Bingo (United Kingdom) but 'red seventeen'. This means that the numbers can be called a lot faster by the caller (usually around 1.5 seconds a number). In most UK bingo clubs, including most Gala Bingo clubs, mechanised cash bingo is played on a plastic board which has small windows which are used to cover up the numbers when they are called. In all Mecca Bingo clubs, bingo cards are built into the table tops and the numbers are covered up using small plastic chips. The company involved will then use a computer (called a stage rig controller) to automatically take a "participation fee"
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