Dating all the way back to Italy in the 1500s, it made its way to France, Great Britain, and other parts of Europe in the 1700s. You may already know a bit about the history of bingo. Number 9: Where did bingo daubers come from? Daubers of 80 to 120 ml are designed to last from four to eight bingo sessions without needing to be refilled. But real bingo aficionados are likely to prefer daubers with a larger capacity. Inexpensive daubers can be purchased in bulk and generally contain about 45 ml of ink. As numbers are called, a player uses the dauber to mark each called number on his or her cards with a transparent circle or other mark. More than a felt-tipped pen, a dauber is a small plastic bottle with a sponge-like tip and filled with translucent ink. So without further ado, here are Winkly’s top-ten bingo dauber facts for those in the know… Number 10: What are bingo daubers anyway?īingo daubers are essentially a specialised type of ink pen used to mark paper bingo cards.
While the notion of marking a bingo card may seem like a simple business, there’s much more to bingo daubers than you ever realised. Even more than a tool, bingo daubers have become the true bingo enthusiast’s ultimate fashion accessory, good luck charm, and form of self-expression.
