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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