Article: The winning point of the game is the rule that determines how a player can win. The caller will let everyone know before playing the game what the winning point is. A popular winning point for tambola games is full house, which means that the ticket with all of the numbers struck first wins.  Early 5 is another common winning point option. The player who first strikes 5 numbers in any row wins. This is best if you only want to play a short game. First row is another winning point alternative. This means that the player who is first to strike all of the numbers along the top row wins. Corners is another winning point option if you want to play a short game. The player who can strike each number in the 4 corners of the ticket first, wins. This means that the first and last numbers of the top and bottom rows will be crossed out. There are many variations on what the winning point can be for the game. If you are organizing the game, feel free to make up your own winning point, or explore the many ideas available either online or with other tambola players. Choose a person who is confident and can speak loudly and clearly. They will be responsible for drawing out the numbers and calling them to the audience.  This person will also be responsible for verifying any potential winning tickets to make sure that the numbers are correct. The caller doesn’t have to be the caller for all of the rounds. If you are playing multiple rounds of tambola, pick a different caller for each round so that everyone have have a turn to play. Each player will need a new ticket for each round. If you are playing informally with family or friends, hand a ticket out to each person. If you are playing a commercial game, each player will purchase their own ticket before the game begins.  Tambola tickets have 3 horizontal rows and 9 vertical columns, which makes 27 boxes in total. There are 5 numbers in each horizontal row, with the remaining 4 boxes randomly blocked out. The first column has numbers from 1-9, the second from 10-19, and so on, up to the number 90.  You can purchase tambola tickets online, or you can make your own using a random number generator. Make sure that each person has a pen or pencil before the game begins so that they can cross off the numbers as they are called. Place all of the numbers from 1-90 into the container. Make sure that the sides of the box aren’t transparent so that the caller can’t see what number they are drawing. Fit the lid to the box so that the caller can shake the box before calling each number. If you are playing at a big, commercial game, there will usually be a machine that will draw the numbers for the caller.
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Decide on the winning point for the game. Designate a tambola caller. Give each player a tambola ticket, and a pen or a pencil. Set up the box or container that holds the numbers.