Bingo is a simple game but pretty exciting and entertaining as well. Here are some important facts about the game that millions love around the world.
- Bingo is known to be a game for the ladies and at present, there are approximately 2.5 million female players of bingo in a regular basis.
- Bingo is a game that is not only popular to the old women because this game is played by different age groups of people worldwide. Statistic shows that about 30% of all the players of bingo are age 35 and younger.
- This next fact is good news for all players because about 96% of all bingo players have won a jackpot in one of those days that they are playing the game.
- Study shows that women felt happier when they are playing the game of bingo. More women are playing bingo for the following purposes - companionship and socialization with other players and spectators.
- Most players of bingo play the game not mainly to win the money at stake. Enjoyment is their first reason why they play bingo and winning the money ranked fifth in the list.
- Bingo is believed to have been a descendant of the famous Italian Lottery in 1530 that is known to the world as Lo Giuoco del Lotto d'Italia.
- Edwin S. Lowe, a salesman for toys, is the person responsible for bringing the game to the common people and it was known then as 'Lowe's Bingo'. Through this game, his newly established toy company called as E.S. Lowe Company was rescued from going down.
- 1930 was the year that bingo came out and during the year of 1934, there were about ten thousand games of bingo held in a weekly basis on various recreation centers and churches across the United States.
- Lowe had confirmed that the biggest game of bingo in the history was held in the Teaneck Armory in New York. About 60,000 players are present to play bingo while 10,000 players are being declined at the door.
- It has been reported that Carl Leffler, a mathematics professor at the University of Columbia, has gone crazy after completing the task of making 6,000 bingo cards that have unique groups of numbers.
- Of all the 75 numbers involved in bingo, about 1,474,200 unique groups of numbers for bingo cards can be derived from them.
- The pioneering game of bingo that is used to raise money was held at a church building located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.