# What is “Networking bingo”?

Networking bingo is a game in which participants complete a card by meeting people who match prompts, such as who works in finance, and earn points for lines.

Also called: people bingo, housie for networking

SSociana team·19 Oct 2026·2 min read

## Networking bingo in detail

Housie is the Indian word for bingo, and the format has a long record at corporate and family events. Networking bingo adapts it to meeting people: the card holds prompts, and each square is completed by finding someone who fits, often confirmed by scanning that person's contact QR. The result is a reason for strangers to talk and a trail of connections. In Sociana's games library, bingo is one of several activations that feed the unified leaderboard, and it has been used at partner meets and workshops. Design questions are the prompts, which should be answerable by the real audience, and the completion rule, such as one line or full card. Group scoping can keep prompts relevant to each audience. For safety and comfort, avoid prompts that single people out by sensitive characteristics. It pairs with the delegates directory and personal QR, and measured by completion rate rather than total points.

## How Sociana uses it

Bingo is a library game configured with prompt cards and completion rules; points feed the unified leaderboard, and QR scans can verify matches.

## Example

A partners meet and the Indian Coast Guard's SAREX-26 workshop both included bingo among their activities.

[Read the case study: HCCB Partners Meet 2026](https://sociana.in/case-studies/hccb-partners-meet-2026/)

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## Questions

How is networking bingo completed?

By meeting people who match the card's prompts and, where configured, verifying each match by scanning their QR. Networking bingo adapts it to meeting people: the card holds prompts, and each square is completed by finding someone who fits, often confirmed by scanning that person's contact QR.

Why call it housie?

Housie is the Indian name for bingo, so many audiences recognise the format immediately. Housie is the Indian word for bingo, and the format has a long record at corporate and family events. A partners meet and the Indian Coast Guard's SAREX-26 workshop both included bingo among their activities.

How do I choose prompts?

Make them answerable by your real audience and avoid prompts that single people out on sensitive characteristics. Design questions are the prompts, which should be answerable by the real audience, and the completion rule, such as one line or full card.

## Keep reading

[Games library (15+ game types)](https://sociana.in/features/games-library/)[Delegates directory & QR contact exchange](https://sociana.in/features/delegates-directory-and-qr-contact-exchange/)[Supplier, dealer & partner meets](https://sociana.in/event-types/dealer-and-partner-meets/)[Conferences & summits](https://sociana.in/event-types/conferences/)[Who Am I game](https://sociana.in/glossary/who-am-i-game/)[Personal QR](https://sociana.in/glossary/personal-qr/)[Unified leaderboard](https://sociana.in/glossary/unified-leaderboard/)[How to run bingo at a conference](https://sociana.in/guides/conference-bingo/)

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