Ibhingo!

IBingo ngumdlalo othandwayo wenhlanhla usebenzisa amakhadi anegridi yezinombolo, umugqa wezihlanu okusho ukuwina. Izinombolo zikhethwa ngokungahleliwe kuze kube yilapho umdlali enza umugqa, obizwa nangokuthi ibhingo. IBingo ingenye yezindlela ezithandwa kakhulu zokugembula ngamanani aphansi emhlabeni.

Ukudlala ibhingo umdlali ngamunye uthenga ikhadi elilodwa noma amaningi ahlukaniswe ngezikwele ezinezinombolo nezingenalutho. Izinombolo ezikhethwe ngokungahleliwe, imvamisa kusuka echibini elifinyelela ku-75 noma ku-90, zibizwa ‘ngumbhangi.’ umdlali wokuqala ukuzuza umugqa lapho zonke izinombolo zibizwe ngokuthi ukumemeza ‘ibhingo’ noma ‘indlu’ bese eqoqa yonke imali yesitoko, imvamisa kususa iphesenti elincane, elicacisiwe. Kokunye ukwehluka okuthandwayo, isikwele esimaphakathi ekhadini simahhala, futhi umdlali wokuqala okukhadi lakhe izinombolo eziyisihlanu zezinombolo ezibiziwe zivela zilandelana! Zibheka, zibheke phezulu, noma zidayile! Umklomelo ungaba izinkulungwane zamaRandi. IBingo isemthethweni emazweni amaningi ase-U.S. Enqabela ezinye izindlela zokugembula, futhi ihlotshaniswa nabaxhasi bezimali besonto.

Uhlobo lokuqala lwebhingo lwaqoshwa okokuqala ngo-1778. Ifomu laseMelika lokuqala, elibizwa ngokuthi i-keno, kino, noma i-po-keno (kuya ngendawo), lisukela ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19. Ekuphakameni kokuthandwa kwayo ngesikhathi sokuDodobala Okukhulu kowe-1930, okuhlukile (okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi yi-screeno) kwakudlalwa ezinkundleni zemidlalo yeshashalazi ezinyakazayo, ngobusuku obubodwa ngeviki obabubekiwe obasebhange, lapho abashisekeli bathola amakhadi ebhingo amahhala namathikithi abo okungena. Imiklomelo yayivame ukuba ngamakhulu amadola angukheshi noma okuthengiswayo.

IBingo ngumdlalo onganciphanga ukuthandwa nhlobo. Kunezinhlobo ezingezona ezokugembula kwifomethi yomdlalo webhodi wezingane, amabhingo akhethekile ezindlini ezingaphansi kwesonto namaLegion aseMelika kulo lonke elase-United States, futhi ibhingo liqala nokwenza ukubonakala okuqinile njengomdlalo othandwayo wenhlanhla kumakhasino aku-inthanethi kanye ne-blackjack futhi i-poker. Ukuba lula komdlalo, kanye nenhlanhla engahleliwe, yikho okwenza ukuthi udume kangaka. Azikho izazi ezinamakhono noma imithetho eyinkimbinkimbi yokwenza ochwepheshe ngenzuzo engafanele. Umdlalo umayelana nenhlanhla, futhi usathandwa njengamanje njengoba kwenzeka eminyakeni engamakhulu amabili edlule.