Bingo Trivia

Here you are offered a chance to learn some trivia about the game of Bingo. Besides being exciting and popular both online and regular Bingo, has many secrets.

Bingo Trivia - Did you know that…

*Bing Crosby's nickname as a child was “Bingo”.

*Screeno, a form of bingo, was played in movie theaters during the depression.

*Keno, the casino game, is based on the game of bingo.

*Bingo is the most popular fundraising game in the world.

*Most bingo players also like to play slot machines.

*In 1929, bingo reached North America, and became known as “Beano”.

*Bingo’s origin can be traced back to 1530, to an Italian lottery called “Lo Giuoco del Lotto D’Italia”. It is still played every Saturday in Italy.

*In the 1800s a Lotto game similar to Bingo was used as an educational tool to teach German children multiplication tables.

*Physical exercise will tone up the body, but the game of bingo enhances the player’s mental pace, observation skills and even memory. Research shows that bingo keeps you in peak mental shape. It provides an enjoyable social experience, as well!.

*Keno, the casino game, is based on the game of bingo.

*Bingo became popular in Australia in the early 20th century. It was known as Housie.

*The number of possible bingo cards is 552,446,474,061,129,000,000,000. If you could print a million cards per second, it would take 17,505,972,382,599.7 years to print every possible bingo card. And only 4,976,640,000 cards would have the same twenty-four numbers, but in a different pattern.

*A majority of bingo players have a pet, most notably a cat.