Bingo is an immensely popular gaming format that is gaining worldwide recognition through time. Bingo is also purported to be based on the Loteria game, which was made infamous by the Mexicans. Bingo primarily originated in America and has been one of the most popular board games at least among the rural population. Bingo however has undergone a revolution over the years and has seen a number of formats appearing all over the world. Recent updates in the world of Bingo have come in the form of Casino slot type Bingo games.
There have been several security issues concerned with the use of slot machines and games of chance in an unregulated manner all over the United States. The Bingo game however has been exempt from that rule and the Congress has also ignored its demerits. Thereby Bingo has provided a relief for several casino owners in places where gambling is illegal, to create a casino offering games that are bingo based slot games. The Bingo principle generally relies on marking off the numbers on ping pong balls or on a deck of cards that count to 25 in number on a 5X5 arrangement. These cards are marked off using a pen or marker as the caller reads the number of the card that he is holding. The winner upon shouting “Bingo” affirms that he has got one of the winning formations of card marking. The winner is one who first reaches such a combination and calls Bingo. As years have passed there have been electronic versions of Bingo where on a video screen one can see the cards arranged in the same format as one would have it arranged normally. Bingo slot machines are widespread these days and have become the latest move in taking the bingo gaming concept to the next step. The bingo slot machine works on the principle that it is similar to the conventional game in the way the 25 cards are represented on screen in a 5X5 form, but there stop the similarities. Under each column of five cards is a reel that belongs to a set of 5 reels that form the slot column that spins upon releasing the lever. This throws random numbers and special characters at the player and the challenge for the player is to cover up the entire video card or the 5×5 card arrangement with the numbers that are offered to him/her by the slot machine. These games have also been termed as Slingo and several companies in order to harness the popularity of the game have released online versions that allow the user to play right from the comfort of his/her home. These bingo based slot machines have become so addictive to so many that many of them actually buy the very machines for use at home.
Bingo has been widely criticised and at the same time accepted universally for being a game of chance. The conversion of the Bingo into a casino slot machine game has only furthered that already popular gaming concept.
