The first known form of bingo originated in Italy, around 1530. Bingo was also popular in France in the late 1700s, where it was known as ‘Le Lotto’, and Germany in the 1800s, where it was played in schools to help children with their maths, spelling and history studies.
The form of bingo which we recognise today originated in the United States, where it was named ‘Beano’. Players would place beans on their numbers and shout ‘Beano’ when they marked off a line. The name ‘Bingo’ came about entirely by accident in 1929, when a player in Atlanta, Georgia shouted it out instead of ‘Beano’.
An American toy salesman, Edwin S. Lowe, properly established the game. It was he who changed its name when he noticed someone shouting ‘Bingo’. He also organised the biggest bingo game in history, in New York’s Teaneck Armory. He claimed that 60,000 players took part, with 10,000 being turned away.
Carl Leffler, a mathematics professor, worked with Edwin Lowe to create 60,000 bingo cards with non repeating number groups. It is rumoured that this drove him insane.
Bingo in the UK took off in the 1960s. Now, more than 3 million people in the UK play bingo. The National Bingo Game started in 1986. Around 500 clubs throughout the UK link together every day to generate huge prize jackpots. Total prize money won stands at over £725 million!
In 2003, the first bingo site on the internet was launched in the UK. Now, more than 145,000 people around the world PLAY BINGO ONLINE – and numbers are steadily growing.
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