Little Lots is a

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and one of the most popular and widespread

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s in the world.

History

Little Lots probably originated in France where it is recorded as early as 1857 as Les petits Paquets, some years before Edna Cheney records its first appearance in the English language in 1869.

Cards

A 32-card

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is used; alternatively remove the Sixes and below from a

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Rules

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at www.allekartenspiele.de. Retrieved 24 Jun 2019 at the ''Alle Karten Spiele'' website. The pack is dealt to eight piles, each of four cards. The bottom three cards are face down, the top one is turned face up. The aim of the game is to remove all eight packets of cards to a

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by following the rules. Two cards of the same rank may always be removed. For example, if there are two

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among the eight

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s, they are removed to the wastepile and two cards under them are turned over. A lower (face down) card may not be looked at until the upcard above it has been removed, with one exception. If three of the upcards are of the same rank, e.g. three Obers, the three cards below them may be viewed to decide which two of these three Kings to remove from the game. The patience is out when all eight packets have been removed from the game. However, the game is lost if there are no visible pairs at any stage. Since the outcome depends a lot on chance, Little Lots is one of the harder patiences to

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Footnotes

References

Literature

* * * {{cite book , last=Morehead , first=Albert H. , last2=Mott-Smith , first2=Geoffrey , title=The complete book of solitaire and patience , publisher=Foulsham , publication-place=Slough , year=2001 , oclc=1357504346 , url=https://archive.org/details/completebookofso0000more , url-access=registration

External links

''Die Acht-Päckchen-Patience''
at www.kartenspiele.net. 32-card patience games