Plan a bingo-based prank with Sun Bingo this April Fools’ Day

EVERY 1^st April, people around the world fall into two categories: the pranker and the prankee.

Originally called All Fools’ Day, this day marks when would-be mischief makers have free reign to pull practical jokes on unsuspecting victims.

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Why do we do this? Well, no one really knows!

One suggestion is that April Fools’ Day comes from Ancient Rome and the Hilaria festivals celebrated at the end of March.

“Hilaria”; means “joyful”; and this is where the word “hilarious”; stems from.

Another theory is that April Fools’ Day may have started when France switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1582.

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The new year changed from starting around the spring equinox to starting on 1^st January.

Not everyone got the news and some still marked the change of year in March / April, making them April fools!

Want to pull a prank this April Fools' Day? Sun Bingo has some bingo-themed practical jokes for you to try.

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Bingo-based prank joke ideas

• Haven’t you heard of ognibon?

Let your friends and family know about the latest bingo craze, ognibon.

The aim of the game is to have as many numbers remaining on your bingo ticket as possible after 22 balls have been called.

This backwards bingo game is taking the halls by storm!

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• Lost in translation

Did you hear about the mysterious user Hurley4815162342? He won £815,000 playing bingo but DISAPPEARED the next day.

He was never seen again... Unless you’ve seen Lost and remember Hurley, the lottery winner whose winning numbers were 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42.

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Bonus points to your prankees if they spot that the winning amount is a tribute to Oceanic Flight 815, the plane that crashes onto the desert island in Lost.

• Bingo calls for 2025

The latest ruling of the Supreme Bingo Council is that the traditional calls are outdated and need to be more in keeping with modern lifestyles and culture.

All calls from 1 to 90 have been amended. The council has released a preview of the following five new calls:

• Number 3 – Defying Gravity

Last year saw the release of the first part of the Wicked films, which explain just how the Wicked Witch of the West came to be so bad.

Later this year, audiences can expect the concluding half of the story of Elphaba and Glinda.

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• Number 51 – Bridget Jones' fun

The number 51 is a callback to the age that Bridget Jones is cited as in the book Mad About the Boy.

This year, audiences watched as Bridget navigates being a widowed, single parent and attempts to get back into the dating world with a much younger man.

• Number 77 – Your Majesty

Our monarch, King Charles III, will turn 76 years old on 14th November 2025.

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• Number 80 – OMG

With the 8 as shocked eyes and the 0 as a mouth wide open in shock, this new call is based on how the numbers look.

• Number 90 – West Hollywood

This is a tribute to Chappell Roan's song Pink Pony Club, where she sings about being in West Hollywood. The ZIP Codes for the majority of West Hollywood begin with 90.

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While these are ideas about how to be a pranker, be careful what you read or hear today or you might find yourself a prankee!

If you’re going to pull a prank, be sure to complete and confess the practical joke before midday otherwise YOU are the April Fool...

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