Basis of Bingo and Reason of Attraction by Public
By: Alina Farace
In 1530, Bingo made its origin from the Italian National Lottery which was then popular in the country. Bingo which is a lotto type game quickly spread across the Continent due to its attractiveness. When it arrived Europe the game evolved into one played on a rectangular grid with nine columns and three rows. The first vertical column had numbers 1-10; the second, 11-20; the third, 21-30; and so on, up to 90. This is the source for the ninety number version game currently played in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia. As the game arrived America, developed the seventy-five numbers version played with a square grid of five numbers by five number grids with letters of the word Bingo arranged as B has 1-15; I has 16-30; N has 31-45; G has 46-60 and O has 1 – 75. A Free Space is there in the middle of the N column. At all times the lottery style game has been well-liked with the public. For them the version doesn’t matter as they are looking for the fun of Bingo that is similar in both versions. These bingo versions are most demanded in online bingo sites.
Bingo game is easy to learn and play and it is considered as a game of chance that is based strictly on luck. Hence no gaming skill is needed and as it is a chance game no game strategy will improve the chances of winning. So the player need not have to give over a lot of time learning rules and strategy of the UK bingo game. It is usually measured as a friendly and social game. People visit land based casinos usually seeing the socialization aspects and for the gaming features.
The Bingo game is not a mentally demanding game, hence people can sit and talk with the other players while they are checking their cards and covering the numbers called by the Bingo caller. For playing Bingo the player will have to allocate cost of buying the cards and paying the entry fee besides travel expenses while playing in brick and mortar bingo hall. Still, the cost is not too expensive and this amount is affordable to majority of the people. A few may perhaps not be able to play to the extent that they would like on their pensions, but they can in any case play once or twice a week. The game of Bingo is competitive in that each player is gaming to attain the first position to accomplish the pattern.
Although it is a competitive game, a friendly nature of the game allows people to relax and enjoy themselves. Bingo gaming a few hours is not expensive enough to upset the player monetarily. Hence the players just sit back and have a good time in enjoying the fun of Bingo. Also people always want to test out their luck as Bingo is a game that is based on luck and chance. Now this popular game is available online in both versions and all these add to the attraction of Bingo by all sorts of people.
Hello, I am Alina Farace. I am a freelance writer and web designer. I have published number of articles online in many article sites. I have written on bingo and online bingo tips. I also written on free bingo reviews.