UK bingo history
UK Online casinos; Every wondered how the game of bingo came about? Well the story goes something like this;
The game bingo was thought to derived from Lo Giuoco del Lotto d'Italia back in 1530! (the Italian lottery which is still being played to this day) The French then developed their own version of the lotto in the late 1700's which was played by the wealthy, this game of chance involved a caller drawing out wooden discs numbered 1 to 90 from a bag and shouting them out to the game players.
Each player had just one single card divided into 3 rows and 9 columns with numbers organised in much the same way as a modern bingo card. Column 1 had random numbers between 1 and 10, Column 2 between 11 and 20 and so on up to 81-90 on the last column. In addition, every Row had just 5 numbers and 4 blanks. The winner would be the first person to cover the numbers on an entire row. The Germans also adopted the game but developed their version as an educational tool to help students with maths.
The game eventually reached America and the game as we know it could probably be attributed to Edwin S. Lowe who stumbled across a stall holder on carnival day in Georgia playing a game called Beano, the game involved a caller drawing numbered wooded discs from a bag and shouting them out to the waiting players. Each player had a game card with numbered squares and some dried beans. Every time a number was called out which was on their card, they would mark it with a bean.
Edwin S. Lowe was so impressed with the game he invited friends over to his apartment in New York to play this new game. They became immediately hooked and at one point, so excited was one female member of the party, that instead of shouting out "Beano!" to signify she had won, she yelled "Bingo!" instead. The name stuck and Lowe went on to create the first commercialised version of the game, retailing at $1 for a 12 card set and $2 for a 24 cards.
A Catholic priest from Pennsylvania approached Lowe about using bingo as a means of raising church funds. When bingo started being played in churches it became increasingly popular. By 1934, an estimated 10,000 bingo games were played weekly, and today more than $90 million dollars are spent on bingo each week in North America alone.
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