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Bingo Trivia – Some interesting facts you didn't know about your favorite game

  • Bingo is the most popular fundraising game around the world.
  • Bing Crosby's nickname as a child was "Bingo"
  • Screeno, a form of bingo, was played in movie theaters during the depression
  • The casino game, Keno, is based on the game of bingo
  • Majority of player who play bingo also like to play slot machines
  • A majority of bingo players have a pet, most notably a cat
  • In 1929, bingo reached North America, and became known as "Beano"
  • In the early 20th century, Bingo became popular in Australia and was known as Housie
  • The origin of bingo 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.
  • A Lotto game similar to Bingo was used as an educational tool to teach German children multiplication tables in the 1800s.
  • Bingo games can enhance the player's mental speed, observation skills and memory. A research revealed that bingo keeps you in good mental shape and provides an enjoyable mental workout.
  • About 552,446,474,061,129,000,000,000 possible bingo cards can be produced. This means that it would take 17,505,972,382,599.7 years to print every possible bingo card at the rate of one million cards per second. Out of these, only 4,976,640,000 cards would have the same twenty-four numbers, but in a different arrangement
Bingo Superstitions - As they say bingo is a game of chance. So here are some of the weirdest superstitions that bingo players believe in
  • Lucky bingo seats
  • Lucky bingo numbers
  • A fetish about leaving money on the bingo table. It brings bad luck.
  • Lucky clothes they wear to bingo, such as shoes, shirts and ties
  • Lucky days and times that they like to play bingo. Lucky bingo halls, too
  • Bingo daubers in their lucky colour and/or in the shape of their lucky charms
  • A bingo ritual where they walk around a chair three times - for luck - before a game begins!
  • Photos of loved ones, particularly grandchildren, displayed on the bingo table
  • Lucky charms, such as a rabbit's foot, elephant, teddy bear, frog, troll doll, monkey and gem stone.
Bingo Etiquette -

Here's what you're expected to do…

  • Do choose your favorite, luckiest numbers.
  • Do bask in the excitement of a BINGO win.
  • Do relish every win, yell BINGO loud and clear.
  • Do participate in this fun-loving social event.

And what's you're not

  • Don't brag about your winnings.
  • Don't whine about your losses.
  • Don't take a fellow player's lucky seat.
  • Don't blame the callers.
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