Each player pays an agreed-upon amount per ticket to buy as many tickets as they’d like. The caller then verifies the crossed-out numbers on their ticket, and if everything matches up, they win the round! Tambola can also be played for cash. When a player thinks they've won, they must immediately announce it out loud. The caller continues drawing numbers until one player completes the winning point for that round. Any player who has that number on their ticket crosses it off. The caller then draws a random number without looking and reads it out loud. The players also choose one person to be the caller for the round, who will be responsible for drawing and calling out the numbers.
Some common winning points include Early 5, where the first ticket to have 5 crossed-off numbers wins Top Row, where the first ticket to have all the numbers in the top row crossed off wins Corners, where the first ticket to have all 4 corner numbers crossed off wins and Full House, where the first ticket to have all of the numbers on it crossed off wins. Before the round starts, the players must decide what the winning point, or winning configuration, for that round will be. Each ticket features 15 random numbers between 1 and 90.
To start the game, each player gets one ticket. In Tambola, players cross off numbers on special Tambola tickets as they’re read out by the caller. Tambola is a fun game that’s similar to the game of Bingo.
If you are organizing the game, feel free to make up your own winning point, or explore the many ideas available either online or with other tambola players.
First row is another winning point alternative.This is best if you only want to play a short game. The player who first strikes 5 numbers in any row wins. Early 5 is another common winning point option.A popular winning point for tambola games is full house, which means that the ticket with all of the numbers struck first wins. These interesting housie tickets suits well with the Bollywood theme kitty party but can also be played in any ladies kitty party, family gathering or in any office party too. The caller will let everyone know before playing the game what the winning point is. The next add-on in my list of tambola games or say housie tickets is an interesting designed 2D Bollywood Tambola. The winning point of the game is the rule that determines how a player can win. Decide on the winning point for the game.