The History Of Gambling.

[so98nn]

Thats really interesting history. At least now I understand peeps are looting their money since thousands of years in different ways. 
I am wondering how they might be controlling their own emotions back in the time when all they had a stone dice and their lives to trade for as slaves. The similar stone dice is also seen in the Mahabharat, mythological era story from Indian suburbs, and they used to trade lives of slaves for this purpose. Obviously would have been horrifying gambling if I was not on the table to play it.
It's good to see how we are just gambling money for money now. Way better! 

[Adbitco]

I can easily say Gambling have been since the origin of man for instance; Then it was only for as an exchange of goods and services just likely to be as barter trading is know to be Gambling. As time goes they kept modernizing it till date, but kept me annoyed is that most of the countries try to quit gambling without knowing that has been since the origin of man.
Well this article is really helpful and Bitcoin is now here to smoothing everything about gambling.
Thanks for sharing.

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As time goes they kept modernizing it till date, but kept me annoyed is that most of the countries try to quit gambling without knowing that has been since the origin of man.
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That said, the time was different then than it is now. We know that there are many different religions, and in some beliefs, it is bad so it is forbidden, all we can do is respect it. Some places stop gambling when it is no longer beneficial when it is affecting lifestyle especially addiction is harmful. In addition, the laws that are enforced, there are countries where online gambling is illegal, and we know that in general minor gambling is prohibited.

Massacre, conquest, and war were also in vogue back then as we study history but they were fixed because of peace and order.

So this present will be just a part of history over a long period of time.

[Jating]

Yeah, just shows that mankind and gambling have co-existed for centuries, as dice game is one of the oldest if not the oldest known form of gambling.

And it has evolved a lot, thousands of years and yet we are still playing it, with our computers. And imagine how it will be in the future.

[Wind_FURY]

Interesting basic overview. Quite frankly, it is very likely that gambling is as old as life itself. If you consider animal behaviour, everything is about gambling and the stake is usually life itself or even the right to reproduce, feed or a territory. Many animals frequently have to "bet" on a decision in the sense that they choose to fight or flee, confront a rival or leave it to see another day, etc... For humans, no difference... life is a gamble.

I believe it's one of the oldest past times that could go back to the very early days of humanity when the first forms of money was invented. No Money = No Gambling.

Nick Szabo wrote an essay about the "Origins of money", https://nakamotoinstitute.org/shelling-out/

Everyone read that. It will give all of you another viewpoint on Bitcoin's SOV vs. MOE debate.

What a dice! What games can the ancient Egyptians play with that?

[GigaBit]

it's really a good overview of the casino and its history. One thing I want to share here: Does anyone know how the term casino came about? The word casino comes from the Italian word "casa". What does it mean? Casino means small village, holiday home or social club. In the 19th century, casinos meant fun-filled buildings. Like social events in the city, dancing, music, gambling and sports are organized there. However, the casino is now known for its misdeeds and superstitions. From the ancient Greco-Roman to Napoleon's France, all over the world it has occupied a very good place.

[Doell]

I believe in the past BC regardless of the years gambling was not only about money but slavery, exchange, even slaughter, it was all included in satisfaction or fun (by barbarians might be more cruel could be more abused). Therefore, very hard gambling should not be carried out in some religions, also believing that gambling in ancient civilizations was a lot buried when the apocalypse occurred in the era of Moses, archaeologists found only a few that we are familiar with but not all of them can be found.

[Ryker1]

Well good to know all of these, I did not know about the gambling history but I have heard once in the Bible that there is gambling before ancient days. As OP said --it was Before Christ ^[BC], so it means gambling has existed in different countries but it has the same feature or it has the same name. The gambling industry as of now has a large population, even in the online gambling business, we saw almost a week there are new gambling websites appearing. Perhaps they saw how truly profitable the gambling business is.
However, thank you for sharing this OP and your effort searching all of these.

[samcrypto]

I believe in the past BC regardless of the years gambling was not only about money but slavery, exchange, even slaughter, it was all included in satisfaction or fun (by barbarians might be more cruel could be more abused). Therefore, very hard gambling should not be carried out in some religions, also believing that gambling in ancient civilizations was a lot buried when the apocalypse occurred in the era of Moses, archaeologists found only a few that we are familiar with but not all of them can be found.

There might be an old evidence with this claim, but of course it will take a lot of time to read the history and we all know gambling is already part of our ancient history, barter can also be consider as gambling during that time and yes it's not just about the money. The history is very vast with regards to gambling, you can connect most of the things here especially on the verses in the Bible. This is the reason why gambling can't be stopped, and for sure this will still play a big role in the future, gambling will stay.

[CryptoYar]

There is no way to know exactly how old gambling is, but it seems to have existed almost as long as humans have.

Ahh. I thought this generation is naughty and have bad habits like gambling, but I was the damn wrong. Rather it is happening since centuries ago and we are only taking it forward.  

Here's more details of this 20 sided Egyptian dice.

• Artwork Details;
• Period: Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period
• Date: 2nd century B.C.–4th century A.D.
• Geography: From Egypt
• Medium: Serpentinite
• Dimensions: Height: 3.2 x L: 3.8 x W: 3.4 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 5/16 in.)
• Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
• Accession Number: 10.130.1158

Source

[Slow death]

It's amazing that many years ago people were already betting on the fights that existed, today we have boxing, MMA and so many fighting sports, but at that time people liked fights to the death, it was a more violent version of MMA so I mean, I'm basing myself on movies and series that portrayed history from many years ago, I wonder what people addicted to gambling were like back then? What would they do to support their addiction? This is something I ask myself, because today there are many things that people take and sell to support their addiction, but in the many years ago what did they do?

Well good to know all of these, I did not know about the gambling history but I have heard once in the Bible that there is gambling before ancient days. As OP said --it was Before Christ ^[BC], so it means gambling has existed in different countries but it has the same feature or it has the same name. The gambling industry as of now has a large population, even in the online gambling business, we saw almost a week there are new gambling websites appearing. Perhaps they saw how truly profitable the gambling business is.
However, thank you for sharing this OP and your effort searching all of these.

In movies that portray old things you can see fights and people betting

[aioc]

Ancient Egyptian and Chinese civilizations are very interesting to study, because these civilizations created many of the things we use today. And I just found out that gambling has started 3000-2300 years BC and this means that gambling has been like an inseparable part of human civilization since ancient times.

I think it's much earlier, it could even date back to the stone age, part of human beings is taking a risk and beating the other species and making proud of their achievement, all of this are part of the gambling mindset of a human, it keeps evolving from many ages and human condition until we reach the current stage and it keeps evolving, as human keeps finding new innovation in gambling.

[FatFork]

It doesn't matter how far back in time we look, we always find remnants or evidence of gambling and games of chance.
From history, we can see the beginnings of "stake games" and "odd lotteries" and an array of other games which, in their time, were much more commonplace than they are now. Many of these games were played by entire communities, with each citizen joining in the game in some form or another. Perhaps they were only used for entertainment, but I believe that most games served a useful function for their time and place.

[PX-Z]

3000 BC – A pair of dice was recovered from an Egyptian tomb dating back 5000 years.

Can you provide the exact source link about this topic except for the current source which is Owldao.

Here's some specific article^[1] that talks about dice's history too including this one mentioned by OP.

What i wanna learn is that How gambling become so addicting and what is behind this that the history when and where this started 

I guess it is already in human nature, where human is greedy as f*ck since then. Greed to make money, well, everyone wants to be rich, since money is power even on those ancient times.

but what is the very Historic are the Gladiator days when people needs to die for others to earn and win from their bets and famousness .

People will do everything just to earn especially plebs in ancient times, even life is at stake. The same thing on this current times, like boxing or UFC, where most unfortunates always do in boxing just to earn money. Same thing people bets who will win from those who fight to death.

[1] https://www.awesomedice.com/blogs/news/history-of-dice

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There might be an old evidence with this claim, but of course it will take a lot of time to read the history and we all know gambling is already part of our ancient history, barter can also be consider as gambling during that time and yes it's not just about the money. The history is very vast with regards to gambling, you can connect most of the things here especially on the verses in the Bible. This is the reason why gambling can't be stopped, and for sure this will still play a big role in the future, gambling will stay.

I think barter is not considered gambling cause it is a system of exchanging products or services without using money, even during those times.

Gambling is a type of game/battle where there is only either winning or losing side that involves a bet. So, what will you pay or exchange if you lose the bet? The product, service, or worst your life if you exist in those times? Gambling is not a product or service.

[Saisher]

Well good to know all of these, I did not know about the gambling history but I have heard once in the Bible that there is gambling before ancient days. As OP said --it was Before Christ ^[BC], so it means gambling has existed in different countries but it has the same feature or it has the same name. The gambling industry as of now has a large population, even in the online gambling business, we saw almost a week there are new gambling websites appearing. Perhaps they saw how truly profitable the gambling business is.
However, thank you for sharing this OP and your effort searching all of these.

These are just all the recorded evidence of gambling in ancient times but it goes back to the earliest civilization where the record is very scarce, we can just think of the possibility that it dates back to the earliest existence of the mind, gambling is not discovered its inherent to human beings just like anger, happiness, and quest, gambling just manifested in human beings action and thinking and we are using these materials as a tool to gamble or take risks.

[ethereumhunter]

I never thought that it turns out that the history of gambling is very old and has been done by people since time immemorial. But I think maybe that's what has been written in books about the history of gambling but maybe there are still things that haven't been written or found because there are still many locations that still keep mysteries and may have something to do with gambling. Very interesting article by @OP and can explain to us that the age of gambling itself is very old. We may never have imagined how they invented gambling and its appropriate tools for that era.

[virasisog]

Well good to know all of these, I did not know about the gambling history but I have heard once in the Bible that there is gambling before ancient days. As OP said --it was Before Christ ^[BC], so it means gambling has existed in different countries but it has the same feature or it has the same name. The gambling industry as of now has a large population, even in the online gambling business, we saw almost a week there are new gambling websites appearing. Perhaps they saw how truly profitable the gambling business is.
However, thank you for sharing this OP and your effort searching all of these.

These are just all the recorded evidence of gambling in ancient times but it goes back to the earliest civilization where the record is very scarce, we can just think of the possibility that it dates back to the earliest existence of the mind, gambling is not discovered its inherent to human beings just like anger, happiness, and quest, gambling just manifested in human beings action and thinking and we are using these materials as a tool to gamble or take risks.

Being clever and adventurous are some of the human traits that made gambling develop from simple engagements to the latest gambling platforms that we have right now. It simply means that gambling has been with us since the beginning of time. It's just so amazing that lots of things are being done to enjoy gambling more and as the technology develops, it also improves. The ancient people proved that we could gamble even through the simplest tools around us.

[Shamm]

Hi Gamblers, in my quest to learn about how gambling started, I found a really helpful article, filled with information about the history of gambling, I learnt a lot from this article, so I decided to share the article here so you all can learn about the history of gambling too, I hope you all like it. , please note that article was copied word for word from source, Now, lets dive in....

THE HISTORY OF GAMBLING

What i wanna learn is that How gambling become so addicting and what is behind this that the history when and where this started 

But thanks for sharing because you gave us some Idea and trivia so we dont need to google this 

but what is the very Historic are the Gladiator days when people needs to die for others to earn and win from their bets and famousness .

The reason of this addiction can be traced back to a hormone in your body that is called Dopamine, so it basically enables you to feel good and gives you a sudden spurge of happiness and lemme ask you a question, who does not want to be happy?

Now the addiction can be explained very easily with the addiction towards things like chocolates, cigarettes etc , all these things are working out to provide you dopamine which slowly makes the person addicted and then the more you do it the worse it gets, there are a lot of ups and downs in your life and thus when you are down the body would be looking for that happy hormone, then you tend to gamble more and make more mistakes as well, there isn't much history but there certainly is enough biology to talk about.

There are many reasons why people involves in gambling, or let say people who enter the world of gambling, of them want to be happy and this kind of mindset are good as they say because when they are in gambling ang win in their bet then they will happy and they are also feel that gambling is one of the best stress reliever. But some of the gamblers mindset that they can earn and have a big profits without knowing that the opposite of winning is the main outcome.

[Cling18]

There are many reasons why people involves in gambling, or let say people who enter the world of gambling, of them want to be happy and this kind of mindset are good as they say because when they are in gambling ang win in their bet then they will happy and they are also feel that gambling is one of the best stress reliever. But some of the gamblers mindset that they can earn and have a big profits without knowing that the opposite of winning is the main outcome

Not because a person is into gambling, it doesn't mean that it will always affect his life negatively. We have all our personal reasons why we gamble. Others gamble to seek comfort and peace. Others take its thrill as a challenge and some people rely on their hopes in it to change their fortune.
People who fall into gambling addiction are those who can't handle their emotions and forget their limitations.