Another 43 players qualified in Manchioneal, Portland, last weekend as eliminations in the $4.3 million Dragon World Series Domino Tournament continued in the rural areas.

LYSSONS, St Thomas -- The Dragon Stout World Series of Dominoes tournament kicked off over the weekend with a series of elimination games. Over one hundred and fifty contenders participated in the first ever cut throat domino championships in Jamaica on Saturday, December 5, in Lyssons, St Thomas. 

The $4.35 million Dragon Stout World Series Domino Tournament moves into its second round today following a highly successful start in Lyssons, St Thomas, last weekend.

THE World Series of Dominoes was born from a series of incidents on what started out as a dreary day last April.

Kerry Newman, managing director and founder of the World Series of Dominoes, vividly recalls the occassion.

Kerry Newman (standing), managing director of the Dragon Stout World Series of Domino, shares a joke with sponsors' representatives Joseph Oates (left), brand manager Dragon Stout, Tamara Ward (second left), Ocean Spray country manager, Andre Peart (right), PR and events manager Jamaica Observer and Natalie St Louis (partly hidden), business development and marketing manager, Paymaster, around the domino table at yesterday's launch of the $4.3 million event. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer.