Bingo vs. Lotto

Bingonoun

(uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.

Lottonoun

a game of chance similar to bingo

Bingonoun

(countable) A win in such a game.

‘There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money.’;

Lottonoun

a lottery

Bingonoun

A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played.

Lottonoun

A game of chance, played with cards or tickets, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. In some systems, lesser prizes are awarded for having some but not all of the numbers selected, such as four or five numbers in a six-number drawing. A variety of lotto is called keno. In another variety, the player chooses the numbers for the card or ticket s/he holds. There may be from three to seven different numbers on a card or ticket. In a modern computerized lotto system conducted by state authorities, the player chooses numbers, or allows the computer to choose numbers at random, which are then printed on a ticket that the player holds until the winning number is selected.

Bingonoun

Brandy.

Lottonoun

a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards

Bingointerjection

Used by players of bingo to claim a win.

Lottonoun

a children's game similar to bingo, in which numbered or illustrated counters or cards are drawn by the players.

Bingointerjection

(informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.

Lottonoun

a lottery.

Bingointerjection

(informal) Used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!"

Bingoadjective

Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). also written Bingo or BINGO

Bingoverb

(intransitive) To play the game of bingo.

Bingoverb

(intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.

Bingoverb

(intransitive) To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.

Bingoverb

To return to base.

Bingonoun

a game commonly used for low-stakes gambling, in which numbered balls or slips are drawn at random and players cover the correponding numbers on their cards, called Bingo cards, which have square arrangement of such numbers. Each card has a different arrangement of the numbers, and the first player to cover all numbers in one row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) is the winner, usually announcing that fact by a cry of "Bingo!"

Bingonoun

a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards