It is a game played for luck and fortune. Each player has 5*5 grid. The randomly called out number is marked on the cards and the bingo winner is the person whose card a single line of l its numbers called out. A black out is when all the numbers have been called out. The bingo winner and the black out winner are awarded prizes. This modern version of the bingo game is believed to have originated in Atlanta, Georgia.

Initially the game was called Beano. An interesting fact being that the name was because of the beans that were used for marking the game. By accident once a winner of the Beano game shouted Bingo! And the game has been called bingo since then. The game is very popular from three year olds to hundred and three year olds. The game has grown in its popularity by its availability online. It is very common to find members of a family irrespective of their age enjoying a bingo game together.