It just occured to me !
Do you have gala ???
Do you say 'Legs eleven' etc like we do in the UK?!!!
2007-01-11 01:43:57 · 9 answers · asked by Don't Tickle Elmo 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
yes they have bingo
no gala or legs ... but there are other terms for some calls, don't ask me what they are I don't play I just know because I have friends and family that do.
2007-01-11 01:50:10 · answer #1 · answered by Chele 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes we play Bingo
But ive never herd of the other things your talking about.
In the U.S., bingo was originally called "beano". It was a country fair game where a dealer would select numbered discs from a cigar box and players would mark their cards with beans. They yelled "beano" if they won.
The game's history can be traced back to 1530, to an Italian lottery called "Lo Giuoco del Lotto D'Italia," which is still played every Saturday in Italy. From Italy the game was introduced to France in the late 1770s, where it was called "Le Lotto", a game played among wealthy Frenchmen. The Germans also played a version of the game in the 1800s, but they used it as a child's game to help students learn math, spelling and history.
When the game reached North America in 1929, it became known as "beano". It was first played at a carnival near Atlanta, Georgia. New York toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe renamed it "bingo" after he overheard someone accidentally yell "bingo" instead of "beano". He hired a Columbia University math professor, Carl Leffler, to help him increase the number of combinations in bingo cards. By 1930, Leffler had invented 6,000 different bingo cards. [It is said that Leffler then went insane.]
A Catholic priest from Pennsylvania approached Lowe about using bingo as a means of raising church funds. When bingo started being played in churches it became increasingly popular. By 1934, an estimated 10,000 bingo games were played weekly, and today more than $90 million dollars are spent on bingo each week in North America alone.
2007-01-11 01:48:33 · answer #2 · answered by Noka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes we play bingo
No we don't have Gala
and No we dont say "legs eleven"
2007-01-11 01:48:32 · answer #3 · answered by Jesus Built My Hotrod 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the U.S. bingo is called "freedom dabbers".
2007-01-11 01:51:05 · answer #4 · answered by Crash 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
bingo is big here too
2007-01-11 01:48:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they do.
I'm not sure
I highly doubt it.
2007-01-11 01:47:14 · answer #6 · answered by kitten lover3 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol, yea, but its boring, and ive only seen it in las vegas...
2007-01-11 01:50:17 · answer #7 · answered by 88 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not like that we dont.
2007-01-11 01:49:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
im not sure lets ask the americans
2007-01-11 01:47:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋