# Edwin S. Lowe

> Edwin S. Lowe was a U.S. salesman, toymaker, game entrepreneur and real estate developer whose promotion of a game he renamed Bingo made it popular as a national pastime and fundraising activity for churches and schools. His company the E. S. Lowe Company produced bingo games and materials in addition to plastic toys and the dice game Yahtzee. He later worked in film and stage production, including the Broadway 1981 play A Talent for Murder, featuring Claudette Colbert. Lowe also opened the Tallyho hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in 1962.

*American game designer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Born:** 1909-07-02
- **Died:** 1986-02-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Edwin S. Lowe was a U.S. salesman, toymaker, game entrepreneur and real estate developer whose promotion of a game he renamed Bingo made it popular as a national pastime and fundraising activity for churches and schools. His company the E. S. Lowe Company produced bingo games and materials in addition to plastic toys and the dice game Yahtzee. He later worked in film and stage production, including the Broadway 1981 play A Talent for Murder, featuring Claudette Colbert. Lowe also opened the Tallyho hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in 1962.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 39.7

## Sources
- [Edwin S. Lowe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_S._Lowe)
- [Edwin Lowe](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Lowe)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5346794)

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