Bingo game for facilitating present opening

A method for playing a bingo-type game at a party or ceremony for enhancing the enjoyment of a participant during said party or ceremony when the guest of honor is opening a gift, said bingo-type game comprising the following steps:

• providing a plurality of gift items;
• providing said participant with a game board imprinted with a plurality of names of gift items, each name imprinted in a shape, each shape aligned in a vertical row and in a horizontal row on said game board at least some of said names corresponding to said plurality of gift items;
• providing a concealing means for individually covering each of said gift items from view;
• providing said participant with a means of making marks on said game board;
• instructing said guest of honor to remove said concealing means thereby providing a revealed gift item;
• instructing said participant to mark off said name of said gift item on said board, when said name corresponds to said revealed gift item, said guest of honor continuing to remove said concealing means from other gift items providing additional revealed gift items until said participant has completely marked off all said names of said gift items in said vertical row, in said horizontal row or in a corner-to-corner diagonal row;
• and
• instructing said participant to vocalize "Bingo" when all of said names of gift items in one of said vertical row, said horizontal row, or said corner-to-corner diagonal row have been marked off.