Modern Usage
Many modern card game rule books contain the word "Hoyle" in the title, but the moniker does not mean that the works are derivative of Hoyle's (in much the same way that many modern dictionaries contain "Webster" in their titles without necessarily relating to the work of Noah Webster). Because of his contributions to gaming, he was a charter inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979 – even though he died before poker was invented.
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