from wikipedia...
Tambola is the game which is fondly played in middle class indian
kitty parties. A group of people would sit and cut off numbers on
small pieces of printed paper which have unique pattern of numbers
based upon permutations and combinations. The first person to cut
off all the numbers has to declare himself the winner by notifying
the gamemaster.
It is same as the game of Housie which is played in New Zealand,
Australia and the UK, incidentally in UK it is called Bingo.
