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Card game enthusiasts across the world have been relishing Rummy Games, for probably a couple of centuries now. The revolution in technology paved the way for Online Rummy, which has been garnering popularity like never before, with denizens of all ages taking a fancy to it. However, how many of us have an idea about the origin of these games? Not too many! – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: The Origin of Rummy Games | Rummy Passion


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The Origin of Rummy Games
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There is the number of origin and evolution of
the game. 
  • Conquian Roots
  • Chinese Roots
  • Poker Roots
  • Hungarian Roots
  • American Roots

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Conquian Roots
  • Most historians studying the roots of the game
    believe that it originated in either Spain or
    Mexico as the game of Conquian.
  • It is deemed to be invented by the Spaniards and
    then spread by the Spanish migrants throughout
    America during the 1800s.
  • This game is considered to be the ancestor of all
    rummy games.

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Chinese Roots
  • There are two Chinese games named Khanhoo and
    Kon Khin that are believed to have existed in
    China around the later part of the nineteenth
    century. 
  • They involved forming combinations, and as such
    are said to be the basis of modern rummy games.

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Poker Roots
  • Another theory about the origin of our card games
    in discussion is that they developed from a form
    of Poker, called Whiskey Poker.
  • It was quite similar to the rummy of today and
    over a period of time, evolved into Rum Poker and
    finally into rummy.

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Hungarian Roots
  • The game is believed to have made its presence at
    coffee shop tables in Pest, Budapest, Hungary
    around 1915 and was really liked by the citizenry
    and given preference over other board games.
    However, newspapers reported the presence of the
    game in Hungary after World War 1.

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American Roots
  • It is perceived that Indian rummy which is widely
    popular in the Indian scenario is, in all
    likelihood, an extension of Gin Rummy and Rummy
    500, the roots of which are said to be in USA.

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The Crux of the Matter
  • With the advent of Online Rummy, more and more
    people have started playing the traditional card
    game of skills, without ever wondering about the
    beginnings of the game.
  • There are numerous distinct schools of thought
    about the evolution of Rummy Games. However, all
    these assertions make one aspect quite clear,
    that the games have been around for quite long
    and played and relished all over the world.

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