The History of Gambling in EnglandDifference between Gaming and Gambling-Universality and Antiquity of Gambling-Isis and Osiris-Games and Dice of the Egyptians-China and India-The Jews-Among the Greeks and Romans-Among Mahometans-Early Dicing-Dicing in England in the 13th and 14th Centuries-In the 17th Century-Celebrated Gamblers-Bourchier-Swiss Anecdote-Dicing in the 18th Century. Gaming is derived from the Saxon word Gamen, meaning joy, pleasure, sports, or gaming-and is so interpreted by Bailey, in his Dictionary of 1736; whilst Johnson gives Gamble-to play extravagantly for money, and this distinction is to be borne in mind in the perusal of this book; although the older term was in use until the invention of the later-as we see in Cotton's Compleat Gamester (1674), in which he gives the following excellent definition of the word: -"Gaming is an enchanting witchery, gotten between Idleness and Avarice: an itching disease, that makes some scratch the head, whilst others, as if they were bitten by a Tarantula, are laughing themselves to death; or, lastly, it is a paralytical distemper, which, seizing the arm, the man cannot chuse but shake his elbow. |
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... Dice of the Egyptians- China and India - The Jews - Among the Greeks and Romans- Among Mahometans - Early Dicing -- Dicing in England in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries - In the Seventeenth Century -Celebrated Gamblers ...
... Dice of the Egyptians- China and India - The Jews - Among the Greeks and Romans- Among Mahometans - Early Dicing -- Dicing in England in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries - In the Seventeenth Century -Celebrated Gamblers ...
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... Dice of the Egyptians - China and India - The Jews - Among the Greeks and Romans - Among Mahometans -Early Dicing - Dicing in England in the 13th and 14th Centuries - In the 17th Century - Celebrated Gamblers - Bourchier - Swiss ...
... Dice of the Egyptians - China and India - The Jews - Among the Greeks and Romans - Among Mahometans -Early Dicing - Dicing in England in the 13th and 14th Centuries - In the 17th Century - Celebrated Gamblers - Bourchier - Swiss ...
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... dice , which could have been of no use except for gambling . The Astragal , which is familiarly known to us as a " knuckle bone , " or " huckle bone , " is still used by anatomists , as the name of a bone in the hind leg of cloven ...
... dice , which could have been of no use except for gambling . The Astragal , which is familiarly known to us as a " knuckle bone , " or " huckle bone , " is still used by anatomists , as the name of a bone in the hind leg of cloven ...
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... dice , numbered like ours , which have been found at Thebes and elsewhere ; and , although there are none in our national museum , there are some in that of Berlin ; but these are not considered to be of great antiquity . The Egyptians ...
... dice , numbered like ours , which have been found at Thebes and elsewhere ; and , although there are none in our national museum , there are some in that of Berlin ; but these are not considered to be of great antiquity . The Egyptians ...
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... dice have been found in Pompeii . They also had other games among the Romans , such as Par et Impar ( odd or even ) , in which almonds , beans , or anything else , were held in the hand , and guessed at — and the modern Italian game of ...
... dice have been found in Pompeii . They also had other games among the Romans , such as Par et Impar ( odd or even ) , in which almonds , beans , or anything else , were held in the hand , and guessed at — and the modern Italian game of ...
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