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Great facts about your favorite Bingo game
More and more people are addicted to playing bingo games, from bingo rooms to online bingo sites.
People are going to go crazy about it and let me share with you some interesting facts about bingo today.
Introducing Bingo cards
Who invented bingo cards?
Bingo cards were first used by Germans in the 1800s as an educational tool designed to help students learn the multiplication tables with ease.
There are claims that Carl Leffler lost his mind after creating at least 6,000 bingo card combinations with groups of non-repeating numbers.
The Bingo card in the UK is also known as "Housie".
The Bingo card used in the US is different from the one used in the UK.
Statistics show that Americans spend more than $ 90 million on bingo cards alone each week.
According to one calculation, there are actually 552,446,474,061,128,648,601,600,000 possible number arrangements in a bingo card.
US bingo cards have 5 × 5 squares while UK bingo cards have 3 rows and 9 columns.
The number combinations in US bingo cards are only 1 to 75 while bingo cards used in the UK have number combinations 1 through 90.
When you say DIY bingo cards, these are customizable cards where you can create your own number combinations or set your own images.
Bingo games
The fist bingo game is believed to have occurred in Italy in the early 1530s as "Lo Giuoco del Lotto D’Italia", which is still played today.
Christine Bradfield, an old woman from Bargoed in Caerphilly County is said to be the biggest bingo winner by winning over £ 1.1 million at the Castle Club in Merthyr Tydfil.
The biggest ever recorded win in the online bingo game was £ 430,900!
In a standard bingo card a player can come up with 1,474,200 different winning combinations.
The game of bingo was originally called "beano" but was later changed to "bingo" when an excited woman accidentally screamed after winning the jackpot.
According to sources, 96% of regular bingo players have won the jackpot at least once.
Statistics show that about 80% of bingo players are women while the other 20% are men.
Winning the number five jackpots among the reasons players participate in the bingo game.
Bingo games have shown remarkable effects in improving one's cognitive abilities and effectively alleviating stress.
Bingo games are played by people of all ages.
Bingo was first called a "beano" because bingo players used beans to mark lottery numbers on their cards.
Bingo games online
The earliest known online bingo game "Bingo Zone" was released in 1996. It was followed by "Bingo Blitz" in 1998.
Online Bingo is a very popular leisure activity in the UK with over 3 million people playing it every day.
Online bingo games in the US have seen tremendous growth and are currently the most popular activity among Americans in recent years.
Unlike in bingo halls where regular bingo balls are used to play the game, online bingo sites use a random number generator.
Another notable feature of online bingo is the chat function that gives players the opportunity to interact and socialize over the Internet.
Online Bingo amassed a total of 640 million dollars in 2010 and about 50% of this income comes only from the UK.
Most of the online bingo players are between the ages of 35-40.
About 48% of online bingo players admit that they play online bingo at least once per day, making it part of their daily mode.
Due to the chat feature available in online bingo sites, about 47% of players were able to form a new circle of friends.
83% of online bingo players are women and the rest 17% are men.
Playing bingo on bingo halls or from online bingo sites is a really fun and relaxing way for many people.
Plus, you can get a lot of bonus deals from different bingo sites and win jackpots without spending too much on bingo games unlike poker or any online game.
Don't have the time or luxury to hang out and bingo?
