The CWA are advertising one here for next Tuesday. I went to a Cent Sale once in Bundy, years ago now. I'm presuming its something similiar.
These must all be Qld events as never heard of them before in Vic or anywhere else.
I will go along to see what its all about but wondered before I get there.
Gerty Dancer said
03:38 AM Mar 17, 2013
I think Hoy is a game like Bingo?
The only Tombowler I remember was a large sized marble, great for knocking your opponents marbles out of the ring!
Happywanderer said
03:44 AM Mar 17, 2013
Oh, never heard of either of those Gerty. Its spelt Tombola without the W. Maybe I should google it.
Happywanderer said
03:47 AM Mar 17, 2013
I googled Tombola. Its a type of raffle with numbers drawn continually from a revolving drum. Sounds similiar to the Cent Sale I went to.
Will now google Hoy.
Happywanderer said
03:51 AM Mar 17, 2013
Hoy is a simple bingo game as you said Gerty
vk6tnc said
04:02 AM Mar 17, 2013
Remember, Google is your friend....
I would have sat for hours trying to remember the name of the young girl singing on a high wire at the Sydney Olympics.
Google: young girl sing 2000 olympics....quick as a flash you get "Nikki Webster"
Happywanderer said
04:15 AM Mar 17, 2013
What did we do before we had google, it's certainly a great invention.
Dougwe said
04:27 AM Mar 17, 2013
I only remember the big marbles too like GD said, good fun though. The only Hoy I know of is Hoy Sin Sauce.
Dougwe said
04:29 AM Mar 17, 2013
Sounds like if you went Marj you will be playing Bingo.
Happywanderer said
04:46 AM Mar 17, 2013
Its definitely a Qld thing. I will go along Tuesday, might win something interesting.
Dougwe said
04:52 AM Mar 17, 2013
My late wife loved bingo and once when we were away she decided to go to the local bingo game and won. She came back with a small pocket size pack of tissues. That was in Queensland. Good luck Marj.
Duh said
05:10 AM Mar 17, 2013
Don't know about Hoy, but Bingo is played extensively in WA (no pokies in clubs or RSL's over here, only at the Casino).
I played it at a British Navy establishment in Singapore, was called Tombola there. Also played at Australian Army bases in NSW where it was called Housy Housy.
Invented by the Italians apparently according to google.
Happywanderer said
05:20 AM Mar 17, 2013
I played Bingo every week back in Echuca/Moama when I lived there. The prizes were good too. Bingo is with numbers. Hoy seems to be with pictures of some sort and when you get a line or a full card you call out Hoy. Its called Housey in NZ. The first time I played it over here and got a full card I called out House instead of Bingo. Gave everyone a good laugh.
Duh said
09:06 AM Mar 17, 2013
Seems to be very popular, particularly with women, many of whom can play quite a number of coupons at the same time.....and woe betide anyone who sits in someones favorite seat......
gst said
12:54 PM Mar 17, 2013
Tombola a all ball game from Italy and Hoy is like bingo using playing cards when bingo was not allowed in QLD they would play Hoy for grocers to raise funds for clubs. Both fun games.
-- Edited by gst on Sunday 17th of March 2013 12:59:05 PM
-- Edited by gst on Sunday 17th of March 2013 12:59:35 PM
gst said
03:03 PM Mar 17, 2013
Tombola a all ball game from Italy and Hoy is like bingo using playing cards when bingo was not allowed in QLD they would play Hoy for grocers to raise funds for clubs. Both fun games
sorry your right lost trAin Of. Throught thinking of bocce it is a raffle.
-- Edited by gst on Sunday 17th of March 2013 12:59:05 PM
-- Edited by gst on Sunday 17th of March 2013 03:08:57 PM
Dougwe said
04:18 PM Mar 17, 2013
Shot at dawn Vic.
Gerty Dancer said
04:32 PM Mar 17, 2013
I'm too scared to go to Bingo in the local hall for that reason!
Happywanderer said
05:10 PM Mar 17, 2013
Know what you mean. I used to go to the Bingo at Moama RSL. It started at 11am. All chairs were claimed by 10am. They would leave their belongings there and go away for an hour. I always ended up on the very back table as nobody else wanted it. If you got there early and took someones the glare when they arrived was enough to shrink to the back tables.
Duh said
05:24 PM Mar 17, 2013
Dougwe wrote:
Shot at dawn Vic.
And more Doug, most of the regulars know each other and form little groups at the tables, saving seats for others in their group like Marj says by placing things on them etc.....newbies are not very welcome, best to go with a friend who is a regular, they resent anyone winning "their" prizes if you know what I mean. Not that I was a regular but have been to a few games and observed etc.....
Happywanderer said
06:28 PM Mar 17, 2013
Very true, Duh.
Happywanderer said
09:05 PM Mar 17, 2013
Thats strange gst. When I googled Tombola it said it is a type of raffle. I don't want to go to a ball game.
Duh said
11:52 PM Mar 17, 2013
You got one thing right gst, apparently a version of it started in Italy before it spread to other parts of the world, being modified by some along the way....
Happywanderer said
12:05 AM Mar 18, 2013
Ok, found out exactly what they are today from the neighbour who is also going on Tuesday.
They are both a type of raffle the same as a cent sale. When you walk in the door you buy strips of numbers, either 5 or 10 on a strip for either $5 or $10 eg $1.00 each number. Numbers are called out from the barrel, if it is your number you hold it up in your hand and call out. They bring you up a prize. And so on. Morning tea or lunch will be provided. I have a feeling from the one I went to in Bundy all prizes are donated from local businesses. I had no idea that the other nearby towns around here hold them all the time.
The CWA are advertising one here for next Tuesday. I went to a Cent Sale once in Bundy, years ago now. I'm presuming its something similiar.
These must all be Qld events as never heard of them before in Vic or anywhere else.
I will go along to see what its all about but wondered before I get there.
I think Hoy is a game like Bingo?
The only Tombowler I remember was a large sized marble, great for knocking your opponents marbles out of the ring!
Will now google Hoy.
I would have sat for hours trying to remember the name of the young girl singing on a high wire at the Sydney Olympics.
Google: young girl sing 2000 olympics....quick as a flash you get "Nikki Webster"
Don't know about Hoy, but Bingo is played extensively in WA (no pokies in clubs or RSL's over here, only at the Casino).
I played it at a British Navy establishment in Singapore, was called Tombola there. Also played at Australian Army bases in NSW where it was called Housy Housy.
Invented by the Italians apparently according to google.
Its called Housey in NZ. The first time I played it over here and got a full card I called out House instead of Bingo. Gave everyone a good laugh.
Seems to be very popular, particularly with women, many of whom can play quite a number of coupons at the same time.....and woe betide anyone who sits in someones favorite seat......
Tombola a all ball game from Italy and Hoy is like bingo using playing cards when bingo was not allowed in QLD they would play Hoy for grocers to raise funds for clubs. Both fun games.
-- Edited by gst on Sunday 17th of March 2013 12:59:05 PM
-- Edited by gst on Sunday 17th of March 2013 12:59:35 PM
Tombola a all ball game from Italy and Hoy is like bingo using playing cards when bingo was not allowed in QLD they would play Hoy for grocers to raise funds for clubs. Both fun games
sorry your right lost trAin Of. Throught thinking of bocce it is a raffle.
-- Edited by gst on Sunday 17th of March 2013 12:59:05 PM
-- Edited by gst on Sunday 17th of March 2013 03:08:57 PM
I always ended up on the very back table as nobody else wanted it. If you got there early and took someones the glare when they arrived was enough to shrink to the back tables.
And more Doug, most of the regulars know each other and form little groups at the tables, saving seats for others in their group like Marj says by placing things on them etc.....newbies are not very welcome, best to go with a friend who is a regular, they resent anyone winning "their" prizes if you know what I mean. Not that I was a regular but have been to a few games and observed etc.....
You got one thing right gst, apparently a version of it started in Italy before it spread to other parts of the world, being modified by some along the way....
They are both a type of raffle the same as a cent sale.
When you walk in the door you buy strips of numbers, either 5 or 10 on a strip for either $5 or $10 eg $1.00 each number.
Numbers are called out from the barrel, if it is your number you hold it up in your hand and call out. They bring you up a prize. And so on.
Morning tea or lunch will be provided.
I have a feeling from the one I went to in Bundy all prizes are donated from local businesses.
I had no idea that the other nearby towns around here hold them all the time.