Bingo

“B-I-N-G-O and BINGO was his Name-O.” –William Swords, 1780.

Much more than a pet’s name, BINGO is a game enjoyed by all ages. You are never too young nor old for BINGO.

BINGO by this name began in America in 1929 when a traveling salesperson named Edwin S. Lowe was working his way through the South during the Great Depression. He stopped at a roadside carnival near Jacksonville, Florida, to see people lined up to play a game they called beano. You know the drill but using beans. Lowe asked the proprietor about beano and he shared that it had begun in Italy and spread to Germany where it was c...