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Bingo Trivia

Here are some details about the game of Bingo that we bet you did not know before. Although this is trivia, it helps you understand the background of a game, online and land- based, that is so popular all over the world.

*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.

*Ninety-six percent of bingo players have won at some point while playing.

*Research shows women are much happier playing bingo, and 15% say they
engage in bingo for socializing and companionship.

*The number one reason for playing bingo is enjoyment — winning money comes in fifth.

*It is believed that our current day bingo originated from an Italian Lottery called Lo Giuoco del Lotto d'Italia in 1530.

*A toy salesman, Edwin S. Lowe, brought bingo to the masses with "Lowe's Bingo." The game saved his newly-founded toy company, the E.S. Lowe Company.

*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.

*According to Lowe, the largest bingo game in history was played in New York's Teaneck Armory with 60,000 players — with 10,000 being turned away at the door.

*University of Columbia mathematics professor Carl Leffler is reported to have gone insane after coming up with 6,000 bingo cards with non-repeating number groups.

*There are 1,474,200 unique bingo cards possible.

*The first bingo game to raise money was played at a church in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Don’t you feel enlightened already?