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How to Play Bingo
At the start of Bingo, select how many number cards you'd like to play. Playing more bingo cards will increase your bets and your chance to win big! Next, select how many numbers you'd like to extract; this is the number of bingo numbers that will be randomly selected during the game. Next, place your bets, but keep in mind that you can only bet up to one dollar per number card. When you're ready, click play to start. Now, click start again to begin the free to play bingo games! Play close attention to the numbers that are randomly extracted and click them on your bingo cards. If you complete a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row of numbers, you win! Note that the star in the center of the bingo card counts as a free number. When you win, feel free to say bingo out loud of you'd like; we won't judge.
Good luck, and we hope you enjoy this free online version of Bingo!
About Bingo
This free online bingo is the classic 75-ball American bingo game you know and love, and is played by tens of thousands of loyal Arkadium players worldwide. Place your bets and try to win big with up to four bingo cards!
Bingo Fun Facts
- There are two main versions of Bingo, the British version and American. It is believed that the British version goes all the way back to the 16th century, originating from the Italian lottery called Il Gioco del Lotto d'Italia. From there Bingo spread to France and, in the 18th century, to Great Britain and other European countries. The American version of Bingo, on the other hand, originated in the 1920's and was originally called 'Beano'. First played in carnivals, a traveling New York toy salesman by the name of Edwin Lowe changed the name to 'Bingo', worked with a math professor to create roughly 6,000 unique bingo card, and manufactured and distributed the game to households across the country
- The same Edwin Lowe also developed and distributed Yahtzee and, in 1973, he sold his company to Milton Bradley for $26 million.
- It's well known that Bingo is commonly played in churches, which also happens to trace back to Lowe. Not long after first distributing the game, a priest from Pennsylvania reached out to Lowe about using Bingo to raise money for the church. Fast forward a few years and by the middle of 1930 about 10,000 church based bingo games were being played weekly
- Many casinos offer their players the opportunity to play bingo. And yes, Lowe himself built a casino hotel on the Vegas strip called the Tallyho Inn. Fast forward to today, and it is estimated that $4.6 billion dollars are spent annually in just North America.
Good luck playing this free bingo game online, and be sure to yell out BINGO if and when you win!
