Bingo (United Kingdom) also allowed bingo halls to focus on the more lucrative business of bingo. The National Bingo Game is a bingo game operated by the National Bingo Game Association since 1986 and played in some British bingo clubs. The largest National Bingo Game operator in the UK is Mecca Bingo with approximately 97 clubs participating in the game. Gala Bingo withdrew from the National Bingo Game in 2008 and created their own version of the game, known as the High 5 game. The game was played immediately before the second half of each Main Event, the same time as when they
Buzzword bingo the word "Bingo" within the context of a comment or question. Other versions of the game require actually yelling "Bingo!" To avoid the reprimands that would likely result from doing so, participants may resort to looking at one another and silently mouthing the word "Bingo" instead. An example of a buzzword bingo card for a business management meeting is shown below. By 1992, college students played a game called "turkey bingo" where they guessed which classmates would dominate conversations in classrooms. This led to a variant popular in business schools called "bullshit bingo" based on overused business lingo. The Buzzword