Bingo Syndicates

Bingo is generally viewed as a game played by individuals, but there is nothing to stop you and a group of friends creating an informal “bingo syndicate” so that you can effectively play as a team. As you will see over the next few minutes, creating a bingo syndicate is not at all complicated, and playing as part of a syndicate can increase your chances of winning a prize quite considerably.

A syndicate is any group of people who agree to play a game as a team and divide the costs and any prize money they win equally and fairly. In the world of bingo this increases your chances of winning because it means that you have a potential winning share of more cards.

For example, if you go to a bingo club or online bingo room with five friends and you each buy six tickets, you effectively have thirty tickets in total playing for you. You are five times more likely to win than you would be if you played as an individual. Of course, any prize money won must be shared between the five syndicate members, but a fifth of something is generally better than the whole of nothing, so the idea of playing as a syndicate appeals to you, here’s how to go about it:

Get some members

The most successful syndicates are made up of people that trust each other. Friends and family members therefore tend to be the best people to play together in a syndicate. The important thing is that you will all speak up if and when you win, and that none of you will be tempted to hoard syndicate winnings unfairly.

Agree on a game plan

How much money will each of you contribute to the syndicate, and when will you play? It is a good idea to agree on certain times so that you can play at other times as individuals if you want to do this and so that nobody is tempted to simply allocate their losing tickets to the syndicate and their winning tickets to themselves.

Play together

If possible, the syndicate should play together at the same time using syndicate funds, either by visiting a bingo club or going online and playing in the same room. By doing this you will all be able to share in the excitement of any one of you winning, and the social aspect of the game will be even more fulfilling that usual.

As you can see, setting up a bingo syndicate is actually quite simple, so the exercise is well worth the investment of a little time and effort.

Here's to your first syndicate win!