Gambling
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Gambling the event
dice-play · gambling · games of chance · gaming · playing with dice
in the texts
Rigveda
Practice of gambling with dice, portrayed as ruinous compulsion.
The dice indeed are hooked, pricking, deceitful, torturing, scorching.
The dice cross his desire in the opposite direction, giving to his adversary the winnings.
When I resolve that I will not play with them, I am left behind by my departing companions.
Law in a Free State
The practice of wagering on chance, condemned by the State in some forms such as lotteries and street betting while tolerated or even enforced in others such as insurance, speculation, and tontine.
Some other games, such as baccarat, dice, trump, and primero, were put down because they led to gambling.
Gambling, speculation, raffles, lotteries, bill-discounting, life-assurance, fire - insurance, underwriting, tontine, sweepstakes—what are these but different names for the same kind of bargain,—a contract based on an unforeseen contingency,—a bet?