Posted by Sandra | Posted in Articles | Posted on 01-04-2009
Tags: Bingo History
Those who have played the old game of bingo can tell that it is not at all about winning and losing, but suspense, anticipation as well as excitement that will go all along with this game, which has thrilled lots of people all the way back to 1530. Like many other traditional & popular games, that became favorites in the video game parlors and online casinos, it was just a matter of time before bingo hits the information highway and goes online. Now you can play this thrilling game online as well as enjoy each and every minute as if you played in a bingo room offline. Here is some information, which traces history & origins of the traditional Bingo leading to an opportunity to play free bingo from home.
The game of bingo is thought to derive from the 16th century predecessor, lottery named ‘Lo Giuoco del Lotto D’Italia’ that was introduced in a year 1530. This lottery is still being played nowadays in Italy (!). In late 1700s, the French developed their edition of ‘Le Lotto’. The French version also involved a caller who drew the wooden discs, numbered from 1 to 90, from a bag and called every number to the participants of the bingo game. Germany quickly followed in taking on bingo, but, they used it mainly as a tool for learning purposes to help the students learn history, spelling, and mathematics.
It wasn’t until 1929 that this bingo game was introduced in America, when Lowe Edwin accidentally came over this game of ‘Beano’ at a carnival close to Atlanta, Georgia. This Beano game, like its predecessor ‘Le Lotto’, also involved a caller who drew wooden discs from a bag and screamed them out to the free bingo players. Every player had a bingo card with numbered squares and every time when a number was called out, the bingo players had to mark the corresponding square number with a bean. It is thought that during this game, an excited female player screamed ‘Bingo’ in place of ‘Beano’ to proclaim that she has won. Name sounded striking and Lowe teamed with Carl Leffler and proceeded to renew and rename this game of ‘Beano’.
Now, 90 years later, the online bingo scene is growing rapidly. Great new bingo sites are launched every month, offering great free bingo offers and no deposit bingo money just for registration.

Yeah it’s right but some people called it –
“Beano” the earlier version of Bingo