Bingo began in Italy. It was originally a lottery agent game but developed in to the modern game in Europe throughout the 15th century. It was heavily modified by the French and then subsequently by the Germans before it became the game most of us now know and love.

Despite being invented within the 15th century it was not extremely popular until the 19th century. During this time it spread globally and had a meteoric rise in the United States. 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 throughout the world within the 1970s and 1980s but it developed a bad image as being a game that only seniors played.

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