When playing bingo, you will often hear phrases after each number called. An experienced player who may have played in bingo halls or clubs will be used to it but many new online users may wonder what this is all about.
The phrases allow players to precisely distinguish a number from another to avoid any confusion. Within a bingo club environment, the noise level can sometimes affect the clarity of hearing and this method allowed drawn numbers to be audible by the entire audience. This was particularly important in clubs as in order to win (should the card be complete), the winner(s) has to be the first to shout bingo. Failing to do so, the next player completing their bingo card who shouted "bingo" first would become the winner. As the online bingo games are fully automated the importance of such a method is far lesser. However, operators have kept the tradition going.
The sentences used tend to rhyme with their respective number. It demands a little get use to it before getting fully familiar with each number/ sentence association so to help you in that process, we have provided the complete list of already made phrases in relation to their respective numbers:
| Kelly's Eye | 1 | One Little Duck | 2 | Cup of Tea | 3 |
| Knock at the Door | 4 | Man Alive | 5 | Tom's Tricks | 6 |
| Lucky | 7 | Garden Gate | 8 | Doctors Orders | 9 |
| Tony's Den | 10 | Legs Eleven | 11 | One Dozen | 12 |
| Unlucky for Some | 13 | Valentines Day | 14 | Young and Keen | 15 |
| Sweet Sixteen | 16 | Dancing Queen | 17 | Coming of Age | 18 |
| Goodbye-Teens | 19 | One Score | 20 | Key of the Door | 21 |
| Two Little Ducks | 22 | Thee and Me | 23 | Two Dozen | 24 |
| Duck and Dive | 25 | Pick and Mix | 26 | Gateway to Heaven | 27 |
| Over Weight | 28 | Rise and Shine | 29 | Dirty Gertie | 30 |
| Get up and Run | 31 | Buckle my Shoe | 32 | Dirty Knee | 33 |
| Ask for More | 34 | Jump and Jive | 35 | Three Dozen | 36 |
| More than Eleven | 37 | Christmas Cake | 38 | Steps | 39 |
| Naughty Forty | 40 | Time for Fun | 41 | Whinney the Poo | 42 |
| Down on your Knees | 43 | Droopy Drawers | 44 | Halfway There | 45 |
| Up to Tricks | 46 | Four and Seven | 47 | Four Dozen | 48 |
| P.C. | 49 | Half a Century | 50 | Tweak of the Thumb | 51 |
| Danny La Rue | 52 | Stuck in the Tree | 53 | Clean the Floor | 54 |
| Snakes Alive | 55 | Was she worth it | 56 | Heinz Varieties | 57 |
| Make them Wait | 58 | Brighton Line | 59 | Five Dozen | 60 |
| Bakers Bun | 61 | Turn on the Screw | 62 | Tickle Me | 63 |
| Red Raw | 64 | Old Age Pension | 65 | Clickety Click | 66 |
| Made in Heaven | 67 | Saving Grace | 68 | Either Way Up | 69 |
| Three Score & Ten | 70 | Bang on the Drum | 71 | Six Dozen | 72 |
| Queen B | 73 | Candy Store | 74 | Strive & Strive | 75 |
| Trombones | 76 | Sunset Strip | 77 | Heavens Gate | 78 |
| One More Time | 79 | Eight & Blank | 80 | Stop & Run | 81 |
| Straight On Through | 82 | Time for Tea | 83 | Seven Dozen | 84 |
| Staying Alive | 85 | Between the Sticks | 86 | Torquay in Devon | 87 |
| Two Fat Ladies | 88 | Nearly There | 89 | Top of the Shop | 90 |
