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16. March 2010 15:23
The history of Bingo goes back to the year 1530 in Italy when it was just a lottery game. By the eighteenth century the game had gained some maturity and cards and tokens had taken place of the lottery system. By the nineteenth century Bingo was being used widely all over Germany for educational purposes as well. It was used to teach students spelling s and multiplication tables.
Commercially in US, Bingo was started by Edwin Lowe who noticed this game in 1929 in Atlanta where some players were playing the game of “Beano” with dried beans, a rubber stamp and a cardboard sheet. Lowe noticed the excitement of the players and decided to take this game to New York. He first introduced the game to his friends who loved it.
Origin of the name BINGO
BINGO name erupted when one of the players who was so exited during one of the games that he yelled BINGO instead of BEANO. Lowe liked the name and started calling the game BINGO. BINGO name so popular that by 1940’s that Bingo games were all over the US.
Bingo is very popular in the state of Texas, specially the Charity Bingo games. Here are details of our Bingo Halls in Texas where you can go and play Bingo and have fun
Bingo is a not only played for gambling but also for charity in Texas Charity Halls in Killeen where the aim is not to gamble but to play for charity.