The origin of modern Bingo dates back to Italy in the 16th century, when the lottery game Lo Giuoco del Lotto dItalia was introduced. The popular game of chance was introduced in North America in the late 1920s under the name Beano. The New York toy salesman was responsible for changing the name of the game to Bingo and increasing its popularity in the United States.
In the late 18th century, the original Italian lottery game was introduced to France. Historical evidence has shown that a game called Le Lot was popular among the French high society, who played the game at parties and social gatherings.
Le Lotto was played with a special card divided into 3 rows and 9 columns. Each of the three columns consists of 10 numbers, and each column contains 5 random numbers and 4 spaces. Each player had a different lottery card marked with the number announced by the caller. The first player to cover the line wins the game.
By the 19th century, lotto games spread throughout Europe and began to function as a standard for children's games. In the 1850s, several educational lottery games entered the German toy market. The purpose of the lottery was to teach children how to spell words and multiply numbers.
By the 1920s, a similar version of the lottery game called Beano was popular at county trade fairs across the United States. In Beano, the player places a bean on his card to mark the called number. Until one night in December 1929, the first player to complete a full row of cards shouted "Beano." I'm Edwin S, a toy seller in New York. Lowe attended a county fair on the outskirts of Jacksonville, Georgia.
On his way back to New York, Lowe bought beans such as dried beans, rubber number stamps, and paperboard. Lowe is hosting a friendly match at his home in New York. During one game, the excited winner who managed to complete the entire line stuttered Bingo instead of Beano. Excited and stuttering, Edwin S. Lowe's thoughts have disappeared. Lowe decided to create a new game called Bingo.
When Lowe's Bingo game took the first step onto the market, a Pennsylvanian priest asked Lowe to use the game for charity. After a short probationary period, the priest learned that Bingo was causing the church to lose money. Due to the limited choice of Bingo cards, each Bingo game ended with 5 or more winners.
To develop the game and reduce his winning percentage, Lowe relied on Columbia University mathematician Carl Leffler. Leffler was asked to create a wider range of Bingo cards, each with a unique combination of numbers. By 1930, Lowe had 6,000 Bingo cards, and Professor Leffler was crazy.
Since then, Bingo's popularity as a fundraiser has continued to grow. In less than five years, about 10,000 Bingo games were held each week across North America. Lowe's business has grown, hiring thousands of employees and hiring more than 60 presses 24 hours a day.
Today, Bingo is one of the most popular game of chance in the world. It is played in churches, schools, local Bingo Halls, and onshore casinos in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and other parts of the world.
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