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Parker Brothers is a '', '' Cluedo '' (known as ''Clue'' in North America ), '' Risk '', Trivial Pursuit , Ouija and Probe . Parker Brothers is currently a subsidiary of Hasbro . FOUNDING Parker Brothers was founded by George S. Parker, who published his first game, called Banking, in 1883 at the age of 16. http://www.history.com/exhibits/toys/inventors.html Banking is a game in which players borrowed money from the bank and tried to generate wealth by guessing how well they could do.http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/197323/a_history_of_parker_brothers.html The game included one hundred and sixty cards which foretold their failures or successes. The game was so popular among family and friends that his brother, Charles Parker urged him to publish it. George approached two Boston publishers with the idea, but was unsuccessful. Not discouraged, he spent forty dollars to publish 500 sets of Banking.http://www.history.com/exhibits/toys/inventors.html He eventually sold all but twelve copies and made a one hundred dollar profit.http://www.history.com/exhibits/toys/inventors.html The company was originally called the ''George S. Parker Company'' and was founded in n Gold Rush , and ''War in Cuba'' was based on the impending Spanish-American War . The game industry was growing, and the company was becoming very profitable. In '', '' Risk '', and '' Sorry! ''.
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