Origin of Poker dice?

Roland Scheicher

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Mar 31, 2004, 11:30:11 AM3/31/04

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I'd like to know when and where Poker dice have been invented? Can
anyone help me with a few hints?

Kind regards

Roland

Tom Sloper

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Mar 31, 2004, 12:53:54 PM3/31/04

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Tom Sloper

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Mar 31, 2004, 12:55:02 PM3/31/04

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From: roland_s...@yahoo.de (Roland Scheicher)

>I'd like to know when and where Poker dice have been invented? Can
>anyone help me with a few hints?

Hi Roland. Not sure if you are asking about dice with playing-card images on
them? Or a poker game played using regular cubical spotted dice?

The first patent for dice with playing-card indicia dates to the late 1890s.
Poker itself was first mentioned in print in the 1830s (per Parlett's
History of Card Games). Dice go way back, to the 9th century or before. So
the answer to your question is probably "the 1800s" either way (whether you
mean spotted dice or playing-card dice).

Tom

P.S. - Oops, did I just also post a blank reply? Sorry about that.

Roland Scheicher

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Apr 1, 2004, 1:44:59 AM4/1/04

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Dear Tom

Thank you very much for your reply. You already gave me the answers to
some questions I did not ask yet.

Kind regards

Roland

Pwee Keng Ho

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Apr 1, 2004, 10:35:55 AM4/1/04

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Dear Roland,
You could try repeating your question at the Dice Maniacs Club
(http://groups.msn.com/DiceManiacsClubakaTheRandomFandom/_whatsnew.msnw).

There's mention of a patent in 1881 :
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&S1=244520.WKU.&OS=PN/244520&RS=PN/244520

You could also follow the links to various dice collections with many cool
pictures of different kinds of poker dice.

Regards,
Keng Ho

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Kevin Cook

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Apr 1, 2004, 11:09:38 AM4/1/04

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For patents for Poker dice ... and most other dice see

http://www.dicecollector.com/diceinfo_patents.html

The oldest poker dice patent seems to be 1881

http://patimg1.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=00244520&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect2%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252Fsearch-bool.html%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526d%3DPALL%2526S1%3D244520.WKU.%2526OS%3DPN%2F244520%2526RS%3DPN%2F244520&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=CCE60B37A43A

Roland Scheicher

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Apr 2, 2004, 1:30:30 AM4/2/04

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Thank you very much

Greetings from Vienna - Austria

Roland