Draw random Tambola/Housie numbers 1-90 with traditional call-out phrases and a running history.
This is a digital caller for Tambola (also called Housie in India, or 90-ball Bingo) — press Draw to pick a random number from 1 to 90, with no repeats until you start a new board, exactly like drawing tokens from a bag. Each number shows its traditional call-out phrase where one exists (like "Kelly's Eye" for 1, "Legs Eleven" for 11, "Two Little Ducks" for 22, "Two Fat Ladies" for 88) — numbers without a well-established traditional phrase just show the number, since making one up wouldn't be an authentic call.
The full 1-90 board stays visible below the current draw, with every already-called number highlighted — useful for a quick "has 47 come up yet?" check without scrolling back through history, and for players double-checking their ticket against everything called so far, not just the last few.
Every board gets its own 5-character code when it starts, shown at the top — handy if you're running more than one round in an evening and want tickets or a scoresheet to clearly belong to a specific game. "New Board" asks for confirmation before clearing anything, since it wipes the current draw history and there's no undo. The board code and every number drawn so far are also saved to your browser as you go, so an accidental refresh or a closed tab doesn't lose your progress — you'll land right back where you left off.
The last 5 numbers stay visible so players who missed catching a number over the noise of a party can quickly check without stopping the game, and the progress line shows how many of the 90 numbers are still left in the pool.
This replaces the physical bag-and-tokens setup with something you can display on a phone, tablet, or a TV cast to the room — useful for a family Tambola night, a housing-society or office game, or a school activity. It's a single-screen tool for whoever is hosting and calling; it doesn't sync a live game across multiple players' own devices.
They’re the traditional British Bingo "calls" that Tambola inherited from colonial-era Housie — things like "Kelly’s Eye" for 1 and "Two Fat Ladies" for 88 have been used for decades. Only numbers with a well-established traditional phrase show one; the rest just show the number rather than a made-up call.
No — once a number is drawn it’s removed from the pool, exactly like a real token bag, so every number from 1 to 90 is called at most once per board until you start a new one.
A 5-character code generated fresh for each board, so if you’re playing multiple rounds in one session, tickets or notes can clearly reference which specific board they belong to. It has no effect on the draw itself.
No — it always asks for confirmation first, since starting a new board clears the current draw history with no way to undo it.
No — the board code and every number drawn so far are saved in your browser and restored automatically on refresh. This is stored only on your own device, not on a server, so it won’t follow you to a different browser or device.
Not in this version — this is a single-screen caller meant to be displayed by whoever is hosting (on their own device, or cast to a TV), not a synced multiplayer game across everyone’s individual phones.
This tool only handles calling numbers — use the "Generate Tickets for This Board" button to jump straight to the Tambola Ticket Generator with this board’s code already attached to the tickets.