Dominoes emerged a thousand years ago in China from dice games. The current form of 28 double rectangular tiles does not seem to have been known in Europe until, in the middle of the 18th century, it was introduced and spread by Italians everywhere.

The name of the game is of French origin and was taken from a black hood on the outside and white on the inside, the same colors that dominoes present.

Its popularity in Latin American countries is immense, particularly in the Hispanic Caribbean (Venezuela, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Panama, Mexico, etc.).