A bingo dauber is your personal tool used for bingo-ing. A bingo dauber can mean many things, depending on whether you're playing live, land-based bingo in a hall, or whether you're playing online bingo. At a bingo hall, you'll be using an ink-filled bottle or pen with a foam tip. It is used to mark all the numbers that have been called that you have on your bingo card. As the bingo pattern is called, simply use the dauber to blot the squares that represent the number that was called.




The right bingo dauber is of the utmost importance. Serious bingo players will consider all aspects of a dauber: the ideal dauber must fit snug in your hand, dispense the correct amount of ink on every daub, display a colour that matches your mood, and possess originality! The right dauber can deliver the right amount of luck!

In online bingo, daubers are equally important, except you have the option to select "auto dauber" - meaning all your numbers on your bingo cards will be daubed for you by the computer. Or you can choose to daub manually, meaning you'll be having to watch very closely and carefully to make sure you don't miss any numbers. You may have to multi-task if you are also hanging out in the bingo chat rooms! And even playing online bingo, you can choose the colour you'd like to use to daub your bingo cards with. Do you feel like bingo daubing in red, green or orange? It's an important question! Isn't it amazing how far bingo has evolved from its early bingo origins?