Bingo (U.S.) stamp, and cardboard sheets. Lowe took the game to New York where friends liked playing it. The Lowe-produced Bingo game had two versions, a 12-card set for $1.00 and a $2.00 set with 24 cards. By the 1940s there were Bingo games throughout the US. The origin of the name "Bingo" is unknown but may date to the middle 1920s. There are claims that one of Lowe's friends was so excited to have won that she yelled out "Bingo" instead of "Beano," or that the word echoes the sound of a bell. In the US, the game is primarily staged
Bingo in the Philippines prize was P12.4 million). The game was being played while participants were at different branches of the Casino Filipino. The ticket for 10 bingo games cost P3,000. A popular televised bingo game program in the Philippines is the "Pinoy Bingo Night". Bingo in the Philippines The game of bingo in the Philippines was introduced and spread by Christian missionaries and churches. Bingo were often played in "perias" (singular: "peria") held during fiestas held in the barrios. In modern-day Philippines, bingo is usually used for charity purposes and as a fundraising tool by religious organizations and other groups. The first nationwide