Bingo Lingo
Bingo number calls are often accompanied with short phrases which to most of people who never played bingo before can appear very strange indeed.
The origins of those slang phrases come from the bingo halls. Bingo callers used them predominantly to make the drawn numbers clearer and more audible over the back noises of bingo clubs
(having said that, I can assure that if you go to a bingo hall today and start talking and generating noise during a draw, I can guarantee you that your fellow bingo players will not hesitate to
let you know how unwelcome you are!).
The bingo phrases (or bingo calls) are far less important online for the reasons that you are playing in the comfort of your house and you have a greater visual display. In addition the numbers are
automatically dabbed on your bingo cards as opposed to the bingo hall whereby you need to pay real attention to the numbers and then dab them on your bingo tickets.
Most online bingo operators do not use the bingo phrases any more to make the draw faster but also because the bingo calls phrases are simply redundant. There is however some sites which have kept the
tradition to retain the feel of bingo halls to appeal to all the nostalgic and bingo callers are now being asked to have their voice recorded for online integration.
Bingo callers have had an important place in the success of bingo halls and entertainment. There is even a bingo caller of the year award (http://www.nationalbingo.co.uk/caller.asp?pg=caller).
However, the voice over selection is much wider and more specific now that there is no longer a need for physical presence. Operators tend to use and select professional voice over actors and
actresses whose voice and tone would enhance the online bingo audio experience.
To keep the tradition alive, i-love-bingo.co.uk (I love bingo with dash) present below the list of all phrases associated to the bingo numbers.
