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Bingo trivia are all about the little things you would love to know about Bingo. Here are some some facts you may not have known about the game that is probably the most popular game of chance in the world:
Bingo is the most popular fundraising game in the world.
Research shows women are much happier playing bingo, and 15% say they engage in bingo for socializing and companionship.
There are 2½ million regular female bingo players.
Played by all ages around the world, 30% of bingo players are under the age of 35.
Bing Crosby's nickname as a child was "Bingo".
Screeno, a form of bingo, was played in movie theaters during the depression.
The casino game, Keno, is based on the game of bingo .
Most bingo players also like to play slot machines.
A majority of bingo players have a pet, most notably a cat.
In 1929, bingo reached North America, and became known as "Beano".
Bingo became popular in Australia in the early 20th century. It was known as Housie.
Bingo's origin can be traced back to 1530, to an Italian lottery called "Lo Giuoco del Lotto D'Italia"(*). It is still played every Saturday in Italy.
In the 1800s a Lotto game similar to Bingo was used as an educational tool to teach German children multiplication tables.
Bingo debuted in 1930 and by 1934 there were an estimated 10,000 bingo games a week in churches and recreation centers across the country.
The first bingo game to raise money was played at a church in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Physical exercise will tone up the body, but the game of bingo enhances the player's mental speed, observation skills and memory. Research shows that bingo keeps you in peak mental form. It provides an enjoyable social experience, too!
The number one reason for playing bingo is enjoyment — winning money comes in at fifth place.
The number of possible bingo cards is 552,446,474,061,129,000,000,000. If you could print a million cards per second, it would take 17,505,972,382,599.7 years to print every possible bingo card. And only 4,976,640,000 cards would have the same twenty-four numbers, but in a different arrangement.
(*) - Lo Giuoco del Lotto draws in Italy are held every Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays between 8.00 and 8.30 p.m.
The origin of Lo Giuoco del Lotto can be traced back to La Lotto de Firenze, the first public lottery paying money, which began in Florence, Italy, in 1530. Similar Bingo drawings in Genoa and Venice to raise funds for various public projects followed La Lotto de Firenze.
This custom spread throughout Italy, and when the Italian republics were consolidated in 1530 Lo Giuoco del Lotto, the Italian national lottery, came into being.
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