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Each player brings three presents to the event. The presents should arrive at the facility wrapped and hidden in a brown paper bag; it is important that no other participant knows which presents each other player brought. After all participants have arrived, the presents are taken out of the undistinguished bags and put in the center of a circle formed by the players.

Before play begins, each participant receives a blank bingo card with 25 squares. Each player then fills in their card by putting any number between 1 and 40 in each empty box. No number should appear more than once on any card.
Play begins as a caller - who can also be playing - picks a number out of a hat. Each person who has that number on their card crosses the number off and selects a present from the center. After each person who had the called number has taken a gift from the center, the caller picks another number. Play continues as before until all of the presents have been selected from the center. At this point with each number called a player must 'steal' one from another player.

Play ends when the caller has picked all the numbers. Each player then gets to keep each present that they ended the game with.

A bingo-style game where participants prepare bingo cards with buzzwords and tick them off when they are uttered during an event, such as a meeting or speech. The goal of the game is to tick off a predetermined number of words in a row and then yell "Bingo!".
In modern businesses where collaborative "teams" gather as a matter of routine to review activities and map future actions, sessions are often led by guest speakers or notable personalities higher up the pay scales or chain of command. The language used by these speakers often includes predictable references to arcane business concepts, which are perfect for buzzword bingo players to use on their bingo cards.

Part of the game is to have the courage to actually yell "Bingo!". In order to avoid reprimands that would surely follow if such behavior happened, the participants are more likely, as the speaker utters the buzzwords, to look at one another quietly and mouth the word "Bingo" without making a sound to the delight of those that may have seen it. The result is a statement that the speaker is just spouting off a bunch of buzzwords and really providing little value.
The concept was popularised by a Dilbert's comic strip in 1994.

Bovine bingo is a traditional rural fundraising game that is often played at country fetes and summer fairs, usually for fundraising purposes.
Bovine bingo is not really a form of bingo, but a form of lottery. The game is set up by marking out a grid of rectangles on an enclosed land area, such as a paddock or farm field. This is usually done by chalking lines. The grid cells are then numbered or otherwise identified in some way, and chances are sold on each cell. A cow (or other livestock animal) is then let loose within the enclosure. Where the first "cowflop" (defecation) lands determines the winner. Another popular variation of this game takes place during parades, usually with horses. Same rules apply, however.

The game is sometimes controversial because of the stress the animal may be exposed to.

Lingo (US) is an American television game show currently being produced for GSN. It combines a variant of the skill-based word game Jotto with a form of Bingo. Versions of Lingo have also existed in other countries.