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Jamjar74 | 15:05 Mon 13th Apr 2015 | Crosswords
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2d. 18c gambling game (2)

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EO
15:07 Mon 13th Apr 2015
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Go?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28game%29
15:08 Mon 13th Apr 2015
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oh sorry, don't know that one.
15:09 Mon 13th Apr 2015
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Eo
15:10 Mon 13th Apr 2015
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What is Eo please?
15:11 Mon 13th Apr 2015
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A mid 18th C gambling game according to Chambers - not easy to find on-line.
15:11 Mon 13th Apr 2015
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a gambling game of the mid 18th century, whose outcome depended on a ball falling into slots marked "E" or "O" (evens and odds?)
15:13 Mon 13th Apr 2015
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Found it - ‘Even and Odd’, known as E.O. - so an abbreviation really.

Thanks.
15:13 Mon 13th Apr 2015
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Features a lot in Georgette Heyer's books and Jane Austen
15:13 Mon 13th Apr 2015
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Beau Nash brought E.O. to Bath and had the Assembly Rooms pay him 20 percent of their income from the game initially,
15:14 Mon 13th Apr 2015
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Always good to learn.
15:15 Mon 13th Apr 2015

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