American Bingo

75 ball bingo is the American version of Bingo. This version is availabe on most of the sites and is highly visited and used by American Bingo players. In the US players tend to prefer to play the variation of the game which is pattern based and draws a total of 75 balls where in the UK, the 90 ball bingo variation of the game is the more popular variation which is a line based game and draws out 90 balls during the duration of one game.

Bingo doesn't belong to America by origin, it was originated in Italy. Bingo acquired its present form only after it entered America in the late 1920s and it was Edwin Lowe, an American toy salesman, who changed the name of Beano to Bingo, only after he overheard someone unexpectedly yelling Bingo instead of Beano. He with another gentleman Carl Leffler, a Columbia university math professor, made great efforts to modernize and popularize Bingo. By 1930, Leffler created as many as 6000 unique bingo cards. Rumors has it that, he went insane after completing this job.

In US, Bingo was initially played as fundraisers by churches and many charities. And over years, it evolved into several popular variations like 75 ball bingo, 90 ball bingo and 80 ball bingo etc. and it is played in almost unlimited patterns across globe. If you live in America, 75 ball bingo is your game.