Bingo is a game of chance.
Players receive cards on which numbers are printed in different arrangements, and these need to be matched to determine the winner.
The game host or ‘caller’ draws random numbers.
When the player finds the selected numbers, they need to mark their card and once a row (in some cases a certain pattern) is created, they call out ‘Bingo!’ to alert the other players and officials.
Once the card has been verified as a winner, the game can begin again from scratch.
According to internet research, a United Kingdom-based Bingo company asked more than 1 000 people if the game should be recognised as an official sport, in time for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
A total of 95 per cent of the people who took the poll agreed.
There is currently an online petition circulating, seeking signatures from the public and hoping to compel the powers that be to include this sport in the Olympic Games.
In the meantime, senior citizens of Club 60 started their first event of the year with a serious game of Bingo on Saturday.
The concentration was palpable as seniors marked their way to the winning number combination.
After some long and exciting games, two of the seniors were the winners.
Club 60 members said it was a morning well spent, as these events kept the spirits high and interaction on a social level was the order of the day.
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