The Drawing

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The Drawing

There are 75 lightweight bingo balls, each printed with one of the letter/number combinations. They are encased in either a ball cage or a glass blower where they can be spun around to ensure that each pick is random and fair. Some gaming houses may forgo this process and use a computerized random bingo number generator.

After a bingo ball is selected, its number is announced by the bingo caller and displayed on an electronic board for all bingo players to see. The bingo caller then places the balls into a separate tray to ensure that they will not be selected again.

This process of selecting and calling bingo balls is repeated until one or more bingo players cover the selected pattern for that bingo game and shout out, "Bingo!" A floor person or checker will then verify if the pattern is correct and that the numbers on the bingo card matched the numbers that have been called out.

If these numbers correspond, then the bingo game is closed, the winner is declared and the prize is paid out. If more than one bingo player has won, the prize money is split up into equal parts.