4 Mind Blowing Facts About Rummy Games

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4 Mind Blowing Facts About Rummy Games
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• Welcome to the spell weaving world of card
  gaming!
• Whether you are a connoisseur or a novice, you
  will be amazed to know some mind blowing facts
  about rummy games, one of the oldest and widely
  popular card games not just in India but the
  whole world.
• So lets take the plunge and delve deeper into
  the ocean of knowledge.

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Rummy Has Made a Magnificent Comeback
Card gaming was literally facing the threat of
extinction with the new tech-savvy generation
lapping up the new-age digital games. Players
were bidding adieu to the old-world charm of
Indian rummy, and the elderly playing it once in
a while in clubs and social get-togethers.
However, thanks to the same technology that has
made its revival possible in fact it has enabled
this brain-storming game take the world by storm.
Now, it is a sporting platform for the young
budding players and the old aficionados alike.
Anyway you look at it you cant stop gushing
over it.
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How Marvellous Is This Game
Ever wondered what can be more to this innocuous
and amusing game of cards? There is much more
than what meets the eye. It sharpens not only
your memory, but also your reflexes. It works
wonders for your cognitive skills, checks your
mathematical genius and lo and behold it helps
you to fill your coffers too. And thats not all.
Something else also goes on in the background -
your stress is vanishing or it is definitely
making you adept at learning to manage stress.
Thats the beauty of it.
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Can You Guess Rummy Avatars
Albeit the indigenous version of the game finds
favour with most enthusiasts, it has more than 20
different variants some of them being 13 card
Indian rummy, 21 card rummy, Gin rummy, Three
Thirteen, Penang, Canasta and Kalooki. How about
it? Isnt it quite a thought-provoking discovery!
Let me reveal another fact- while Indians prefer
13 card rummy, Gin rummy is a favourite among the
US denizens. And yes, the game made its presence
felt in society in both nations when it was
showcased in TV shows and movies in the 1960s
and 70s.
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Whats in a Name
Shakespeare once said, Whats in a name?, but
still most people are pretty particular about
their names. You might link the name of the game
with Rum, and if you think so, you are quite
right. Rum is a UK slang meaning odd or
peculiar and that is how the game was perceived
in the beginning but that is not all. It is also
perceived that the game was played for RUM and
whosoever lost would pay for the next round of
the intoxicating drink. However, it is a
different matter that ever since their evolution,
rummy games and especially Indian rummy, have
been popular with the masses. Everybody is going
gaga over them.
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