A game of cards is one where two or more people play games with a pack or 2 pack of cards depending on the number of people playing. There are various games that can be played with a pack of cards. Do you want to know a few amazing facts on cards – poker online? So let’s see them:-
- A normal pack of cards normally has 52 cards in a deck. This do you know coincides with 52 weeks in a year and also when u add all signs in the deck it amounts to 365 .This forms the number of days in the year !!
- Its agreed that it’s the Chinese who invented the playing of cards and at that time the deck consisted of 32 cards. The initial set of cards were printed on paper, bone and wood and its believed that it was also used as a form of currency for gambling. However when this game spread to other countries they formulated their own unique ways of playing.
- The 52 card tarot Deck is supposed to be one of the oldest deck of cards from Netherlands and now it is kept in a museum in New York. Do you know that collection of old deck of cards is also a hobby for some.
- Why do you think there are four suits in a deck? This may be related to the 15th century where its believed that every suit represents a dissimilar sum of money. The French edition of diamond, hearts, spades and clubs is what is used worldwide for last 200 years.
- The most popular playing cards is the bicycle brand of playing cards. This is used by many including gamblers, Casino players, magicians and also casual players of cards. The US playing card company is supposedly the largest manufacturers of playing cards. There are various other brands too but the above are the most famous.
- Machines or hands are used to shuffle the cards. Depending of the number of people and number of games played in casinos the deck of cards can last upto 12 hours before they are actually disposed off.
- During the WWII and in Vietnam there were unique decks of bicycle cards, which were given to American POWs which when striped and put together, would form a map of the area to help in escape. In Vietnam there was a superstitious belief that when they see Ace of spades card lying on corpse of one of their dear, they would run away and hence crates of this card was shipped to US soldiers.!! Surprising isn’t it !!