Many organizations that contemplate holding a free online bingo fundraiser know that it will be successful because bingo fundraisers are always successful. Holding a bingo fundraiser means renting the required equipment, like the bingo machine and the bingo board, and also having cards and markers on hand.  It also means that certain staffers are required for certain positions in order for the game to function. The most obvious staffer and the one that most people recognize is the bingo caller. The bingo caller draws the balls from the UK bingo machine, announces the number and places the ball in the rack which lights the number on the bingo board. In addition to the bingo caller, runners are needed to work the floor.

These people verify winning bingo numbers and bring the prize money to the winners. Sellers must also sell the entry cards and bingo cards as well as the cards for the specials.  These are usually the people by the door as UK casino players enter the hall. The cards that they sell can be in book form or they can be singles. The only other staff need is for concessions and whatever else they want to sell at the bingo. This can be food, beverages, a bar, or bingo supplies and souvenirs. There are companies in most major cities that rent both the equipment and the staff if the organization holding the fundraiser doesn’t want to use its own volunteers. The organization can look in the phone book for such a company or they can look online.