Bingo Trivia

Bingo! From dusty church basements to online bingo sites, the game is popular throughout the world due to its playability. Even the world's leading casinos usually offer some version of the game. If you are a bingo fan, you might appreciate learning some fun facts about bingo, and enjoy learning about new places to play.

Bingo's origins have been traced back to sixteenth-century Italy, and its American history dates back to the 1920s, when it was played with beans and cardboard sheets and called "Beano".

On a typical bingo card with 75 numbers, there are over 552,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible combinations of number arrangements!

50% more women play bingo than men - so the stereotype of elderly women playing in the church hall is rooted in truth.

Bingo is the only gambling game allowed by the British Armed Forces - perhaps again benefiting from its church associations. How bad could gambling that often takes place in churches be? In Great Britain, bingo is also the most popular leisure activity.

The average game of bingo takes about five minutes, making it easy to rack up lots of games in any session, especially if you are playing for two or three hours at a time.

Besides the plethora of online bingo sites, a good place to play bingo is, of course, Las Vegas. With over 17 bingo parlors, it's easy to find a place to play. Terrible's, a Las Vegas casino/resort that markets itself mainly to locals, is a good place to play bingo off of the Strip. Another good bingo spot in Las Vegas is Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa, where in additional to bingo, you'll be able to kayak, hike, and otherwise explore Red Rock National Park, named for its beautiful weather-worn rock formations