While playing bingo online might not be the first game people think of at an online casino, it is still very popular. Traditional bingo is even more popular in the real world than in its online version. To understand online bingo today, we need to look at where it started, long before the Internet existed.
The history of bingo goes back to Italy in 1530. There was an Italian lottery called “Lo Giuoco del Lotto D’Italia,” which is still played in Italy today. You might even find similar games from earlier times.
The game then spread to France in the 1770s and became a lottery called “Le Lotto,” which was mainly played by the upper class.
Bingo eventually came to the United States in 1929 and was called “Beano.” People first played it at a carnival near Atlanta, Georgia. The game got its name “Bingo” when a New York toy salesman heard someone shout “Bingo” instead of “Beano” by mistake when they won. He later hired a mathematician to create more number combinations on the bingo cards. By 1934, it was estimated that 10,000 bingo games were being played every week.