Online Bingo and land based bingo happens to be one of the most well known gambling games in the world. Many people associate bingo with their grandparents or with their local church, but thanks to the internet this game has gone far beyond its beginnings and right into the 21st century. But to accurately talk about this game coming into the 21st century you need to first know a little bit about the history of the game. Believe it or not the game can be tracked all the way back to 1530 to an Italian lottery called Lo Giuoco del Lotto D'Italia, which incidentally is still played in Italy today. From Italy the game was introduced to France in the 1770's followed by the Germans joining in on the fun in the 1800's, but they used it as a child's game to help with their schooling. The game didn't reach the United States until about 1929 and become known as Beano. This game was first played in Atlanta, but got its current name from a New York toy salesman, who renamed it Bingo online after he overheard someone call out Bingo instead of Beano by mistake.

All the basics that you need to know about the game is the rules, which are very simple. To play the game simply buy a card or some cards and listen to or watch the numbers that are being called; once you hear the number that has been called, look at your card(s) and mark it if you have it. Online bingo halls take that into their own hands, they mark your cards for them. This comes in handy, however if you would rather mark the cards for yourself that is possible, and if you happen to miss a number the computer will check your cards before the game is over to double check everything.

Today, bingo is a multimillion dollar a year phenomenon and has built an unbelievable player base from all over the world. In many online bingo halls today they offer games that will blow the minds of basic bingo players. Progressive jackpot bingo is now available as well as games that allow the players in their game to chat with each other while the computer does all the playing for them. In the last five hundred years the game of 'Bingo' has come from being played by a few Frenchmen to being played by millions of people from around the world everyday.