宾果游戏在英国

　　在英国，玩宾果游戏一般都在大厅中玩现金奖。主要与较大的商业机构和其他类型的厅结合起来。在晚上，大量现金的款项花费，可以在得到免费玩一个特定游戏的机会。

　　同时，几乎每一个在英国的海边小镇的屏幕上都会出现一个跨幻灯片封面的号码呈现在玩家面前，大概是因为我们的赌博法的原因，宾果游戏没有设立奖金，那些都是像各种可爱的玩具的奖品。

　　在其他时间里，玩宾果游戏再次获得各种奖品，而不是现金，在全国各地无数的地方：会堂或学校，通常筹资者会像对一个老人一样表示各种关切。这里店主和企业在镇和周边地区捐赠的奖品，并且这些赌博游戏的气氛通常是非常轻松和快乐的。整个晚上，无论是在哪里来的人，每个人都受欢迎，甚至包括儿童。

　　这些游戏奖品有所不同，但平均为一号线的奖品是价值约1.00 - 2.50（取决于谁举办晚上宾果游戏），任何2号线将价值约2 - 5，和一个完整的家（卡上的所有号码），价值5 - 10。他们可能是巧克力盒，一瓶葡萄酒，一家杂货店，一张当地的肉类或奶油茶券，一家本地的茶叶店，一个游泳池，甚至有两张免费通行证。应有尽有。

　　英国和澳大利亚的宾果卡有三个行和9列（见上图），通常在“书籍”，单个或多个。一本书将包含十10页（10张），每一个都有不同的颜色：金，石灰，紫，黄，粉红，灰，橙，蓝，红，白。

　　多书有6个单书。多书的每一页都有6个颜色相同的卡片。页面上的6张卡的穿孔边缘可以拉开。经验丰富的玩家将玩尽所有的6本书籍而缺乏经验的玩家或青少年儿童可能只会玩1本书，甚至一个单一的卡。

　　这些被称为“飞人”的宾果卡的单页，也有出售的6节（6张）。同样，你可以买到一节或6张，以满足您的口袋或你的经验。传单的成本超过书本的成本，但每场比赛的奖品通常是价值多一点。

　　在大城镇内，宾果游戏对“大企业”和市民有着重大的影响，大家都希望能赢得那难以捉摸的奖品。在小城镇和村庄，它为许多社交场合与业余爱好者增添了许多轻松的气氛。

　　译文

　　In the U.K. Bingo is played mainly in large halls with cash prizes, the larger commercial concerns are linked up with other halls during one particular game in the evening and large cash sums can be won on these.

　　It is also played in nearly every seaside town in the U.K. on screens in front of the player who pulls a slide across to cover the number called, but, presumably because of our gambling laws, there are no cash prizes, just various items like cuddly toys.

　　The other times Bingo is played, again for prizes, not cash, is in a myriad of local halls or schools around the country, usually as a fund raiser for various concerns like an old people抯 Day Centre. Here the prizes are donated by shopkeepers and businesses in the town and surrounding area and the atmosphere at these Bingo games is usually very relaxed and a fun evening out where everyone is welcome, even children.

　　The prizes vary for these games but on average a prize for any one line is worth about ?1.00 - ?2.50 （depending on who is organising the bingo evening）， any 2 lines would be worth about ?2 - ?5 and a full house （all the numbers on a card） worth ?5 - ?10. They could be boxes of chocolates, bottles of wine, a grocery hamper, a voucher from a local butcher for meat or a cream tea for two at a local tea-shop or even 2 free passes to a swimming pool. Anything really.

　　U.K. （and Australian） bingo cards have three lines and nine columns （see picture above） and usually come in "Books"; single or multiple. A single book would contain ten 10 pages （10 cards） each of a different colour: Gold, Lime, Violet, Yellow, Pink, Grey, Orange, Blue, Red and White.

　　A multiple book has 6 single books. Each page in a multiple book has 6 cards of the same colour. The 6 cards on a page are joined with perforated edges and can be pulled apart. Experienced players will play all 6 books and inexperienced players or young children may only play 1 book, or even a single card.

　　As well as books, there are also single sheets of bingo cards sold with the 6 sections on （six cards） and these are called "Flyers". Again you can buy just one section or 6 to suit your pocket or your experience. The flyers cost more per game than on the books but the prizes are usually worth a bit more.

　　In the large towns and cities Bingo is fairly "big business" and people play in deadly earnest, hoping to win that elusive jackpot. In small towns and villages it抯 much more of a social occasion with amateur callers and a lot lighter atmosphere.

　　Australia uses the same bingo cards as in the U.K. In Sydney and Melbourne the callers are incredibly fast. In Perth they call a lot slower.