Bean-Beano!-Bingo
Bean - Beano - Bingo
One of the most popular lottery games is Bingo. Since it was roped in as part of a school's recreation on family days, its popularity soared even higher. Even kids in elementary schools have played the game or at least have heard of it. This game has been used throughout the years as a fund-raising activity of schools.
While drifting somewhere in southern parts of America, toy Salesman Edwin S. Lowe, chanced upon a carnival wherein a number of people were playing a kind of card game which has numbers on it. If the caller shouts a number the participants put a bean on it. The player shouts "Beano!" when he or she has placed a line of beans in any pattern they have won. This was how the game was brought into the land of opportunity - America.
Bingo is one of the oldest forms of the lottery. Its history can be traced back to early 16th century Italy. The game was then known as Lo Giucco del Lotto D'Italia which was played every Saturday. Up until now, the game is still played every Saturday in Italy.
In 1778 France, the game was exclusively played by wealthy Frenchmen. Women were not permitted to engage in the game. The game was known in France as Le Lotto.
The Germans made their own version of the game. They formulated the game to make it more educational for children. They used this game to hone a child's skill in the fields of spelling, math, and history.
After that fateful afternoon when Mr. Edward S. Lowe chanced upon the game being played, he was fascinated and in 1930 he sought the aid of Carl Leffler, a math professor from Columbia University. Leffler was tasked to heighten the number to 6000. Thus came the birth of bingo and is played today was we know it.
The game since then has become a part of fund-raising activities. Its roots can be taken into account when in 1934, a Catholic priest approached Mr. Lowe and suggested to use the game as a way of raising church funds. It seemed to be a brilliant idea at that time. In North America alone, an estimated $90 million dollars were spent on the game alone each week.
Amazing isn't it?
No wonder the game itself has woven its way into schools and had been made as part of the school's fund-raising activity. Moreover, the game itself is a fun way of spending lazy afternoons while the children are somewhere in the school grounds exploring horror booths, playing with friends, and eating something.
Its history does have a way of influencing the present.