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Bingo is immense in Texas. (Actually, it's huge throughout the world, but this article is only about bingo in Texas.) 21.5 million people played bingo in Texas in the twelvemonth 2004, and they won over $443 million in prizes. And best of all, since ALL bingo played in Texas is charitable bingo, over $29.8 million was donated to different charities in 2004.

But before 1980, there wasn't legal bingo in Texas. 1980 was the twelvemonth that Texas passed the constitutional amendment allowing charitable bingo halls to run in Texas. The amendment necessitates that finances earned from bingo trading operations in the state must be allocated toward charity, so any bingo game you play in the state of Texas is money toward a good cause.

Even though the amendment was passed in 1980, it wasn't until 1982 that bingo halls actually started operating. 1982 was the twelvemonth that the Accountant of Populace Accounts first began issuing licences for bingo operators. The Accountant of Populace Accounts continued to administrate Texas bingo until 1990.

In 1990, the Texas Alcholic Beverage Committee became responsible for administering Texas charitable bingo, and they played that function until bingo was moved under the supervision of the Texas Lottery Commission, which seemed like a logical pick to supervise what is essentially a lottery type game, even if the net income make travel to charity.

The rest, as they say, is history. The Texas Lottery Committee goes on to supervise Texas charitable bingo. The bingo division trusts to hit $1 billion in entire charitable contributions sooner rather than later, and since 1982, they've generated $792 million. So they're pretty close.

Anyone who desires to back up charity, have got some fun, and maybe win some money should see supporting Texas charitable bingo.