In poker, a full house is a hand containing three cards of one rank and two of another. The two meanings are unrelated.
Lottery, Bingo & Number Games
Full house bingo
In bingo, a full house means the player has covered all required numbers on their ticket, typically all fifteen.
Key points
- In British bingo, a full house is the standard win pattern requiring all fifteen numbers on a ticket to be marked.1
- The same term in poker describes a five-card hand with three of one rank and two of another, a different concept entirely.2
Common questions
What is a house in bingo?
A 'house' in bingo is another word for a full house — covering all numbers on the ticket. Players shout 'House!' when they complete the pattern to claim the prize.
Where this term is used
Related terms
Lottery & bingo
Bingo
Overview of the game of bingo, its rules and formats.
Lottery & bingo
Bingo card
The ticket or card used to play bingo, containing numbered squares.
Lottery & bingo
Bingo dauber
A marker pen used to daub numbers on a bingo card.
Lottery & bingo
Cash bingo
Cash prizes awarded in bingo games.
Lottery & bingo
Bonus bingo
A variant of bingo with additional bonus patterns or prizes.
Lottery & bingo
Bingo machine
Equipment used to randomly draw bingo numbers.
Sources
- Bingo (British version) en.wikipedia.org Defines full house as covering all fifteen numbers in British bingo.
- List of poker hands - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Defines full house as a poker hand ranking below four of a kind.
Sources are drawn from regulators, universities and published research, and each one is labelled with what it actually is — a preprint is not called a paper. Bookmaker and affiliate pages are never cited here, because a page that sells betting is not a neutral authority on it.