In 1929, made its way to Georgia in the United States where it was played with beans, and was known as Beano. The idea was picked up by Edwin Lowe, who took it to New York and played it with his friends. While they were playing, his friend (who had just won) sprang up and yelled Bingo instead of Beano, and that is how the name was formed. Lowe created a portable set of Bingo, copyrighted the name, and went on to make a business out of the game. By the 1940s the game had taken over the country. The game became popular in the UK in the 1960s.

Nowadays Bingo is played both in halls across the world, and on internet sites. The game has been developed from its bean days and now has electronic equipment to ensure random generation of the bingo balls, and better made cards and stamps. The growth, however, remains in the online version of the game with new players being added every day and exponential growth taking place. Like all other online businesses, Bingo has taken off very well online.

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