Bingo in Australia and the United Kingdom
October 26th, 2010 | 
Author: In the United Kingdom Bingo is mostly played in huge gaming halls, each venue has cash prizes on offer, which are often of a large sum, especially when the larger commercial venues link up with other halls.
The game of bingo is certainly popular in an array of seaside towns situated around the U.K; however cuddly toys tend to take the place of cash prizes in the seaside locations. This is most likely due to gambling laws. There are various venues that house the popular past time where prizes instead of cash wins take centre stage, these include a variety of schools and local halls and usually take place as fund raising events for various concerns. Prizes are often donated by local businesses and on such evenings both adults and children are welcomed.
The prizes for such games vary and it often depends on how big the event is and who is organising the fundraiser. Prizes could be anything from a food hamper to free sports passes.
Both U.K and Australian bingo cards feature a total of three lines and nine columns and are usually purchased in book sets, which are available in either single or multiple styles. A single book houses a total of 10 pages, each gaming card comes in a different colour. Colours include gold, lime, violet, yellow, pink, grey, orange, blue, red and white.
A multiple style book comes in the form of six single books and each book features a total of six gaming cards in the same colour. These can be easily pulled out of the books as they come with perforated edges. It is only mostly those that are experienced bingo players that will play the entire set of six books, where as younger players may only take part in one set.