It's well known that Bingo is commonly played in churches, which also happens to trace back to Lowe.The same Edwin Lowe also developed and distributed Yahtzee and, in 1973, he sold his company to Milton Bradley for $26 million.First played in carnivals, a traveling New York toy salesman by the name of Edwin Lowe changed the name to 'Bingo', worked with a math professor to create roughly 6,000 unique bingo card, and manufactured and distributed the game to households across the country The American version of Bingo, on the other hand, originated in the 1920's and was originally called 'Beano'. From there Bingo spread to France and, in the 18th century, to Great Britain and other European countries. It is believed that the British version goes all the way back to the 16th century, originating from the Italian lottery called Il Gioco del Lotto d'Italia.
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