Tarot card games of the same length, and they were invented not for occult purposes but purely for gaming. In 1781, Court de Gébelin published an essay associating the cards with ancient wisdom, the earliest record of this idea, subsequently debunked by Dummett. The cards have since been used for cartomancy and divination. Dummett classified Tarot games into three distinct types: Tarocchi (Italian, singular "Tarocco"), and similar names in other languages, is a specific form of playing card deck used for different trick-taking games. An earlier name of the game "Trionfi" is first recorded in the diary of Giusto Giusti in September 1440
Frank J. Prial widely regarded as a classic newspaperman. Prial was the co-editor of "The Companion to Wine" (1992), the author of the column compilation books "Wine Talk" (1978) and "Decantations" (2001), and his writing featured prominently in "The New York Times Book of Wine" (2012). He was inducted into the Wine Media Guild hall of fame in 2007, and accepted a membership in the Légion d’Honneur from the French government. Prial died on November 6, 2012 in West Orange, New Jersey 82 years old, due to complications of prostate cancer. Frank J. Prial Frank J. Prial (November 4, 1930 – November 6,