Rummy Facts Trivia at gamerisms
Rummy Facts Trivia begins with the history of what has become a
worldwide attraction for the game of rummy and its many versions.
- The origin of the card game called Rummy has been debated for
years.
- Some say that Rummy comes from the Spanish card game
Conquian, a 19th Century card game.
- It has been put forth that Rummy comes from a French variation of
the game of Poker.
- The name Rummy is said to have been derived from the phrase Rum
Poker which leads some credence to the theory that Rummy is a
variation of Poker.
- It is believed that Rummy may have derived from the Chinese game
of Mahjong, played with tiles rather than cards.
Variations/Versions of the Game: Rummy
Facts Trivia
- There are over 20 versions of the game Rummy that are commonly
played and hundreds of local variations. Following is a listing of 30
local variations.
500 Rum
Gin Rummy
Canasta
Bing Rummy
Pope Joan
Panguingue
Zigity
Kalooki
Penang Rummy
Indian Marriage
Uno
Khanhoo
Conquian
Three Thirteen
Continental
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Robbers' Rummy
Zioncheck
Indian Rummy
Phase 10
Desmoche
Biriba
Ten Pennies
Buraco
Shanghai Rum
Tong-Its
Liverpool Rummy
Rumino
Dummy Rummy
Tonk or Tunk
Carioc |
- The most common variation of the game in the United States
is
Gin
Rummy.
- Since Rummy is usually played to the score of 500 points,
there
are no
real statistics on the longest game ever.
- Rummy has so many variations that two players that have never
played
before may take as long as 15 minutes prior to game play to determine
all of the
variants that will be used during their game.
- Social Use and Popularity:
Rummy Facts Trivia
- Gin Rummy is one of the few card games that gained so much
popularity
that it spawned several commercial versions of the game. It is
comparable to the appeal of Poker in that respect.
- At a penny per point,
there have been 500-point matches that
have gone
on between friends for years, with a running total of the amount owed
from
one
player to another.

- Rummy facts trivia notes that not including professional gambling
games and solitaire,
Rummy
is
commonly considered to be the most popular card game.
- Many people consider Rummy to be the game from which such
popular games
as Bridge and Pinochle were derived, making Rummy the Mother of almost
all modern
card games.
- Rummy, as a social game was played an equal amount of time in
homes in
the 1960's and 1970's as all other board games combined.
- Gin Rummy was so popular in the 1970's that it was featured
in
as many
television shows and movies as Poker.
- From the year 1970 to the present date, the three highest
levels of
residential gambling were Rummy, Poker and Sportsbetting.
- Witty Rummy Facts Trivia
- Drinking rum or any other alcoholic drinks is not part of the
rule set
of rummy
- Rummy is not the favorite game of the pirates of the Caribbean.
- Rummy is not served in kegs.
- Bacardi did not invent rummy.
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played by
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