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Bingo is a game that people enjoy in thousand countries regularly worldwide. The illusion to complete a cardboard and to gain prizes, is a common joy to many nations.
But … where one gambled for the first time in bingo? Everything aims at that this wonderful game has its origins in Europe, in Italy being more exact. One knows that already in 1530 a game similar to bingo existed in Italy that he was well-known like the Gioco of the Lotto d'Italia. The game was as big success very quickly It arrived to Gallic earth. It was at this moment that the cardboards of bingo were created as we know them now.
The Germans by all means did not want to remain outside this new way of entertainment and soon they began to also play bingo .the Germans soon found the way to make from bingo not only a game but also a tool for learning and studying. So bingo besides amusing helped to many students with subjects like mathematics, language and history.
Bingo arrived at the American continent in 1929, although bingo was not its name yet. The game was known like Beano. At this time instead of singing "bingo", sang "Beano". In spite of this difference, the rest of the game was equal to the bingo today. People joined to play in the carnivals where the one in charge to sing the numbers made a box of cards with the numbers in them from old woman boxes..
In fact, the name " bingo " has its origin in an error. And it is not to be strange; it is known very well that many of the best inventions of history began like errors! Apparently, one day a very moved player sang bingo instead of Beano and since then the name changed to this day.
Edwin S. Lowe was the man who defined the game as it is today. Lowe found, with the help of a mathematician, the form to increase the number of cardboards that could be played during the same game. That what was allowed to players by game rules. In addition Lowe was first in turning bingo into a commercial product, thanks to him the first units of bingo in the stores was sold.
It wasn't long time before somebody realized potential that had bingo to generate money. Peculiarly he was the shepherd of a church, first in making money with bingo, its clear that this money was not for its benefit, went destined to a good cause.
Nowadays still there is much people who use bingo to collect bottoms for different causes. There is also use in academic tool and for those who it is simply a pastime. The certain thing that the Gioco of the Lotto, D'Italia or Beano or bingo, counts on many and very varied loyal followers. The rooms of bingo of the world are always to top class people, to whom this fascinating game gets passionate to him.
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