Bingo Rules
Bingo, also called LOTTO, game of chance using cards on which there is
a grid of numbers, a row of which constitute a win when they have been chosen
at random. Bingo is one of the most popular forms of low-priced gambling
in the world.
To play bingo, which is a form of lottery, each player purchases one
or more cards divided into numbered and blank squares. Randomly chosen
numbers, usually up to 75 or 90, are called out by a "banker."
The first player to achieve a card (or a line) in which all of the numbers
have been called shouts "bingo" or "house" and collects
the entire stake money, usually less a specified percentage, if that is
permitted by local law. In another popular variation, the central square
on the card is free, and the first player on whose card five of the called
numbers appear in a row--vertically, horizontally, or diagonally--is the
winner. The prize (jackpot) may amount to thousands of dollars. Bingo
is legal in most U.S. states that prohibit other forms of gambling. It
is permitted in Ireland when the profits are for charity; and it is closely
regulated in the United Kingdom, where lotto halls were subjected to a
tax in 1966.
Bingo has had many names and variations. The earliest name, lotto (or
loto), a children`s game, was first recorded in 1778. The original American
form, called keno, kino, or po-keno, dates from the early 19th century.
The only form of gambling permitted in the British armed services, the
game is called in the Royal Navy tombola (1880) and in the Army, house
(1900), or housy-housy. Other American names are beano, lucky, radio,
and fortune. At the height of its popularity during the Great Depression
of the 1930s, a variant (often called screeno) was played in motion-picture
theatres, with one night in the week designated bank night, when patrons
received free bingo cards with their admission tickets; prizes amounted
to hundreds of dollars in cash or merchandise.
Bingo has been played enthusiastically in Japan and has even been introduced
at the casino in Monte-Carlo. In Great Britain the game received its greatest
impetus when the Betting and Gaming Act of 1960 permitted the formation
of a large number of commercial lotto clubs. Within a few years, the game
achieved a popularity equaling or exceeding that which it had formerly
enjoyed in the United States.
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