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Let me continue with the exciting history of the Bingo game.

To refresh you memory about the how the story began I will remind you that contemporary Bingo is a straight descendant of Italian Lotteries, played as long as in 1530s.

Long after it was brought to the US from Germany in a form of game played with the help of carton cards and beans. It was called Beano for that reason. This simple algorithm of pulling out numbers from a cigar box and putting beans to the carton cards with the aim to cover lines with beans not only has saved a toy producing company owner Edwin S. Lowe by name, but also brought him fame and fortune.

Allow me telling you more details about this magic transformation of an unpretentious Beano game into a very popular and highly profitable game of Bingo. (more…)

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Today I would like to tell you the story of how a cigar box, carton cads and a handful of beans can make one rich and famous.

Did you know that contemporary Bingo game descends from the Italian National Lottery Lo Giuoco del Lotto d’Italia, that was first organized in 1530? Today the Italian State lottery is indispensable to the government’s budget, with a yearly contribution in excess of 75 million dollars.

In 1929 the game was eventually brought to the US from Germany. It was made really popular by an American businessman Edwin S. Lowe. One night he was returning back home tired and exhausted, when he decided to drive on to Jacksonville, Georgia in order to start his business appointments at the earliest. Jacksonville met him with bright lights and noise on a town carnival…

One year before he started his own toy business that was about to collapse because of the market crash. That night he couldn’t even imagine that this eventual overnight stop will bring him money and fame. (more…)

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