Origin of this game dates back to sixteen century and is connected to the unification of Italy. However, origin of online bingo coincides with the development of internet and business to business and business to customer concepts. Out of the bingo a lottery system on national level was evolved which held every week. This same lottery system has become significant source of revenue in many countries and help the govt to part finance its budgetary requirements.

When we go back to the origins of the game, we find that a concept called lotto was developed by French people and from that only today’s version of online bingo has evolved. The basis for the players’ cards were the 3 rows and nine columns and players would cut the number as it is called (if the same is there in the card) and becomes winner depending on the predefined winning layouts. Although lotto continued to flourish across Europe but it was used to teach some kind of multiplication to children in Germany. It even formed basis for some bingo toys and other games.It was just an idea developed by a person who was into financial trouble and it clicked with the masses brilliantly. Online bingo is just an out come of the same whereby the same is played in a virtual casino. Once upon a time a person decided to have some fun at one of the carnivals where he could see that only one shop is fully crowded the reason being the earlier version of online bingo was being played there. When this person from USA noticed the popularity of the game and saw that the people are like getting addicted to the game he decided to introduce the same at his place in New York when he went back.

He invited some of his friends back in New York and introduced them the idea of the game. Every one liked it but the as the game started the tension seemed very obvious. As the player was close to winning his/her excitement increased proportionately. And in the initial game when some number was being called and one lady jumped in excitement as she had won and in the complete happiness she shouted online bingo instead of shouting beano. So the public name for this game came out. But when the game was a success and it came out in the public domain it was very difficult to patent it. As it is the world of copy cats so every tom, dick and harry came with their own versions of the game. And the person also who invented the game was innocent and asked other persons to pay just one dollar to use the name bingo as their game. Certainly it was very small price to pay for such a popular game.

There was another aspect added to the game seeing its popularity as the same was started to be used for fund raising activities. But then it was realized that very game of online bingo produced certain winners and random number on the cards ought to have a true randomness by using the mathematics. So some help was taken from professors of mathematics to develop a set of 6000 cards. However, when the professors conceptualized the fee per card had rose to $100 but the work was finally completed. As online bingo started to be more and more popular people decided to develop the game further. At some time, even some books were published and they also became very popular. Prize money and stakes have also become higher by the time and these days bingo has made itself a niche place amongst other sports and gambling activities in the American culture.

Bingo players who have been playing bingo for a sustained period of time have been found to have superior reflexes in many cases to non-bingo players. The speed and mental agility required to scan six bingo cards in time before the next call is certainly better than stagnating in front of the television and has been responsible for keeping the minds of many people of different ages fit and healthy. As we get older, the blood begins to run at a thinner rate to the brain. Using our brains less can result in a decrease of mental agility and flexibility. Playing bingo is an enjoyable way to keep those attributes intact.

The competitive spirit of the game is also something that helps to regenerate our bodies when we take ourselves out of the workforce. The experience of retirement can very much and rightly so, equate to slowing things down. People take things at a far more leisurely pace. This is what is so attractive and something many look forward to after a fast-moving career. The only problem is that as we do that, so we lose a sense of the invigoration that the competitive energy used to spark. The great thing about playing bingo is that it is able to reignite that spark, depending on where you are playing. Certain bingo halls can be notoriously competitive. Players have developed ways of managing to cope with as many cards as possible by turning them upside down, paying for someone else to keep an eye on them and even continue other activities, such as knitting while the game is in play. The callers can move relatively quickly and you have to stay on your toes in order not to miss a call or a number. To many, this competitive edge and speed aspect is so vital to the maintenance of their energy and fighting spirit. It keeps all of the senses in a sharp shape and forces the player to sustain some of the efficiency and rigour they may have been used to when working or even when their bodies may have had slightly more endurance than they do now. Players have to stretch themselves to the limit and keep the competitive flame burning by the allure of large cash prizes.

The social aspect of the game is crucial as well. It is the combination of the interaction and communication so prevalent in the bingo halls with the mental agility and stimulation that many suggest can contribute to the prevention of depression. Depression is something that becomes more and more of a concern as the mind begins to deteriorate. People find they are unable to stimulate themselves as they used to do and hence become very frustrated and bored. Therefore, the sustenance of mental stimulation and optimum functioning is so important to a balanced state of mind.

A healthy mind may in many cases also signify a healthy body. If the mind begins to deteriorate, many health practitioners believe it can influence the degeneration of the body immensely. So it is not just the brain that bingo seems to be able to keep in prime condition. As lives become less and less active physically (often because of unavoidable circumstances), it becomes more and more important to place the energy we used to put into our bodies, into our minds in order to help sustain both.