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Origins of Bingo
URL: http://www.strangelife.com/bingodoc/bingohist.html

Description:
Overview of the history of bingo. Describes how bingo "is a form of lottery and is a direct descendant of 'Lo Giuoco del Lotto d'Italia' [from the 1500s]," how toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe discovered the "Beano" game in 1929, and how a woman called out "bingo" instead of "beano" when she won and that the name of the game was then changed. From the website for a 2000 documentary about bingo.

LII Topics: Bingo, Games & Puzzles

Publisher:
Jeffcoat Films

Extra Keywords
Gambling Times Guide to Bingo Roger Snowden

LII Database Information:
Record 25958 created by Maria Brandt on 04/21/2008
Last modification on 04/24/2008
Published: 05/08/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25958

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