Bingo Calls

Bingo calls are used in traditional bingo halls to make it more clear which number it is that the caller is referring to. Some of the bingo calls are quite simple, such as 'four and seven' for 27. Other calls are slightly more obscure, describing the appearance of the number, rhyming with the number, or having some political or biblical significance. Some UK calls are based on rhyming slang, and there are many variations of some numbers.

Some of the variations are listed here. Some numbers, such as number 10, change over the years – for example, when Margaret Thatcher was in power, number 10 was referred to as 'Maggies Den'. 

1. Kelly's Eye / At the Beginning / Nelson's Column
2. One Little Duck / Me and You / Buckle My Shoe / Doctor Who
3. Cup of tea / You and Me / Debbie McGee
4. Knock at the Door / B4 / Bobby Moore
5. Man Alive / One Little Snake
6. Tom's tricks / Tom Nix / Chopsticks
7. Lucky Seven / God's in Heaven / David Beckham
8. One Fat Lady / Golden Gate / Gareth Gates
9. Doctor's Orders
10. Tony's Den / Downing Street / Uncle Ben
11. Legs Eleven
12. One Dozen / Monkey's Cousin
13.Unlucky for Some / Devil's Number/ Baker’s Dozen
14. Valentines Day
15. Young and keen / Rugby Team
16. Sweet Sixteen / She's Lovely / Never been kissed
17. Dancing Queen / The age to catch 'em
18. Coming of Age / Now you can vote
19. Goodbye Teens
20. One Score/ Blind 20 / Getting plenty
21. Key of the Door
22. Two Little Ducks / All the Twos / Quack Quack
23. Thee and Me / The Lord is my Shepherd
24. Two dozen / Did you score?
25. Duck and Dive
26. Pick and Mix / Half a crown / Bed and Breakfast  
27. Gateway to Heaven / Little duck with a Crutch
28. Over Weight / In a State
29. You're doing Fine / Rise and Shine / In your prime
30. Dirty Gertie / Speed Limit / Flirty thirty / Blind 30 / Ali G
31. Get up and Run
32. Buckle my Shoe / Jimmy Choo
33. Dirty Knees / All the Threes / All the Feathers / Two Little Fleas / Sherwood Forest
34. Ask for More / Dirty Whore
35. Jump and Jive
36. Three Dozen
37. A Flea in Heaven / More than Eleven
38. Christmas Cake
39. Those Famous Steps / Steps / Jack Benny
40. Naughty Forty / Life begins at
41. Life's begun / Time for Fun
42. Winnie the Pooh / The Famous Street in Manhattan
43. Down on your Knees
44. Droopy Drawers / All the Fours / Diana Dors
45. Halfway There / Halfway House / Cowboy's Friend
46. Up to Tricks
47. Four and Seven
48. Four Dozen
49. Rise and shine / P.C. / Copper / Nick Nick
50. Half a Century/ Bulls Eye / Blind 50 / Hawaii Five O
51. Tweak of the Thumb
52. Pack of Cards /Danny La Rue / Weeks in a Year
53. Stuck in the Tree / The Joker
54. Clean the Floor / House of Bamboo
55. Snakes Alive / All the Fives
56. Was she worth it?
57. Heinz Varieties
58. Make them Wait / Choo choo Thomas
59. Brighton Line
60. Five Dozen /Three Score / Blind 60
61. Bakers Bun
62. Turn on the Screw / Tickety Boo
63. Tickle Me
64. Red Raw / The Beatles' Number
65. Old Age Pension / Stop Work
66. Clickety Click / All the Sixes
67. Made in Heaven / Argumentative Number
68. Saving Grace
69. Either Way Up / The Same Both Ways / Your Place or Mine / Meal for Two
70. Three Score and Ten / Blind 70
71. Bang on the Drum / J-Lo's Bum
72. Six Dozen / A Crutch and a Duck / Par for the Course
73. Crutch and a flea / Queen B
74. Candy Store
75. Strive and Strive / On The Skive
76. Trombones / Was She Worth It
77. Sunset Strip / All the Sevens / Two Little Crutches
78. Heavens Gate
79. One More Time
80. Eight and Blank / There you go matey /Gandhi's Breakfast
81. Stop and Run
82. Straight on Through/ Fat lady with a Duck
83. Time for Tea / Ethel's Ear
84. Seven Dozen
85. Staying Alive
86. Between the Sticks
87. Torquay in Devon / Fat lady with a Crutch
88. Two fat ladies / All the Eights
89. Nearly there / All but One
90. Top of the Shop / Top of the House / As Far as we go / End of the Line