Tambola is a popular party game in India. Its also known as Bingo / Housie across the world and is a slow casino game, played by a person calling out numbers and players scoring out numbers on a ticket. Each player gets a unique ticket and a range of prizes can be given away. To name a few they are
- Four Corners – The one who gets all 4 corner numbers scored off on the ticket first.
- Fast Five – The one who gets 5 numbers scored off the ticket first.
- Top Row – The one who gets the top row numbers scored out first.
- Middle Row – The one who gets the middle row numbers scored out first.
- Lats Row – The one who gets the last row numbers scored out first.
- Full House – The one who gets all numbers on the ticket scored out first.
To make the number calling fun, we’ve listed out fun ways to keep players entertained through the game.
| No | Option 1 | Option 2 | Option 3 | Option 4 | Option 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lone ranger | Buttered scone | Top of the house number 1 | Son of a gun | At the beginning |
| 2 | One little duck | Me and you | Kaala dhan | Doctor who | |
| 3 | Happy family | goodness me | |||
| 4 | Murgi chor | Knock at the door | Hum 2 hamare 2 | ||
| 5 | Hum paanch | Symbol of congress | Punjab da puttar | Fingers in your hand | |
| 6 | Bottom heavy | Chopping sticks | Super sixer | In a fix | |
| 7 | Lucky no. Seven | One hockey stick | God’s in Heaven | days in a week | Colours of rainbow |
| 8 | One fat major | Garden gate | Big fat lady number 8 | ||
| 9 | You are mine | Number of planets | Doctor’s time | ||
| 10 | A big fat hen | Cock and hen | Uncle Ben | ||
| 11 | Two heavenly legs | Two beautiful legs | Sexy legs | ||
| 12 | One dozen | Monkeys cousin, one dozen | |||
| 13 | Bakers dozen | Unlucky for some lucky for me no | |||
| 14 | Valentine’s Day | Tender chick | |||
| 15 | Yet to be kissed | ||||
| 16 | Sweet sixteen | never been kissed | |||
| 17 | Dancing Queen | Not so sweet | |||
| 18 | Voting age | ||||
| 19 | Last of the teens | End of teens | Goodbye teens | ||
| 20 | One score | Blind 20 | |||
| 21 | President’s salute | All womens age | |||
| 22 | Two little ducks | ||||
| 23 | You and me | ||||
| 24 | Two dozen | Want somemore at 24 | |||
| 25 | Quarter | Silver Jublee Number | Wish to have a wife at 25 | Duck & dive @ 25 | |
| 26 | Republic Day | ||||
| 27 | Gateway to heaven | ||||
| 28 | Duck and its mate | Overweight @ 28 | In a state | ||
| 29 | In your prime | Gin & Wine | Rise & shine | ||
| 30 | Women get flirty at 30 | ||||
| 31 | Time for fun | Flavours at baskin Robins | Get up and run | ||
| 32 | Mouth Full | Buckle my shoe | |||
| 33 | All the 3s | Two little bees | |||
| 34 | Dil mange more | Ask for more | Lions roar | ||
| 35 | Flirty wife | Jump and jive | |||
| 36 | Popular size | Three dozens | Yardstick | ||
| 37 | Mixed luck | More than eleven | Lime and leamon | ||
| 38 | Oversize | Christmas cake | |||
| 39 | Watch your waistline | ||||
| 40 | Naughty 40 | Life begins at | Men get naughty | ||
| 41 | Life’s begun at 41 | Time for some fun @ 41 | Kiss and run | ||
| 42 | Quit India Movement | Winnie the pooh | |||
| 43 | Pain in the knee | Down on your knees | Climb a tree | ||
| 44 | All the fours | Chor chor, all the 4 | |||
| 45 | Halfway there | ||||
| 46 | Up to tricks | ||||
| 47 | Year of Independence | Four and seven | |||
| 48 | Four dozen | You are not late | |||
| 49 | Rise and shine | Your waist line | |||
| 50 | Half a century | Golden Jublee | |||
| 51 | Charity begins at 51 | I love my mum | |||
| 52 | Pack of cards | Weeks in a year | |||
| 53 | Stuck in a tree | ||||
| 54 | Clean the floor | House of bamboo door | |||
| 55 | All the fives | Bunch of 5s | Snakes alive @ 55 | ||
| 56 | Pick up sticks | Was she worth it? | |||
| 57 | Mutiny Year | ||||
| 58 | Make them wait | Time to retire | |||
| 59 | Just retired | ||||
| 60 | Five dozen | ||||
| 61 | Bakers bun | ||||
| 62 | Turn the screw | Click the two | |||
| 63 | Tickle me | Click the three | |||
| 64 | Hard core | Catch the chor | |||
| 65 | Old age pension | ||||
| 66 | Chakke pe chakka | All the 6s | |||
| 67 | Made in heaven | ||||
| 68 | Check your weight | Saving grace | |||
| 69 | Your place or mine | Ulta Pulta | |||
| 70 | Lucky blind | ||||
| 71 | Bang the drum | Lucky bachelor | |||
| 72 | Lucky 2 | ||||
| 73 | Under the tree | A crutch and a flea | |||
| 74 | Still want more | Lucky chor | Candy store | Lucky 4 | |
| 75 | Lucky Five | Diamond Jublee | |||
| 76 | Lucky six | ||||
| 77 | Two hockey sticks | hum saat saat hai | Double hockey sticks | ||
| 78 | Heaven’s gate | Lucky seth (hindi) | |||
| 79 | One more time | lucky nine | |||
| 80 | Gandhi’s breakfast | ||||
| 81 | Corner shot | ||||
| 82 | Last of the two | Fat lady with a duck | |||
| 83 | India wins Cricket World Cup | Time for tea | |||
| 84 | Last of the chors | Seven dozen | |||
| 85 | Staying alive | Grandma | |||
| 86 | Between the sticks | Last six | |||
| 87 | Grandpa | Fat lady with a crutch | |||
| 88 | Two fat ladies | ||||
| 89 | All but one | Nearly there | |||
| 90 | Top of the house | End of the line | As far as we go |