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Deadly Double

Deadly Double

1941

Designed by (Uncredited)

Published by Monarch Publishing Co.

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A simple dice game with two special dice and depending on the symbols or numbers rolled you add another ante, get part of or the whole jackpot. Famous for the ad for the game as a hint to a conspiracy theory. The ad shows, among others, the numbers 12 and 7 and talks about peoples in airraid shelters in November 1941. This led to a FBI investigation to see if it was a secret code by the Japanese Intelligence Agency for the attack on Pearl Harbour to warn their agents in the US. The investigation led to a negative result, but the fame of the game stayed.

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