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monte, anyone?
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Trish Fernandez <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:07:52 -0800
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does anyone know how the game "monte" was played, as is referenced in
numerous California Gold Rush-era accounts?  i've been able to find that it
was a card game played with a 40-card deck and it was a favorite gambling
game among Mexicans, with Mexican women often being keepers of the bank.

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