game box, Bingo
Report a Mistake- Date Made Circa 1940
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- Object Number 2004.18.136.1 a-b
- Place of Origin Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Merchandising tools and equipment
- Department History
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1935/01/01
- Latest 1945/12/31
- Inscription (lid/couvercle) S-153/18 - CARD/BINGO/MADE IN CANADA (both ends of lid/bouts de couvercle) 18 - CARD BINGO (inside of lid/à l'intérieur de couvercle) BINGO/B 1 thru B 15/I 16 thru I 30/N 31 thru N 45/G 46 thru G 60/O 61 thru O 75/One player is chosen to act as "Banker" of the game. He does not play, his part in the game being to draw and call the numbered wooden counters. The "Banker" shuffles the Bingo cards and places them face down on the table. He then allows each player to draw a card. The plain counters are broken up and divided evenly amongst the players. These are used to cover the numbers as called. The "Banker" places before him the Bingo number sheet which gives the complete list of numbers, and as he calls the number he places them over the corresponding number on this sheet. The numbers should be placed in a deep box or paper bag so that the numbers cannot be seen. The players place their Bingo card face up in front of them. To begin each player places a counter on the "Free" space in the center of his card. The "Banker" now draws a numbered counter blindly from the container, and calls it aloud and places it face up on the number sheet. Suppose he calls "N 47". The player having a card with the number "47" in his third row under "N", calls it and places one of his counters over the number. If no player has a card bearing the number called, it is simply placed on the number sheet along with the others. The game proceeds in this way with the "Banker" calling the numbers and the players covering when their numbers are called, until a player has covered five numbers in a row, when he calls "BINGO!" and the game stops. The player may have five numbers in a row, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. After the player calls "Bingo" he reads back the five numbers in his row, and they are checked by the "Banker" , who notes if they are on his number sheet. The "Banker" then adds the numbers covered in the winning row, and enters the total as the score for the winner on a score sheet.
- Materials Cardboard, Ink
- Measurements Height 3.1 cm, Length 31.0 cm, Width 15.5 cm