Welcome !

Play at Goldenpalace
> 300% Bonus now !
Play at Bodog Casino
> America's Pride !

Man's instinct to gamble is the only reason he is still not a monkey up in the trees - Mario Puzo

Gambling Articles >> Newsletter: Blackjack Strategy Software <<

Online Excitement - Bingo Tournaments

Tournaments have become one of the most popular forms of playing bingo online. But the real history of bingo tournaments goes back before the personal computer was even dreamed of. The bingo hall, everything we know about bingo, goes back to right about the time the first televisions started making their appearance.

It was in the 1930's when a Catholic priest from Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, on the advice of one of his parishioners, started using the game of bingo to raise money for the failing church. This essentially started the first weekly bingo tournament. There was one problem: Edwin S. Lowe, the man credited for creating modern American bingo, had only created 24 differently numbered cards. With so few combinations the church would have a half-dozen people calling bingo every game.

Lowe was contacted and charged with the task to create a substantial number of unique bingo cards. In order for a bingo tournament to be played by any number of people there would have to be enough bingo cards to accommodate them all. Lowe, a traveling toy salesman, recognized the fundraising potential of this little game he happened upon, and don't think the profitability of bingo tournaments didn't slip past him. The help of Carl Leffler, a professor of mathematics at Columbia University, was enlisted.

Now, this was before the time of the computer, so Leffler worked out all these bingo cards by hand. The task got so hard-as more bingo cards were created finding more unique combinations became more difficult-that by the end Lowe was paying Leffler $100 per bingo card, which was a pile of money back then. All in all Leffler came up with 6,000 different possible bingo cards. The historical rumor is that he went insane after the complete the task and spent the rest of his days screaming bingo in a padded room at the mental hospital.

It may not seem like much, but 6,000 bingo cards were enough to get bingo going as a popular fundraiser throughout America, growing the game closer and to the size needed for a good bingo tournament. By 1934 there was a reported 10,000 bingo nights in various places across America. The largest gathering, according to Lowe, was 60,000 people at the Teaneck Armory in New York. Lowe claimed that another 10,000 people were turned away.

Nowadays we do have computers and the number of possible bingo cards is up to 1,474,200. 60,000 people may seem like a lot of bingo players, but imagine how many people could be gathered together for a bingo tournament on the Internet? Probably enough for people to have duplicate bingo cards. What started as a fundraiser with 24 cards is turning into a worldwide tradition. Bingo, online bingo and the bingo tournament are still growing.

## End of Article

What do you want to do next ?

Play Casino Games
$7777 Cash Bonus, more than
75 games
Bet on Sports
10% Cash Bonus, Live Lines Inferno
Play 3D Online Slots
$5000 Free Bonus, Instant Game Play
Play Internet Poker
100% Cash Bonus, $50000 Points Race
Bet on Horses
10% Cash Bonus, Horse Betting Toolkit
Play Online Bingo
Free $6 Bonus. Bingo Tourneys, Slots, Video Poker

Gambling Article Source: http://www.eternalgambling.com/gambling

Jeffrey Davis is a expert on Bingo and a marketing executive at Triumph Marketing, you can find more of Jeff's Bingo Articles and play bingo at www.bingohouse.com.

Please Rate this Gambling Article

Not yet Rated

Get Bingo articles via RSS by clicking the icon above !

Additional Gambling Articles - Home | Bingo

Traditional Bingo Versus Online Bingo - By : Anne Morris
About Big Jackpot Bingo Winnings - By : Anne Morris
The History Of Bingo - Everyone’s Chosen Game - By : Anne Morris
Why You Must Play Bingo Online - By : Anne Morris
Internet Bingo Is Officially The New Going Out - By : Richard Sharp
Bingo Online Versus The Thrill of Bingo Halls - By : Richard Sharp
Online Bingo Is Good For Your Health - By : Richard Sharp
Which Online Bingo Game Will You Play? - By : JC Davis
Adaptable Bingo Games - By : JC Davis
Should You Pay for Bingo? - By : JC Davis

• Best Online Casinos	• No Download Casino
• UK Online Casino	• Casino Reviews
• Poker Glossary	• Online Poker
• Online Betting	• Online Bingo
• Mobile Casinos	• Gambling News
• Casino En Ligne	• Casino En Linea
• Giochi Di Casino	• Sportwetten
• Casino Spiele	• Poker Spiele

Rushmore - Best Online Casino Games

Rushmore Casino is one of the newest and hottest of today's online casinos available to you. Its truly terrific online casino software offers you great and incredible graphics, all the latest online casino games, of course also friendly 24/7 Customer Support and more. And you will enjoy an unbelieveable $888 Free Bonus at this very quickly growing casino, also available as no download version. Play now !

Bodog Poker - Best Online Poker

Bodog Poker offers you the best in on line poker: world famous pros like Evelyn Ng or A. Musumeci, a huge bonus of up to $1000, real online poker or play money games. Its online poker room was created by world class poker professionals, and surely provides you with the ability to learn, chat, and also play online poker with the pros, and you will be rewarded with a 100% signup poker bonus. Play now !

	Print This Article
	Add To Favorites
	Email to Friends
	Ezine Ready

Submit Gambling Articles
Author Account Signup
Author Login
Contact Us
Most Popular Authors
Most Read Articles
Submission Guidelines
Gambling Ezine Notifications
Gambling Article RSS Feeds
Terms of Service

Terms and Conditions : Privacy Policy : About and Contact

* World Series of Poker and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah's License Company, LLC ("Harrah's"). Harrah's does not sponsor or endorse, and is not associated or affiliated with the products, services or promotions presented on this website.

Site Counters by RelmaxTop