LotingoBingo & Lotto
LotingoBingo & Lotto
Lotingo does the job of the bingo caller and the cards at the same time. It draws each number, reads it out loud and keeps track of everything that has been called, while every player marks a card on their own phone. It covers Bingo 75, 80 and 30, and it also plays Lotto 90, the version of the game Vietnamese families have loved for generations.
The caller, the cards and the check of a winning card all live in one app, and none of it requires an internet connection.
Nobody has to sit there drawing balls and calling until their voice gives out. Switch on automatic calling and the app draws a new number every few seconds and reads it out loud, so the host gets to play along with everyone else. Every number that has come up stays on the board, so anyone who looked away can catch up at a glance.
Every player gets fresh cards on their own phone and marks them the way they would on paper, either by placing a marker on each number or by sliding markers along the row.
Hosting but still want to play? You do not have to choose. Lotingo calls the numbers and keeps your own cards on the same phone.
When someone shouts Bingo, check their card against the numbers already called in a second. If the card is on another phone, simply scan the QR code on it.
Three kinds of Bingo, each with its own winning patterns, plus Lotto 90 with the traditional set of 16 Vietnamese lô tô cards.
A phone call, a locked screen or an app that was closed by accident will not end the game. When you come back, the round is waiting exactly where you left it.
The rules fit in three lines, which is why everyone from kids to grandparents can join in.
Each card holds a grid of numbers. In Lotto 90, the Vietnamese lô tô, every row has five numbers between 1 and 90.
Numbers are drawn one at a time and called out to the whole room.
Players mark every number they have. One number away? You are on One to go. Complete the pattern, or a full row in Lotto, and shout Bingo!
The game runs entirely on the phone, so it works in a village hall, on a trip, or anywhere the network gives up.
There are no coins, no wallet and no bets. Lotingo is a party game, and it stays that way.
There is no account to create. Your rounds and cards stay on your own phone.
Ads keep the app free, but they never show up while a round is being played.
It is free to download, requires no internet connection and asks for no account.