Bingo started out in Italy. It was originally a bookie lottery online game but developed into the modern game in Europe throughout the 15th century. It was heavily modified by the French and then subsequently through the Germans before it became the game we all now know and love.

Despite being invented within the 15th century it was not very popular until the 19th century. During this time it spread globally and had a meteoric rise in the USA. It was played both for entertainment and used as a tool to raise funds for several charitable organisations.

After the 19th century bingo became quite stagnant. It saw a rise across the world within the 1970s and 1980s but it developed a bad image as being a game that only the elderly played.

Fast forward to the new millennium and online bingo has been introduced. The on-line bingo game plays exactly the same as the land based bingo game.