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History of gambling

From the beginning of time people has always found it intreging with gambling.
From the start there wasn't dices or even cards. But people played with bones, stones etc.
Z You can on greece art from 500 BC see the Greeke goods playing dice, but the dices where proberbly made from bones.<

History of Craps

The romans where fanatic gamblers. They played with dices made of bone. This spread across Europe.
During the 17 centary a game called "hasard" was popular in England. This was usually plaed by aristocrates in private casinos/gambling houses. This was also the origin of Craps.
This was due to the fact that the worst you could get in Hasard was a pair of ones. This was called Crabs.
When the game came to France it was misscalled with Craps.
The games was then brought to the US and then knowned as craps. Which has been one of the most popular games in Casinos worldwide.

History of Roulette

Soldiers in ancient greece invented a game where they used a shield and the tip of a spear.
This was used as a wheel of fortune. This was a primative form of Roulette.

Keno/Lotto

Keno or Lotto has its origin in China. It was invented by Cheung Heung that invented it to pay of his soldiers. The game was such a success its income was used to finance a part of the Chinese wall.
Keno/Lotto was introduced in the US by the Chinese immigrants that worked the mines and on the railway.




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