In this guest post we take a look at the origins and history of bingo, and examine just why it’s so popular with millions of people around the UK. Although it has taken off as a wildly popular internet game, bingo actually dates back hundreds of years, with historical records mentioning examples of bingo-like games in Italy and France as far back as the 1500s. It existed in many variations, including tombola style number dip games which were used to teach children to count, and eventually became a popular pastime for the French aristocracy. As the game gradually spread throughout ...