Bingo transcends from lotto and Keno is a close associate. Cheung Leung introduced Keno over 2000 years ago in China. The game was successful and the city was saved. Characters were used in the ticket unlike the numbers we use today. In America bingo was originally named Beano and was a Country fair game where the dealer would choose discs that were numbered from a cigar box and then players marked their cards with beans. Beano was yelled if they won.