Have you ever wondered if there is a complete list of nicknames that balls are called as you play? As a kid in the 70s and 80s playing Bingo at the Tower Caravan Park in Jaywick (which was then in its heyday) I used to love hearing the names they were called and sometimes the crowd (probably just at the Jaywick one lol) would add to the ambiance by making noises appropriate to some of the nicknames, ie “Legs Eleven” and the crowd would wolf whistle. LOL. Well here’s the list for you and what the crowds used to say or do in the brackets….

1 – Kelly’s Eye
2 – One Little Duck (“quack”)
3 – Cup of Tea
4 – Knock at the Door (knock on the table like knocking on a door)
5 – Man Alive
6 – Tom’s Tricks
7 – Lucky Seven
8 – Garden Gate
9 – Doctor’s Orders
10 – David’s Den – although this changes with each different Prime Minister
11 – Legs Eleven (wolf whistle)
12 – One Dozen
13 – Unlucky for Some (“booooo”)
14 – Valentines Day
15 – Young and Keen
16 – Sweet Sixteen
17 – Dancing Queen
18 – Coming of Age
19 – Goodbye Teens
20 – One Score
21 – Key of the Door
22 – Two Little Ducks (“quack, quack”)
23 – Thee and Me
24 – Two Dozen
25 – Duck and Dive
26 – Pick and Mix
27 – Gateway to Heaven
28 – Over Weight
29 – Rise and Shine
30 – Dirty Gertie
31 – Get up and Run
32 – Buckle my Shoe
33 – Dirty Knee
34 – Ask for More
35 – Jump and Jive
36 – Three Dozen
37 – More than Eleven
38 – Christmas Cake
39 – Steps
40 – Naughty Forty
41 – Time for Fun
42 – Winnie the Pooh
43 – Down on your Knees
44 – Droopy Drawers
45 – Halfway There
46 – Up to Tricks
47 – Four and Seven
48 – Four Dozen
49 – PC (“Evening All”)
50 – Half a Century
51 – Tweak of the Thumb
52 – Danny La Rue
53 – Stuck in the Tree
54 – Clean the Floor
55 – Snakes Alive
56 – Was She Worth It? (“Nooooooo!”)
57 – Heinz Varieties
58 – Make Them Wait
59 – Brighton Line (“toot toot”)
60 – Five Dozen
61 – Baker’s Bun
62 – Turn on the Screw
63 – Tickle Me
64 – Red Raw (“Ouch”)
65 – Old Age Pension
66 – Clickety Click
67 – Made in Heaven
68 – Saving Grace
69 – Either Way Up
70 – Three Score & Ten
71 – Bang on the Drum
72 – Six Dozen
73 – Queen Bee
74 – Candy Store
75 – Strive & Strive
76 – Trombones
77 – Sunset Strip
78 – Heavens Gate
79 – One More Time
80 – Eight & Zero, Blind
81 – Stop & Run
82 – Straight On Through
83 – Time for Tea
84 – Seven Dozen
85 – Staying Alive
86 – Between the Sticks
87 – Torquay in Devon
88 – Two Fat Ladies
89 – Nearly There
90 – Top of the Shop

There are variations on these as you will find as you play Bingo online, but these are the ones that I’ve come across as pretty standard. Why not compile your own list and see what you can come up with!

Belle x x x