The internet has connected fans in a way that allows for the scene to spread virally, and games have evolved to a point where its highly entertaining to merely watch them be played, often times more so than playing the game itself.
Allied Veterans was founded in 1979 and evolved from a charitable organization that ran bingo games and held bake sales for veterans to a group suspected of widespread illegal gambling around Florida, according to an Internal Revenue Service affidavit.
"In 1932 Babe Didrikson (a gold medalist in hurdling and the javelin at the Los Angeles Games of 1932) came in and evolved into the big name and pushed everyone else onto the sidelines, " said Mallon.