While we British think bingo lingo was invented here, it is truly an international language with influences from across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and America, to name a few.

It grew out of the melting pot of international warfare, including the Boer War and the First and Second World Wars.

Belgian poet Max Eslkamp published probably the first book on Lingo under Germany’s occupation of Belgium during the First World War in 1918.

So it is not surprising to see ‘lingo’ crop up in all sorts of places. The opening scene from The Accountant 2 (starring Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal) is one such instance.

Filmed at Lazaro’s Latin Lounge in Los Angeles, the scene shows Ray King, played by J.K. Simmons, waiting to meet Anaïs, played by Daniella Pineda. He is searching for Edith Sanchez, who is ultimately Anaïs, though neither she, he, nor we know it at that point; she has amnesia. While Ray is waiting, Bingo is being played in the background, and the caller uses lingo to announce the numbers:

“B-4 knock at the door

I-17 the dancing queen

N-37 more than eleven

N-41 time for fun

G-46 up to tricks

G-56 was she worth it

G-58 make them wait

G-51 (can’t hear the rest)”- if you know what the caller says, write a comment below.

American bingo uses a 5 x 5 card of numbers up to 75, with B, I, N, G, O written across the top of the five columns. So the numbers are called with the letter first: B for 1 to 15, I for 16 to 30, N for 31 to 45, G for 46 to 60 and O for 61 to 75.

What other films have bingo? Comment below.