![]() Each one would have around 30-60 players but it was far cry from the fast-paced bingo we know today. Hart was known to police for running several illegal Housey Housey games back in 1937. Peckham, in South-East London, became a hot-bed of Housey Housey action thanks to a man called Louis Hart. Illegal games started to pop up all over the country, over the next 20 years. Bringing it back home, bingo was a hit among both men and women in post-war Britain. ![]() ![]() Once the war was over, the British troops were reluctant to give up the game that had helped them pass so many bleak days. Reports from World War I documents troops playing a very similar game called ‘Housey Housey’ in the trenches. The police were keen to shut these down with bingo, in its earliest form, becoming illegal. Their popularity quickly grew, with many illegal lottos popping up alongside the state-approved game. After the creation of a national lottery in Elizabethan times, games of chance were seen as a good route out of poverty. There is some suggestion that while all this was going on across the pond, us Brits were also developing our own form of bingo. Chat Mag Bingo: Deposit £10, get £40 to play*.Child development stages: Ages 0-16 years.See all conception & fertility features. ![]() Fines for taking children out of school. ![]()
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