Bingo comes in numerous varieties which provide players with a wide range of choice. One particular variety is a game known as Lucky 7 Bingo. You might wonder why the game is lucky seven. Why not lucky four or lucky either? Actually the number seven has long been associated with good fortune and luck.
When playing Lucky 7 Bingo there are two forms or patterns used in the game. One of these would be creating the shape of a number 7 on the card. This means all five spaces at the top of a 75 ball bingo card would be covered. Then the remaining four spaces as you go down diagonally are covered. This would use a total of 9 spaces including the free space.
Another version of Lucky 7 Bingo is a write-in form. Players are provided with a piece of paper that has seven empty boxes. In these boxes, they must write seven unique numbers. They can be any combination of numbers between 1 and 75. The caller then begins calling out numbers. The first player to have all seven boxes covered wins!
The game of bingo has not always used bingo balls. Actually in the beginning, number counters were used instead. These were essentially wooden disks with numbers imprinted on them. They were pulled from either a bag or a box. The number was then called out by the bingo caller.
Eventually these wooden disks evolved into wooden balls. While there isn’t a clear reason why this change occurred there is some speculation. It possible could have been done simply out of the need to make the game more efficient. The balls could be placed in a hopper and spun with one rolling out. Some also wonder if the change occurred to make choosing a number more arbitrary.
Today, modern bingo balls are made of plastic and look much like ping pong balls. American bingo halls play with 75 balls in their bingo hopper while European bingo halls played with 90 balls. Most bingo balls are white with black numbers. However, this can vary and the balls can be made in a multitude of colours.
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