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The set has contracted braille embossed on the top left  and bottom right corner of each playing card, indicating the card’s colour and number or action. On the release of the game, Mark  Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind said: ‘The fact that a blind person is now able to play a classic game of  UNO straight out of the box with both blind and sighted friends or family members is a truly meaningful moment for our community… I know that blind people across the nation will embrace this important and exciting step toward more inclusion and accessibility”.\r\n\r\nIt's only in recent years that major toy manufacturers such as Mattel have started reaching out to new and diverse audiences.  Previously, the fear of high manufacturing costs and limited market size meant there was little interest in producing accessible or  inclusive toys but this market is now being recognised as increasingly important. 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Robbins spent his own money getting 5,000 copies of the game made, which he sold  from his barbershop and other local businesses in his home town of Reading in Ohio, USA. Later Robbins sold the rights (retaining royalties of 10 cents per game) to Robert Tezak who set up International Games Inc. in order to market UNO. International Games Inc. was taken over by Mattel in 1992 and has been manufactured by them ever since. \r\n\r\nIt's widely reported that Merle Robbins invented UNO to prove a point to his family about the rules of the card game Crazy Eights, which inspired UNO’s rules. In both games the aim is to be the first player to get rid of all the cards in their hand and in UNO this scores you  points. The winner is the first player to score 500 points. \r\n\r\nUNO is so called because of the rule that players must shout “UNO” (one) to alert other players when you only have one card left in  your hand. 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