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
National Bingo Night (Australian game show) all the numbers on the bingo balls pulled out add up to 365. In this game, the player guessed whether the next ball is black or red. This game involved the contestant trying to make 9 correct guesses to win $50,000 worth of travel. This game involved the contestant trying to have all numbers on the bingo balls drawn to appear on the serial number of their hundred-dollar note. "National Bingo Night" achieved a degree of controversy concerning how the game was played and the allegations that the network has not paid winnings claimed by home viewers and audience members.