Bingo History
The great game of Bingo dates back to 1530 and started in Italy as a lottery and originally was called Beano. In 1778 the game had spread to France and was a game enjoyed by the educated classes.
In the 1800s the game of Beano gained popularity in Europe with the educational benefits of the game being recognized with it and children started to be taught across various disciplines using Beano.
Beano soon traveled the ocean to America via a carnival touring through Germany. The game was altered allowing players to complete a row vertically, horizontally or diagonally. At the carnival one night in 1929 near Atlanta a traveling salesman, Edwin S. Lowe, came by. Lowe decided to stop. The only tent he could find open was the Beano tent. The tent was the most popular attraction and Lowe saw the greatness of its appeal and potential.
On returning to New York, Lowe set to work creating his own version of the game by getting some beans, cardboard and a rubber number stamp. When he invited friends round to play the game where he saw how excited they where when playing it. During the game, one player had accidentally yelled out "Bingo" and the famous name stuck. You can play free bingo anytime at most of the online bingo halls on the net.
A priest called Wilkes-Barre from Pennsylvania began to advocate playing bingo in his community. The idea of using Bingo as a way to raise money for the church was formed but with only 24 individual cards to play with there were far too many winners for each game. Lowe was contacted about producing a larger number of combinations for the cards. Lowe recognizing a further progression in the money potential of the game contact a professor of mathematics at Columbia University called Carl Leffler. By increasing the number of bingo cards the game became a massive success at church communities up and down the country and a sound source of fund-raising came.
In the 1800s the game of Beano gained popularity in Europe with the educational benefits of the game being recognized with it and children started to be taught across various disciplines using Beano.
Beano soon traveled the ocean to America via a carnival touring through Germany. The game was altered allowing players to complete a row vertically, horizontally or diagonally. At the carnival one night in 1929 near Atlanta a traveling salesman, Edwin S. Lowe, came by. Lowe decided to stop. The only tent he could find open was the Beano tent. The tent was the most popular attraction and Lowe saw the greatness of its appeal and potential.
On returning to New York, Lowe set to work creating his own version of the game by getting some beans, cardboard and a rubber number stamp. When he invited friends round to play the game where he saw how excited they where when playing it. During the game, one player had accidentally yelled out "Bingo" and the famous name stuck. You can play free bingo anytime at most of the online bingo halls on the net.
A priest called Wilkes-Barre from Pennsylvania began to advocate playing bingo in his community. The idea of using Bingo as a way to raise money for the church was formed but with only 24 individual cards to play with there were far too many winners for each game. Lowe was contacted about producing a larger number of combinations for the cards. Lowe recognizing a further progression in the money potential of the game contact a professor of mathematics at Columbia University called Carl Leffler. By increasing the number of bingo cards the game became a massive success at church communities up and down the country and a sound source of fund-raising came.
