Some historians believe that this game originated in Roman times but do not know many details.

On the other hand, some believe the game was born in Italy in the sixteenth century and was like a lottery called “The Lotto Giuca.” Then he began to be called “Beano.” It was played mainly by people at the fairs. The mechanism and the rules were basically the same as that with which we play today.

Then 200 years later, he moved to France Bingo. Here, it was not the people who played but the aristocracy, the people closest to power.
Arriving in Germany, this game took in addition to their didactic sense, as an educational sense to play bingo, children could learn various things such as spelling, math and even the history of their country.

When the game arrived in Spain and Mexico adopted specific nature of these cultures. For example, in some regions of Mexico, this game started to become popular through the churches, where people donated part of their earnings from religious institutions.

The “Beano” finally arrived in the United States in 1929. In this country, first played in Atlanta and began to be very popular, as was the case in all other countries.

When Bingo came to the great city of New York, a toy salesman named Edwin S. Lowe perfected and called it “Bingo.”