October 30, 2007

Bingo Paper…What is it?

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6 On 4 Bingo Paper
Standard 3 On Bingo Paper
Single Sheet Of Bingo Paper

What is Bingo Paper?
Another essential part of any bingo game, whether it’s a small social event or a large commercial enterprise, is bingo cards. These can come in two forms. Either a permanent, laminated card, which is reused by players, or a disposable type of bingo card. These are sold in sheets and are known as bingo card paper.

Once a player has his or her bingo card paper and the game begins, the caller will call the numbers and each player will cross off any numbers that are called that are listed on the bingo card paper. The first player to get a straight line of numbers, or in some cases, a number in each corner, will call out bingo. Once the numbers have been verified, then he or she is a winner.

Checking Your Bingo Card Paper
The process of checking bingo card paper by a floor checker is essential, not only to eliminate cheating, but to satisfy all the other players that the player really is the winner. This keeps bingo games friendly, and thwarts even the worst losers! Sometimes it happens that there is more than one winner to a bingo game. In this case, prize money is split equally.

Some players buy more bingo card paper in the hope of increasing their chance of winning. A good tip is never to buy more than you can effectively watch, otherwise you run the risk of missing your winning numbers anyway. You may well be making the game a lot more expensive than it needs to be and certainly a lot more stressful. To increase your chances of winning, pick a game that doesn’t have too many players. A packed bingo hall means less chance of winning.

October 29, 2007

Bingo Blowers

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Blower - The Liberty Blower And Stand

The Bingo Game Symbol?
For most of us who are not bingo enthusiasts, an abiding impression of the game is the ubiquitous bingo blowers used to select each ball by the bingo caller. I for one, was quite surprised to find that lots of bingo callers use cages to choose their numbers instead of bingo blowers. There is a lot more to this game than meets the eye!When buying bingo blowers, bear in mind that different states have different laws pertaining to the game, but that most of them have specific guidelines about how bingo balls are to be chosen, and relating to how balls are to be displayed so that players can see them. Before buying bingo blowers or some other method of drawing your balls and displaying them, it’s a good idea to familiarize with the rules for your area to make sure you’re doing it right.

New Types of Bingo Blowers
For a really outstanding presentation of your bingo games, consider one of the new “all in one” bingo consoles which include bingo blowers as well as computerized facilities such as hall monitors, card verification and other product verification. Some of these units can add a touch of showmanship to your game as well as enhancing bingo security.

You can get manual or automatic bingo blowers depending on what you need. Almost undoubtedly, to begin with your choice of bingo blowers will be limited by budget. But it’s worth getting the flashiest machine you can find to add spice to the atmosphere in your bingo hall.

October 23, 2007

Bingo Tips

Here is some bingo tips for bingo players who play either bingo online and/or in a bingo hall. Some of the following bingo tips are more appropriate to the type of bingo player (internet bingo player or bingo hall bingo player).

Bingo Tip #1 Try to avoid overcrowded bingo game halls, look out for the ones with a good balance of bingo players, that way you maximize your chances of winning a good size bingo pot.

Bingo Tip #2 Understand that there is very little you can do to influence or predict the outcome at.

Bingo Tip #3  If you’re looking for a good sized cash bingo prize, try the internet bingo game halls that sell bingo cards priced at 25 cents. Play bingo.

October 18, 2007

The History Of The King Of Bingo

King Of Bingo owner, Ron Peters Story starts out rather uniquely.
In 1990 Ron was recovering from cancer.
After lying on the sofa for a year he realized that this can’t be his life. His life was meant to be lived.

Ron’s wife suggested that they go over to the Raynham Flea Market in Raynham Massachusetts. An opportunity to get off the sofa and out of the house, Ron went.
It was there that Ron met the Flea Market owners, Jeff and Debbie Mann.
Ron began to sell his Bingo Supplies at the Raynham Flea market and in doing so gained an education in Bingo sales and marketing.

Ron then started out at St. Margaret’s Church in Brockton Massachusetts selling everything Bingo except the  dobbers which were already being sold at the church. After being there for 9 months, Ron learned the Nature of the Player, The game and all the idiosyncrasies that went along with it.

Ron enjoyed selling his Bingo Supplies at St. Margarets but what he was really doing is  getting eduacated on how the business worked. After 6 years at the Raynham Flea Market he wanted to make the King Of Bingo bigger, expand and reach out to more people. Ron could only Sell his Bingo supplies on Sundays, he wanted something more.

Around this time the Internet was taking off. He thought about maybe taking his business to the Internet. He met up with a guy who helped him launch a simple basic website. but sadly soon after, the man who had helped him launch himself on the internet passed away.

Ron was told about two people from the Raynham flea market that happened to be right across from him when he was there, A couple by the name of Pam and David Snell of American Computer Technologies, who did computer work, web hosting and design. Ron introduced himself and told Pam of his dilemma and asked if she could help. Pam met up with Ron and the King Of Bingo was we know it today was launched.

The King Of Bingo has been a  very successful worldwide business since the launch of the site and we encourage you to stop on by. We have something for every Bingo lover.

The King Of Bingo

October 17, 2007

Welcome To Our Castle

Welcome to our Blog!
The King and I are very excited to be here.

We hope to share with you, and are eager to have you share with us.
The King and I would love to see photos of your winnings, hear about your lucky charms that won you the big one, And even your best bingo stories.

Feel Free to comment with your Stories, Email us your photos, or leave your feedback on our topics.

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Feel free to comment as well with your input and stories we’d love to hear from you!