The game of dominoes seems to have been invented in Italy in the eighteenth century. The pieces take their name from their black backs, resembling the black “ domino ” oi Venetian j masquerades.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20278, 12 April 1934, Page 5
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