How keely observed of you! Bingo isn't the same as the lotto, but it's certainly based on the same concept. Both involve numbers being selected at random. But while in the lotto it doesn't matter what sequence your numbers come up or how fast you cop it, in bingo that can make all the difference. Both modern day lotto and modern day bingo evolved from an 18th century French game named, believe it or not, le lotto.