Happy Birthday Bingo

Bingo is a simple game of chance that can be and often is lots of fun Players have their own game cards or boards. Each bingo card has 25 spaces. That's right there are five columns and five rows. While twenty four spaces have numbers in them the center space is free. Numbers are spaced out to have 15 numbers in each row. For instance :

B==== 1 - 15
I ==== 16 - 30
N ==== 31 - 45
G ==== 46 - 60
O ===== 61 - 75

The caller of the game , the individual who calls the number of the space to be filled. A number will be drawn by choosing a labeled ball or paper out of a container. Players will cover the space of the number picked. When there are enough covered spaces in the correct pattern the player wins. Correct patterns include 4 corners, 5 in a row either down, across or diagonal. When the correct spaces are covered the player must holler out "BINGO"

The first game of BINGO was manufactured in December 1929 by Edwin S. Lowe. A similar game some call Beano can be traced back to 1530. It was a game of lottery played in Italy. In 1770 wealthy frenchmen played a game of "Le Lotto" Germans played a similar game to teach children in the 1800s. The game of chance reached the US and was called "beano" The name of the game came from beans that the players would cover numbers. Lowe would work on this version created number combination Today many groups play to raise funds for their organization. Many also play bingo online.

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