Bingo also referred as ‘Beano’ during earlier times was named after the red dried beans. In earlier days, small red dried beans were used as a token. These red beans were used to cover the numbers on what we term as Bingo tickets nowadays. The gameBingo was originated during the early years of 1920′s or 1930′s. When the game was invented it was originally termed as Keno. The name Keno was much familiar and popular late 19th century. However, two illegal names were suggested to the lottery ‘keno’ operators. These ‘keno’ lottery operators used to fool the government authorities by making them realise that ‘keno’ was not a lottery but a non lottery game. Playing Bingo comes under legal gamming but playing the lottery was not considered to be legal.

The overall game of Keno was played by live number callers, tokens and playing cards. This game later on ended up with a name called Bingo. Games introduced in Bingo contain fictionalized horsesthat represent spots or numbers on a card. These fictionalized horses were marked and checked for the end result i.e. Keno. However, the game Keno was played long time before ‘beano’. Beano was popular in various parts of the world especially in the Western countries.

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