Bingo Gala

Bingo Gala is a great place to go play bingo, and it is huge business. Some historians say bingo is of English, Swedish, or Dutch origin, and many people say it is actually a more complicated version of a popular Italian game of Lotto, which is in turn derived from the more than 400-year-old Italian national lottery. Other historians believe Lotto is a direct descendant of Keno. But the truth is actually the reverse, and keno is a descendant of Lotto, because the latter was played in Italy centuries before keno made its appearance in New Orleans saloons.

Gala Bingo Line

The history of Gala bingo shows the Italian Lotto is patterned after the Italian national lottery, which has been in almost constant weekly operation since it began in 1530. This was the first money lottery to be operated anywhere in the world. The resemblance of Gala bingo to the Italian national lottery becomes obvious when a bingo card and a result sheet of the lottery are compared. The lottery uses the numbers one to 90, bingo uses the numbers one to 75. The lottery heads each line of its five numbered squares with the name of an Italian city and bingo heads each line of its five numbered squares with the letters B-I-N-G-O.

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Before lotteries became legal among states in the United States, many American newspapers carried the Italian lottery results each week because it sold newspapers. Many Americans at that time actually wagered money in the Italian lottery illegally, and they depended upon the American newspapers for the news of the correct results. The Italian lottery operates today on a much smaller scale and is controlled by the racket boys as is Policy Numbers. Most players wager pennies, nickels or dollars and select three, four, or five numbers under one or more city headings.

Some banks even allow you to wager one or two numbers under any city’s heading. A player who succeeds in picking three winning numbers out of five, receives $42.50 for each penny wagered. A correct selection of four out of five pays off $600 for each penny wagered and five out of five pays $7,200 for each penny wagered. If you picked five out of five and had a dollar bet riding, you should collect $720,000. Gala bingo is big business today, and you can look to the history of the event to show you why and how it has become so popular.