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09 September
2006
The History Of
Bingo
Bingo has come a long
way since its development in the 16th century. From being
associated with a charitable game being played in church
halls, Bingo is now one of the hottest and upcoming games in
the online casino scene.
When one thinks of the
game Bingo, generally images of middle-aged people gathered
around tables in a charity hall are conjured up. This game,
however, has a very rich past, a thrilling present and -
with the rising popularity of Online
Bingo - an even
more exciting future. At present, Bingo is one of the
hottest games in the United Kingdom and the United States as
the popularity of bingo halls are spreading. This previously
marginalised game that was only thought to be played in
church halls, is now making a comeback, as the youth are
discovering its excitement.
The early origins of Bingo
can be traced back to the mid 1500s to the Mediterranean
country of Italy. In 1530, after Italy's unification, the
national lottery was formed. The Italian gentry, and
thereafter the German nobles, were very excited about this
lotto-type game and played it while entertaining large
parties. The Germans added an educational side to the game
and used it to teach students math, history and
spelling.
The lotto game arrived on
the North American shores in 1929 and was known by the name
Beano. It was first played at carnivals in Georgia and was
discovered by Edwin Lowe, a toy salesman from New York. Lowe
had been drawn to the crowd at the carnival stand offering
the game of Beano and he approached the man running the
stand. Lowe was informed that the stand manager had found
the game while touring Germany with the carnival troupe and
it had grown on him.
Lowe decided to try out a
home-version of Beano - he purchased some beans and made up
a few cards with number combinations. His friends thought
the game was amazing and the managed to draw quite a crowd.
The story goes that one woman got so excited when she had
filled her card with beans, that she got tongue-tied and
screamed out the words BINGO, instead of BEANO. The name
stuck and become known as Bingo henceforth.
Lowe became the chief
marketer and producer of Bingo. The popularity of Bingo
spread like wildfire and soon Lowe was approached by a
priest who thought that the game could be the perfect
fundraiser. Lowe quickly understood that he would have to
start mass-producing the game in order to keep up with the
orders. With the help of a retired mathematician, Lowe
produced 6,000 number combination cards and was all ready to
set the Bingo world alight. By the mid 1930s there were an
estimated 30,000 weekly games of Bingo being played across
the United States!
Bingo has remained
accepted by even the more conservative members of society
and has not been associated with the 'evils' of other
gambling games. Commercial Bingo, which became popular in
the 1930s and 1940s, is still played today in Bingo Halls
across the country, especially in the Southern seaside
towns. British youth are re-discovering the fun and
excitement of Bingo and are helping to put the game back on
the map.
Since the advent of the
online casino world a little over a decade ago, Bingo was
always considered an option as one of the games to be
offered. It is only recently, however, that Bingo managed to
seep into the online Online
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