Dice bingo, also known as ‘Dingo’, is a bingo game often used as a fun break from teaching basic maths in a classroom environment. Dice Bingo is also a good game to play with children and/or adults recreationally at home.
You will need pencils, two dice and each player will need some paper. On the paper you need to draw a 5 by 5 square grid. Within the 25 squares you need to place 25 numbers between 2 and 12. You can use any number as many times as you like as long as it is between 2 and 12.
The ‘bingo caller’ rolls the dice and calls out the total. If the player has this number on the grid they must cross it off. If the player has the number more than once they must choose which one to cross off. You can only cross off one number per roll of the dice.
The first person to cross off all 25 numbers wins the game. It’s a good idea to make a note of each number as the dice are rolled so you can cross check against the winning square.
If you are playing with children at home, organize some fun inexpensive prizes such as a colouring book with pens or a comic. You will need to decide if you are awarding prizes for patterns such as diagonals, rows or columns.
There are variations on this game with different coloured squares and numbers which are particularly fun to play with young children. These are available online.