BINGO is one of the most popular lottery games in the world. North Americans spend more than $90 million for playing BINGO every week. In 16th century, a lottery game named Lotto used to be held in Italy, every week and it has been continuously being held till date. In 18th Century, the game was spread to France and French people started playing the game by making some changes to the original version. The game soon gained popularity through out Europe and Europeans started playing the at fairs and carnivals. In 19th century, various Lotto games were used in Germany to teach children multiplication tables, spellings, the names of animals, names of historical persons and places.
In 1929, a business man named Edwin S. Lowe, from New York, visited a carnival when he was on a travel. There, he had seen some people playing a game with beans on a table and winners shouting 'BEANO' after winning agame. The game was similar to Lotto. He came to know that the game was called 'BEANO' . After some days, he made a few changes to the game and introduced the game to his friends. His friends liked the game so much and started playing again and again. During one session, one of his friends, who was about to win the game, shouted 'BINGO' instead of shouting "BEANO". Since then, the game became popular as Bingo!.
Later, the business man introduced the game in the market and the game became an instant success in New York. The business man applied for a patent for his game but could not succeed as he is not originator of the game. However, he got a patent for the name “BINGO”. His competitors too started using the same name as it became widely popular. By the 1940s, bingo game became very popular in USA. Some churches and charitable organizations started conducting the game in order to raise funds for their organizations. This new trend made bingo game further popular.
Online bingo games entered the market with the emergence of Internet and gained good popularity. Nowadays, one can find the online bingo being played in offices and homes. For the first time, Online bingo sites are introduced in UK. The present day bingo game is not exactly same as the initial bingo game. However, it shares certain similarities with the initial bingo game. It is still played each Saturday by Italians as a State run lottery.
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