Desperate Housewives Bingo 6 years old this month and we’re proud to still be serving YOU! During Celebration days we’ve got TWO great ways for you to WIN! Watch for the DUNK JEEVES PATTERN AND the BALLOON PATTERN to get in on the fun!

DUNK JEEVES AND WIN!
The WBN Dunking Booth is open for business and everyone’s favorite caller is on the hot seat! Hit the “Bullseye” by calling bingo on the Dunk Jeeves pattern, win $15 CASH AND your nabor below you gets 3 bbz. Player has to be in chat in order for cash and bb to be awarded!

POP A BALLOON AND WIN!
Keep your eyes out for the BALLOON PATTERN. Each time it runs your dauber becomes the dart for you to POP a Balloon and win BIG BUCKS! There’s $750 in cash and BBS on the board just waiting to “pop” out for you! Bingo on the balloon pattern and the CL will ask you to pick a balloon number from 1 - 300 and let you know if you’re a big winner!

Check out the Balloon Pop board and pick your numbers wisely. If you choose a balloon number that has already been chosen, you’ll get one additional chance to pick a balloon. So, check the board frequently and make sure you don’t loose your chance! If there are multiple winners on a balloon pattern, the CL will ask for your balloon choice in alphabetical order starting with A.

There are TWO special BIRHTDAY Balloons worth $100 CASH each hidden on the board. Winners of the special balloons will be announced on
Oct. 17th in Bingo Central chat room.

Bingo cards are the most important part of the game because they are what allow the player to win or lose. Cards have five rows each with a column of five spaces. In total there are 25 spaces.

The columns are labeled from left to right with the litters B, I, N, G and O. The center space is called a “free space” and players can automatically cover it when they start the game. The rest of the spaces are labeled numerically. The B column contains random numbers from one to 15. I comprises 16 through 30. N includes numbers from 31 through 45. The G column includes numbers from 46 through 60. Finally, O contains numbers from 61 to 75. This makes 75 possible bingo numbers.

A number can appear only once on a card. The number of unique bingo cards is extremely large and can be calculated with a complicated equation.
552,446,457,061,129,000,000,000,000 possible bingo cards exist. 4,976,640,000 of them would have the same 24 numbers, but in different orders.

Because bingo is often used as an educational tool, there are special generators which allow people to create bingo cards with any words on them. For example, bingo cards can be made with vocabulary words, math problems or even questions on them. A fun birthday party game for a child is themed bingo with exciting prizes. Sometimes these cards are also made in a smaller version with three rows and columns, making for nine total squares.

People who travel a lot can get travel bingo cards. These cards transform bingo games into a fun car activity. There are cards with road signs and cards with different kinds of cars on them. Some also mix road signs and vehicles. This is a great way to amuse children (and sometimes adults too) on long car trips.

There are also bingo cards with shapes or patterns highlighted on them. These allow for a variation on the game. Rather than filling out a certain row, players have to cover all the highlighted areas. In addition to designs there are cards with letters, shapes and more.

Bingo on a whole is becoming more and more popular, and baby shower bingo has caught on as a baby shower game craze.

Games go in and out of fashion, and the game of choice for the moment for baby shower games is baby shower bingo. It is a big hit at showers, and a way to get involved in the gift opening time period during the baby shower.

While bingo has been around for centuries, it has never been played like this before. It is a great interactive game that lets the guests be more involved, much like traditional bingo only with baby gifts. It is an extremely fun game to play anywhere, but playing this great game at a baby shower is even better.

Hosting A Baby Shower

If you are setting up the baby shower bingo game, you will need to prepare a few simple things: bingo cards, markers and bingo pieces to draw randomly.

You can make your own baby shower bingo game cards by preparing a five by five grid of squares, each with a baby related word or picture on it.

When you design your own baby shower bingo cards, you can experiment with different paper colors, fonts, and images to get the right bingo card for your baby shower theme and color scheme. You will need to make enough cards for every guest that will be attending the baby shower for them to enjoy the Baby Shower Bingo.

You do not have to make your own bingo cards; you can purchase sets for playing baby shower bingo online or at most party stores. In addition, several web sites offer free printable baby shower bingo cards you can print on your own computer.

How To Play Gift Baby Shower Bingo

During the Baby Shower, hand each guest a bingo card and 15-20 game pieces.

Instruct the guests that as the expectant mother is opening her gifts, they place a Hershey’s Kiss or other game piece on their card if the gift is on one of the squares of their Baby Shower Bingo card. Every time that she opens one of the gifts the guests mark off that gift on their bingo card.

Bingo is achieved when a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line is complete across the game board. The first guest to get five in a row wins the game of baby shower bingo.

Another variation for Baby Shower Bingo can begin with blank cards given to each guest as they arrive. Have each participant fill in the blank squares with items they think the mother-to-be will receive.

Bingo games can be comprised of the mother’s family names, the kinds of gift’s she receives, or even baby names.

If you prepare properly ahead of time, baby shower bingo can be a great way to keep your guests entertained through the party and is a great way to give out prizes to your guests.