A Racers Edge

As bingo players get younger and younger and games get faster and faster is it feasible to keep the tradition of www.topbingodeals.com calling going or is it dying a death? Some traditional 90 ball bingo rooms use the calls but the original meaning behind the calls is getting lost and it does slow the game down. Calls are largely rhyme e.g. “ All the twos twenty two” or some form of logic e.g. “Tony’s den, number ten” but technically speaking the game can’t be claimed until the actual number has been called and therefore some callers have been discouraged from using calls to avoid confusion and speed games up. Other issues include political correctness as in “Two fat ladies 88”, “Duck with a crutch 21” and “Twenty three, the Lord’s my Shepherd”.
Lots of people feel club bingo is boring without the calling and enjoy participating in the banter but younger players are probably missing the point on a lot of the older calls.
Number one,” Kelly’s Eye” refers to a one eyed Australian gangster Ned Kelly while “Seven and six was she worth it?” was a reference to the old wedding license which cost 7/6p in old money. “Twenty one Royal Salute” tells of the twenty one gun salute used for royal birthdays or special events and “Thirty nine those special steps” to anyone who knows is about the classic spy book and film.
A piece of history in themselves it would be sad to see them disappear entirely but like bingo as a whole they will probably adapt with the times and carry on entertaining a whole new generation of players.