History Gambling

by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
Sept 15, 2006

 

History gambling

Gambling is one of the oldest known pursuits of mankind. According to the Archeological evidence suggests that even the early caveman was a gambler. They had dice-like objects made from the ankle bone of a sheep or a dog called Astragali dating black. Cave drawings depicting gambling offer further proof of the early gambler. Then many of the inventions took place like the Chinese invented a game of chance using tiles in around 2300 B.C, and later the Greek soldiers pleased themselves with dice games.

History of playing cards

The origin of playing cards is not exactly known. No one is certain from where exactly do they originate from and how did they come into this world. The first playing cards were found in the 11^th century and from china. Many scholars suggest that it must have been the Chinese who invented the original playing cards because they had first invented the paper. Now it is the French were the once who first introduced the design of the cards which we are familiar with today as spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts. It took the cards nearly four centuries to finally become popular as England unwillingly picked up the card designs from the French and started producing them in the market. Later on, Americans started producing their own cards adding a lot to the decks and making them as we know the today, the deck of 52 cards with a joker. Now different countries use their way of designed cards according to their culture and the way of playing.

History of Blackjack

The game was first being played in the 18^th century in France. The name Blackjack comes from the game in which the player has a black jack and a black ace of spades. This was the early French game, the one who had this type of hand won the game. Blackjack made its way from France to US in the 19^th century. By the year 1961 gambling became legal in Las Vegas, and Blackjack became the most popular casino game in the United States.

History of Slot Machine

In the beginning of the twentieth century several changes took place in the gambling casinos. The invention of the Slot Machine gave the gamblers a new face of cultural and leisure activities. The slot machine was designed in a way that it had pictures of the different suits of the playing cards. The old slot machine of the 18^th century was made out of cast iron and wood. In the 1960’s, the slot machine became electronic, and in the 1970’s the first video slot machines were introduced. Today, the most popular slot machines are virtual. The internet contains a wide variety of exciting and unusual slot machines whose functions are accurate and the best of everything. Today’s slot machine provides the player the best excitement that can be found in the casino.

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