History

Here's some honesty for you, here at ILostGame.com we can't say that we really know who invented The Game. There are so many rumors but we have never been able to find out. Below are what some of our favorite related websites have said about the history of The Game.

"One theory is that when two men missed their last train and had to spend the whole night on a platform, they tried not to think about their situation and whoever did first, lost."
Wikipedia

"Another [theory] is that it was invented in London in 1996 'to annoy people'."
Wikipedia

"The reported earliest known reference on the Internet is from 2002."
Wikipedia

"[A] reliable source believes a professor at the University of Chicago invented The Game at some time."
ILostTheGame.org

"In terms of how old The Game is, no one knows for sure. However I have recently been provided with an informative story: Recently a girl out to dinner lost The Game and declared it aloud (as one should). Then, a man tapped on her shoulder and told her that he had not lost The Game in twelve years until that moment."
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