Tradition has it that the game of dominoes was invented by two Italian monks in order to give them something to occupy their time. They spent many of the weary hours of their confinement, without breaking the rules of silence, by showing each other small flat stones marked with black dots, and by following a few simple conditions which ruled their game. The winner would claim the victory by repeating in an undertone the first line of the Vesper prayer, which commences with the word "Domino."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 307, 29 December 1942, Page 6
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