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Play Bingo in America

Posted on November 15 by Bingo Surfer in bingo No Comments
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There are 75 balls and 90 balls versions of Bingo. 75 balls bingo is more popular in America. Today it is estimated that Americans spend more than $100 million dollars weekly playing Bingo. Bingo is a game of chance which is won when randomly chosen numbers are called out, if they match with the numbers chosen by the player and in some variations -fall into a particular pattern -it is a win!

Bingo was known through different names through history, including Lotto, Beano and Housie. It was only when it came to America that it was called Bingo. The spread of Bingo’s popularity and its nomenclature has an interesting story behind it.

Originally, the game was inspired by a lottery called “Lo Giuoco del Lotto d’Italia played in the 1500s in Italy. After its creation in Italy, the game became quite popular and moved to other countries in Europe. It moved to France in the late 1770s where the game evolved with the use of tokens, cards and the calling out of numbers. The French version most closely resembles today’s Bingo game.

It was only in the year 1929, that the game moved to America where it was first played at a carnival near Atlanta, Georgia. It was also played at country fairs with the name “Beano.” It was called Beano because players used beans to mark their numbers. The game had by then further developed into a game which could be won not just by filling a vertical row of numbers but by completing a horizontal or diagonal row as well. The winner called out Beano when they had a winning row and the name was born.

The inventor of the modern game of bingo is said to be a New York toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe. When playing the game, he heard someone accidentally call out “Bingo” when they won instead of the word “Beano.” He renamed the game “Bingo.” So the Bingo game played in America is the creation of an American.

Lowe apparently asked Carl Leffler, a Columbia University mathematics professor to help him expand the number of winning combinations in the game. Leffler was enormously successful in his work and has developed at least 6,000 different Bingo cards by 1930.

The game that was developed by Lowe and Leffler had a 12-card set and a 24- card set. Lowe knew he couldn’t control the spread of the game and only asked that anyone who played the game reimburse him $1 to use the name “Bingo.” Today, Americans make millions playing the game.

By Jeffrey Mcmahon
Jeffrey Mcmahon, the author of this article, writes about the gambling and casinos. Want to know more about bingo america and bingo.

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Did you know that …

... there are two types of bingo played around the world?

North America plays 75-ball bingo on a 5x5 card with the centre square usually marked 'free'. In the UK, parts of Europe, Australia and parts of South America they play a 90-ball game, marked on a 9x3 card. Both types of bingo are prominent online.

Unlike balls used in regular bingo halls, online bingo sites use a random number generator. The online bingo play works almost exactly like playing online poker or online casino games with everything being virtual. Most bingo halls also offer links to online poker and casino offerings. One notable feature of online bingo is the chat functionality that gives the opportunity to interact with other players.

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If you are going to try online bingo for the first time look for the best no deposit bingo and free bingo sites. Experience the game with the calm deriving from the awareness that you are not risking your own money, nevertheless you can win some good bucks.

Progressive jackpot bingo games offer high value cash prizes. The jackpot is accumulated over a period of time, often taken from payments made to play smaller games. Usually as each new card pattern emerges, the pattern will have a number defining the amount of calls needed to claim the Jackpot. If players obtain a Bingo in this amount of calls or less then they will win the Progressive Jackpot. But rules are different for the different online bingo halls, so check before playing.

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