DiaitaDoc Posted July 31, 2010 Report Posted July 31, 2010 Hi, I was wondering what the earliest documented example of gambling was. Quote
Qfwfq Posted August 2, 2010 Report Posted August 2, 2010 I was wondering what the earliest documented example of gambling was.I'm not sure if it's the very very earliest example, but when Caesar shouted "Alea iacta est!" he sure was gambling, wasn't he? Quote
Turtle Posted August 2, 2010 Report Posted August 2, 2010 Hi, I was wondering what the earliest documented example of gambling was. we can look to the oldest known example of a game perhaps. :) ...3000 BC Royal Game of UrIts name is derived from two board games found in tombs excavated in the 1920s, in the city of Ur by Sir Leonard Woolley. Game play is believed to have been similar to Backgammon, played with two sets (black and white) of seven markers and three pyramidal dice. ...Speak Up Archive: Got Game? Quote
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