Bingo's History Across the World

- 1530 - Bingo was developed in Italy - Bingo was first developed in Italy in the year 1530. At this point in time, Bingo was a lottery-style game that was referred to as "Lo Giuoco Code Lotto", among other names. To this day, Bingo continues to be played every Saturday in Italy.

- 1778 - Bingo reaches France - In the year 1778, the French version of the Bingo game arrived, and was played primarily by wealthy Frenchman.

- 1880 - Bingo reaches Germany - The game known as Bingo reached Germany in the year 1880, and was primarily used as a teaching tool for many educational purposes, as a means of teaching math, history and spelling.

- 1929 - Bingo reaches North America - Bingo reached America in the year 1929, but was known as Beano. Players would place small beans on called numbers, and the object of the game was to create a straight row in any single direction. The winner would shout "Beano!" whenever the objective was reached. The game was eventually renamed to Bingo, and was successfully promoted by a salesman named Edwin S. Lowe who went on to popularize the game following its renaming.

- 1930 - Edwin Lowe turns to a Columbia University mathematics professor named Carl Leffler with a request to have the number of bingo card combinations increased to 6000. Allegedly this project was enough to drive the math professor insane.

- 1934 - In the year 1934, the church in North America began to coordinate Bingo games for charitable purposes with Edwin Lowe's permission. From this point on, the game of Bingo was allowed to become significantly more popular.

- 1968 - In the year 1968, the popularity of Bingo had become such that it was included in the North American gaming act.

- 1986 - In the year 1986 Bingo was launched on a National level in the United Kingdom.

- 2007 - Today more than three million people are playing Bingo in a variety of different forms, including in Bingo Halls and through Online Bingo applications.