Bingo - People playing Bingo in the UK, Enlgand UK
Bingo is a game of probability in which players mark off numbers on cards as the numbers are drawn randomly by a caller, the winner being the first person to mark off all their numbers.[1] Bingo became increasingly more popular across the UK with more purpose-built bingo halls opened every year until 2005.[2] Since 2005, Bingo Halls have seen a marked decline in revenues and the closure of many halls.[3] The number of bingo clubs in Britain has dropped from nearly 600 in 2005 to under 400 as of January, 2014.[4] These closures are blamed on high taxes, the smoking ban, and the rise in on-line gambling, amongst other things.[5] The game is thought to have begun in Italy in the 16th century, specifically, around 1530[6] Bingo is believed to have migrated to France, Great Britain, and other parts of Europe in the 18th century. Players mark off numbers on a ticket as they are randomly called out, in order to achieve a winning combination. Bingo originates from the Italian lottery, Il Gioco del Lotto d'Italia. From Italy, the game spread to France and was known as Le Lotto, played by the French aristocracy. Tombola was used in nineteenth-century Germany as an educational tool to teach children multiplication tables, spelling, and even history. The origins of the modern version of the game are a little bit unclear, but it definitely gained its initial surge of popularity with the first modern version of the game appearing at carnivals and fairs in the 1920s, and is attributed to a Hugh J. Ward. The patent for a modern Bingo card design went to Erwin S. Lowe in 1942.
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