Bingo balls are placed inside bingo bags, away from everyone's vision. These bags are thereafter shaken to ensure that the balls would be jumbled up. Thereafter, a ball is squeezes out of the tiny opening of the bag. This opening only allows the exit of one ball at a time, to guarantee that no one would be able to inadvertently see the other digits.

Bingo bags are essential supplies for any bingo game. An organizer can try other makeshift substitutes, like covered bottles, or even fabricated boxes, but nothing can beat the sheer efficiency of bingo bags as a medium to assure the randomness of the game.

And with the way these bags are being produced in this day and age, they're sure to be the supplies of choice by many bingo organizers.

Indeed, unlike in previous decades, bingo bags now come in different shapes, sizes and colors. A cursory look at them would even lead one to think that they are fashionable merchandise instead of bingo equipment. Case in point: my fiancée bought one as a carry-all for her incense set which she brings with her for her yoga sessions. She never even thought that it was primarily intended for bingo balls!

Another friend of mine purchased one of these bags for her 12 year old daughter who was taking some drumming lessons. The child, it seemed, thought that the bag was perfect for her percussion sticks and powder bottle. And the colors it came with were perfect complements to most of the clothes in her wardrobe. Again, both my friend and her daughter were surprised to discover that the bag was primarily intended for bingo purposes.

But here's the clincher among today's tales. My brother bought one of these bags as well. He's a runner, you see, and he joins every marathon he encounters. He wanted a cool cover for his canteen, and he found one of these bags as a perfect fit for his beloved water container. And as expected, he was shocked to discover the real purpose for the bag he bought.

These bags have indeed expanded from their original usage into fashionable items for the modern times. This is a great analogy for the game such bags are associated with. Bingo, after all, is as timeless as the need for a fashionable change.