

There's a rumour that Solitaire was created for the French King Louis XIV. There is a general endorsement that Solitaire card games emerged from France, the country of revolution. Therefore, the market of individuals that were able to afford these types of card games was very minimal. The deck of cards would even be hand-made, leading to relatively high prices.

This arose through trade routes around the globe and was often only played by the rich upper crust. Within the 14th century, European countries like Spain and Italy began to start out using playing cards as a sort of entertainment. Card games were created involving the shuffling and dealing of paper dominoes. Playing card games go all the way back to the 10th century, in China.
