Bingo Calling Names

Bingo calling names

From its origination Bingo has been more of a social get together rather than mere gambling. To make the occasion more entertaining bingo callers would use either rhyme or reason phrases to go with the number drawn such as number 1 - Kellys eye which was used because an Australian bandit was believed to only have one eye, or number 4 - knock on the door ( rhyme ).

With casinos realizing that bingo had huge potential in the market place, slowly the rhyme and reason calling started to fall by the way side as they could fit in more games in a day/evening and generate more turn over. Calling to day at the bingo halls is now generally the numbers on their own or in the case where there is a double digit they are called together as - six and two - sixty two.

The Original Bingo Calling Names of Yesterday

  1. Kelly's eye
  2. One little duck | Me and you
  3. You and me
  4. Knock at the door
  5. Man alive
  6. Tom's tricks
  7. Lucky seven | God's in heaven
  8. One Fat Lady
  9. Doctor's orders
  10. Tony's Den
  11. Legs eleven
  12. One dozen, One and two - a dozen, Monkey's cousin (rhymes with "a dozen")
  13. Unlucky for some, Devil's number, Bakers dozen
  14. Valentines day
  15. Rugby team, Young and keen
  16. Sweet sixteen | Never been kissed
  17. Often been kissed | Dancing Queen
  18. Coming of age
  19. Goodbye teens
  20. Getting plenty | Blind 20
  21. Key of the door
  22. Two little ducks "Quack Quack"| All the twos
  23. Thee and me | The Lord is my Shepherd | A Duck and a Flea
  24. Two dozen
  25. Duck and dive
  26. Bed and breakfast | Half a crown | Pick and mix
  27. Little duck with a crutch | Gateway to heaven
  28. In a state | Over weight
  29. You're doing fine
  30. Burlington Bertie | Dirty Gertie | Speed limit | Flirty thirty | Blind 30
  31. Get up and run
  32. Buckle my Shoe
  33. Dirty knees | All the threes | All the feathers | Two little fleas | Sherwood Forest
  34. Ask for more
  35. Jump and jive
  36. Three dozen
  37. A flea in heaven
  38. Christmas cake
  39. Those famous steps
  40. Naughty Forty
  41. Time for fun
  42. That famous street in Manhattan | Whinny the Pooh
  43. Down on your knees
  44. Droopy drawers | All the fours
  45. Halfway house | Halfway there
  46. Up to tricks
  47. Four and seven
  48. Four dozen
  49. PC (Police Constable) | Copper | Nick nick
  50. Bulls eye | Blind 50 | Half a century
  51. Tweak of the thumb
  52. Weeks in a year | Danny La Rue
  53. Stuck in the tree
  54. Clean the floor
  55. Snakes alive | All the fives
  56. Was she worth it?
  57. Heinz varieties
  58. Make them wait | Choo choo Thomas
  59. Brighton line
  60. Three score | Blind 60 | Five dozen
  61. Bakers bun
  62. Tickety boo | Turn on the screw
  63. Tickle me | Des Eerie
  64. Red raw | The Beatles number
  65. Old age pension
  66. Clickety click | All the sixes
  67. Made in heaven | Argumentative number
  68. Saving grace
  69. The same both ways | your place or mine | Either way up | Meal for two
  70. Three score and ten | Blind 70
  71. Bang on the drum
  72. A crutch and a duck | Par for the course
  73. Crutch and a flea | Queen B
  74. Candy store
  75. Strive and strive
  76. Trombones
  77. Sunset strip | All the sevens | Two little crutches
  78. Heavens gate
  79. One more time
  80. Gandhi's breakfast | Blind 80 | Eight and blank
  81. Fat lady and a little wee | Stop and run
  82. Fat lady with a duck | Straight on through
  83. Fat lady with a flea | Time for tea
  84. Seven dozen
  85. Staying alive
  86. Between the sticks
  87. Fat lady with a crutch
  88. Two fat ladies | All the eights | Wobbly wobbly
  89. Nearly there | All but one
  90. Top of the shop | Top of the house | Blind ninety | End of the line