One of the most popular games of luck or chance that is extremely popular in the USA, Canada, and Australia and also in many other parts of the world is bingo. This game is extremely popular as it is not only easy to play but is also a game where one can make easy money. It is a game where a person using a printed ticket of randomly-generated 5×5 numbers has to match the 15 numbers on three lines with the number randomly picked and called out. When a person gets a perfect match he shouts ‘bingo’ and gets the money after verification. While in the traditional method a person can hold only a few tickets the electronic bingo lets a player play the game with a large number of cards. Online bingo has also become extremely popular and is drawing thousands of people everyday. This game and more importantly the word ‘bingo’ has become so famous and popular that so many products are named after it.
There are places called Bingo as well as potato chips and snacks called Bingo. Bingo is also the name of a popular song and film about a dog. There are also literary characters called Bingo. P.G. Wodehouse had a character in many of his books called Bingo Little. This is a popular name in America and Canada and is kept as first names. A famous person with the name Bingo was Elwood Bingo DeMoss, the baseball player. He was a baseball player and manager in the Negro Leagues from 1905 to 1943. Born in Topeka, Kansas he was considered the finest fielding second baseman of the 1910s and 1920s. He was considered as one of the greatest bunters in Negro League History and spent fifteen years after retirement as a highly respected manager. Just visit this site for more information.