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S C R A B B L E -thon in Escondido
Published on: February 20, 2013
Blame it on out-of-work architect Alfred Butts. He invented SCRABBLE and even though it took 10 years to get others interested in the concept, by 1948 he managed to convince another inventor to produce the board game. In exchange for selling his rights, he’d get a royalty on every SCRABBLE game sold. SCRABBLE players can hone their skills at Escondido SCRABBLE Tournament (escondido.org/library/literacy) on March 9, 2013. The 2013 National SCRABBLE Championship (scrabbleplayers.org) takes place on July 19-24, 2013 at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
SCRABBLE:
- Scrabble sold to Selchow and Righter in 1952.
- Sold to Coleco in 1986.
- Sold to Hasbro after Coleco bankruptcy shortly after 1986.
- Made into a TV show on NBC from 1984 to 1990.
- Inducted into National Toy Hall of Fame (toyhalloffame.org) in Rochester, New York in 2004.
- Estimated 2 million Scrabble games sold in U.S. each year.
- Scrabble kits are sold to teachers for classroom use as educational tool.
Legos were inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 1998.
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