BINGO

BINGO

Nowadays, people try to get their mind off things and try every possible way to gain easy money by hoping to win on any game of chance like Bingo. Bingo is considered as a recreational activity and a game of chance that is played by millions of people around the world in a variety of age groups. It is said to be a child's play but most players used it as their way to earn money.

HISTORY OF BINGO

The word Bingo came from Bingo is said to be traced back in the year 1530 in an italian lottery game called Il Giuoco del Lotto d'Italia. In the 18th century, the game eventually had matured where in France, playing cards, tokens and reading numbers had been added in the game. In the 19th century, Bingo was widely played in Germany for educational purposes. In 1929, the game reached out the shores of USA where it was adapted and was called Beano.

A carnival near Georgia was the earliest recorded play of the game, Beano. A carnival official would take out numbered discs from a cigar box and players would mark the numbers that matches with the use of a bean. If all of their numbers are matched or marked they should shout the word, “BEANO!”.

The game Beano eventually became Bingo. A Toy Salesman from New York city named Edwin S. Lowe saw the game being played and heard “Bingo” rather than “Beano”. Edwin S. Lowe call the help of mathematics professor from Columbia University named Prof. Carl Leffler to create bingo cards with different number combinations.

OBJECTIVE IN PLAYING BINGO

The best thing about playing Bingo is that it's easy to understand. Your objective in this game is to be the first person to achieve a specified pattern from the numbers drawn. If one of your cards achieved that certain pattern you are required to shout the word “BINGO!”.

HOW TO PLAY BINGO

Playing Bingo is easy you just need Bingo cards and a marker. It depends on you how many Bingo cards will you buy. Of course the more bingo cards you buy, the more chances you can win the prize.

Bingo halls or other venues available for playing Bingo games should have the following equipments needed for the game: a mechanical ball mixer that blows out numbered ping pong balls or a cage of numbered wooden ball and a bingo board that has the pattern and a numbers.

A mechanical ball mixer or a cage of numbered wooden balls are used to draw the random numbers using the balls with numbers in it. With the application of modern technology in the game, we can now use electronic random number generators.

Playing Bingo requires you to have these things first:

Bingo Cards Marker

Other Bingo Equipments:

Mechanical Ball Mixer Blower or a Mixed Wooden Ball Cage or a Electronic RNG Bingo Board

WHERE TO PLAY BINGO

Bingo is played in bingo halls, malls, and other possible venues. It can also be played online with the help of the world wide web.

BINGO RULES

Bingo cards have five columns that are marked with a letter B-I-N-G-O. That makes 25 seats, has five down and five wide. The numbers in the range of column "B" is between 1 and 15, number in the "I" column of between 16 and 30, in the 'N' column are numbers between 31 and 45, in column "G" are between 46 and 60 and the numbers in column 'O' are between 61 and 75. There are certain rules that is needed to be follow to avoid any disagreement or dissatisfaction on playing bingo game.

Here are the following rules:

First rule: Before playing make sure that you have selected the right bingo ticket to play on. Usually, you can identify the right ticket by its color or name imprinted on it. Because failure to play on the right ticket will be declare null or void.

Second Rule: Make sure to pay attention to the caller as he calls out each number. Mark the number in accordance to the number being called and if you mark all the number required shout “Bingo.” If you failed to do so before the next number is drawn, it will mean that you miss out and your prize will be forfeited and will then be awarded to the next person to call Bingo.

There are some Bingo Clubs that voids the prize when the drawn numbers are unreadable on your ticket. For this reason, players used highlighters to mark the numbers in their bingo cards.