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    What is the origin of the game of dominoes?

    Question #80943. Asked by gdebes1. (May 24 07 6:50 PM)


    nakarinna

    		Although the name of the game is Italian, dominoes were invented in 12th century China. The numbers were intended to represent the different combinations of dice rolls that could be made with a pair of regular (cubic) dice.

    A couple of sources:

    http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Dominoes.htm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominoes


    May 24 07, 8:27 PM

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