All newspaper articles used for the research to Solitaire
Some Casinos offer a Solitaire version that uses Vegas Rules by Mark Pilarski, Detroit Free Press, 27 January 2011 Questions and Answers A newspaper article that appeared in the Detroit Free Press on 27 January 2011. Mark Pilarski is answering a question from a reader: Question:“Microsoft Solitaire game has an optional setting called “Vegas rules” … Read more
Brighton Youth teaches a computer to gamble- 23 January 1975by Jack Nolan Democrat and Chronicle – Rochester, New York This article is about a young English student named R. Lesser. This young student was among the last 300 finalists of the Westinghouse Science Talent Search – the Oldest and Most Prestigious Science and Mathematics Competition, … Read more
Morning Assignment – Evansville Courier and Press by Joe Aaron – 1966 This is the first time ever that I have come across the word, Las Vegas Solitaire. The context is clearly connecting Las Vegas Solitaire to a game of chance, although the article itself is not about gambling. “Parking meters seem to feel no … Read more
Topics of the Times published in The New York Times – Friday, November 25, 1955 A 1955 New York Times article on Solitaire provides some unique insights about Solitaire from the era. Richard Canfield is said to have never played the game. “Canfield was named for Dick Canfield who operated casinos in New York Saratoga. … Read more
Goodbye to SaratogaQuiet Springs Turned Into Gambling Hell-or-Paradise by two men, by John Lardner “$50 for Solitaire Deck – Ironically, Canfield’s name is best known to the rank and file today for a game of Solitaire. You could always play that game in Canfield’s house. Although Solitaire was a by-product. As Banked by the old … Read more
YOU CAN’T WIN, by Frank Emery – ARTICLE I In 1934, Frank Emery released a six-part series on gambling titled You Can’t Win, a Series of articles on Gambling from Faro to Bridge. The articles were published weekly in The Brooklyn Daily, each week containing a different topic in which Canfield was the main subject. … Read more
Unbeatable Odds -Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee) Friday 10 August 1934 An old newspaper article states that Canfield invented the Solitaire game played in his gambling house. I do not consider this source to be necessarily reliable as there are some inaccuracies in the article and it seems more likely that the author copied this … Read more
A Gambler’s gift to Art – By George H. Kennedy Jr. in The Billings Gazette (Billings Montana), New York A huge newspaper article in The Billings Gazette from 1933 was about the friendship between Canfield and James McNeill Whistler, a very famous artist at the time. Here, George Kennedy Jr. refers to the Canfield Solitaire … Read more
Former Gambler Proves Sucker hasn’t Chance by Dale BurgessThe Muncie Evening Press was published in Muncie, Indiana, Monday, June 20, 1932 It’s the first time I’ve come across any evidence that Klondike Solitaire was also played in gambling houses. There were of course many indications in books, but never as concrete as to how it … Read more
The life and works of Richard A. Canfield – Familiar of Millionaires and Patron of the arts as well as a gamester A large newspaper article devoted to Richard Canfield following the publication of Alexander Gardiner’s Book “Canfield: The True Story of the Greatest Gambler,” where Canfield Solitaire is discussed. Although Alexander Gardiner wrote only … Read more