holders saying that was the most fun they’ve had at a ball game, especially given the fact that we weren’t playing very well at the time. It made the Wrigley Field experience better.”

Value minded.

Here are some fun, free bingo games that are particularly great for younger kids.  If you’re having a classroom party, playtime or family game night, simple print the downloadable calling cards and bingo cards out on card stock paper.  Instructions are also included.  Use pennies or candy to mark the squares.

Games include Jungle Animal Bingo, Farm Animal Bingo, Princess Bingo and Luau Bingo.  Enjoy!

Printable Bingo Cards | Classroom Jr.

It’s not feasible for most of us to attend a live bingo game every day.  You may not even have time for a few rounds of online bingo.  But there’s always a few extra minutes to play bingo on your smartphone. Bingo Hideout gives an overview of some of the best bingo games on itunes, many of which are free or very inexpensive.

“There are lots of other app’s at the Apple iTunes store some are free bingo games and others have a small charge, but all will allow the bingo game to be played in some pretty obscure places from Grocery Bingo, to WTF Bingo which will allow the iPhone or iPod app to generate bingo cards for specific locations such as the airport or sports match. There is also an app called CS bingo which is based on a game of bingo which is popular in a bar in the States.  This particular bingo game in its pure form requires a chicken and a numbered grid on the floor, the chicken is released and will poop on the numbers and by doing what comes naturally on the grid replaces the more traditional bingo caller. “

Online bingo fans can play BS Bingo at boring meetings | Bingo Hideout.

While some of the same conventions exist in offline bingo hall games and online bingo, there are a few major differences.   One main difference is that in offline bingo, you can often keep your cards for as long as you like.  In online bingo, a new bingo card is generated for every game.  Below, Bingo Street explains how and why this happens:

“The random number generator powers the computer software so that the bingo balls are offered in a random fashion. This programme is based on algorithms. The online bingo cards use a similar random generator, and each time you join a game of bingo online, new bingo cards are created at random.
The reason you can’t keep playing with the same bingo cards in online bingo is that it would throw the RNG off balance, either giving you an unfair advantage or could even hinder your playing, so every player receives new randomly generated bingo cards at the start of each fresh game of bingo online to keep everything fair and as random as possible.

Another thing to keep in mind when talking about the probability of winning and online bingo cards is that most players will play the maximum number of cards per game, so your chances of winning will increase with every bingo card you purchase. Just remember that your online bingo buddies will be doing exactly the same, keeping it a pretty even playing field.”

Online bingo cards and the random number generator

This article gives some great ideas of how to play bingo with any age group.  Use bingo cards printed from the web, bingo card software, or your own design program. You can make bingo games that appeal to children in preschool, elementary school or older children.  You can also create your own bingo games for adults based not just on numbers, but themes such as song titles or U.S. cities.  Finally, there’s the ever popular baby shower bingo which includes all baby terms.

Here’s an excerpt:

“Kids love to play Bingo. There’s something about the adventure of being able to match what the Bingo caller is saying with the squares on their Bingo card – combined with the sheer delight of being able to yell “Bingo” before anyone else.

You can create custom Bingo cards using a basic Bingo template. The age of the children will determine what you preprint in the squares:

* For preschoolers – Consider using colors and shapes.
* For elementary school ages – Simple words, letters or numbers work well.
* For older children – Let children create their own boards with words that meet a predetermined theme such as state capitals, names of famous people or things you see on a car ride.”

Bingo Game Board Template – LoveToKnow Board Games.