Italy is the place where the game of Bingo was first played and in the early part of the century it was called Beano, probably because it was played using beans to mark the cards and make rows or columns as required for the game. The caller used discs that were drawn from a cigar box before calling out the numbers for the players to mark their cards. The one who finished first was expected to shout the word “Beano” in order to stop the game and be indicated as the winner.

Beano became Bingo when it was modified by the joint efforts of Edwin Lowe and Carl Leffler, who popularized it as the game we all know of today; and by 1930, over 6000 bingo cards had been made.

Nowadays you will find Bingo being played almost everywhere; at community halls across the country and at church functions too but recently it is better organized. They use a caller and players sit around the tables holding their individual cards. Ink dauber is used to mark the numbers as they are called out by the caller. You guessed it, here the players mean business. Each one wants to be the first to shout “Bingo!”

Now Bingo has become the Internet game that is played online all over the world. It means a player can do this in the comfort of his own home and compete with other players all over the globe.

The online players begin by joining one of the numerous online bingo sites either for free or for payment. After the registration the new member is expected to deposit some cash into own account.

The deposit made into the account makes it possible for the player to get extra credit given to him as bonuses and that is what the member needs to start playing Bingo.

Playing on the internet gives the player the extra comfort of the numbers being called for him by the computer; the cards marked the same way and the “Bingo!” too, because the system is fully automated.

The free sites may not make the member to deposit any money into their accounts but will need them to mark their own card and wait to shout “Bingo” with the computer mouse. There are halls that are categorized and players are put in separate halls with various numbers.

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