RE: [ba-poker] RE: poker in German-speaking countries (was: learning by doing)

["Uncle Roger" <rogerc22(deleted the rest)>]

> >
> Seal them in what?  Plastic bags?  The technology didn't exist in the Old 
> West.

A seal can be created by pouring candle wax on an envelope flap, and then 
pressing the wax with a "seal," which in the old West  might be the unique 
designs on the rings of the participants.  "Seals" in this sense have 
existed for at least a thousand years, and until recently were important in 
authenticating legal documents. (A reference to a sealed envelope appears in 
Hamlet.) The sealed envelope could be given to a trusted third party or put 
in the house safe.