Bingo Bowling.

Bingo Bowling combines the skill of bowling with the grid of a bingo card. It is a team game that is contested over a set of lanes. Each team is assigned to one lane.

The lane is presented with a bingo card. Like a bingo card, a bowling bingo card consists of 25 squares. The middle square is still a free space. The other 24 squares consist of possible single frame or single ball bowling scores.

One bowler on the team will bowl a ball. If the outcome of the ball is on the bingo card, the bowler may cover/scratch/daub that result, reset the pins, and the process repeats for the next bowler. Otherwise, a bowler may take up to three balls to achieve one of the outcomes still uncovered on the bingo card.

A turn ends either when a square is dabbed, three balls are thrown, or if it is impossible to achieve one of the uncovered squares.

The first lane to achieve a total blackout yells BINGO and wins the game.

This game is a race, therefore it is run by a moderator, who gives the signal to start. If there is a pinsetter stop or other trouble, play is stopped by the moderator while the trouble is repaired. The moderator must give the signal to resume after a stoppage.

Automatic scoring and any anti-theft measures implemented by the automatic scoring are bypassed for bingo bowling or any other race game. The game also requires the emergency pinsetter reset. The teams are advised of the location of the emergency reset.

A square labeled with these scores must be done on the first ball: strike, left, right, head pin, gutter ball, split, aces.

A square labeled with a spare must be completed in two balls.

The following numeric scores are possible and can be done in up to three balls: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15. Of these, 9 is the most difficult to obtain, followed by 6, 8, and 12.

The event may limit turns to two balls - if so there will not be a 9 on the card and 6 is the most difficult.

The race may be timed. If nobody calls bingo when time lapses, the team with the fewest uncovered squares on the card is a winner. A sudden death playoff may be used to break a tie.

There are other derivatives of bingo bowling:

• Travel Game: A map is presented to each team with a loop route. Everybody starts at point A. To get to point B a specific score must be bowled. If a bowler cannot score the target score, the team stays at point A. Once a bowler scores the exact score, the team proceeds to point B. This repeats for each path in the route. The first team to complete the route and get back to point A is the winner. The map can be a province, country, city or the globe.
• Snakes and Ladders: A team is presented with a snakes and ladders board. A strike represents a roll of 3, a spare represents a roll of 2, and an open frame represents a roll of 1. Timing of strikes and spares is essential to avoid snake tails and hit ladder bases. To win this game, the team must reach square 100 and then punch a head-pin out of a full rack of pins.

Bingo bowling and other race games are only available on two-hour group rates. Ask the control desk if bingo bowling is right for your group event.