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.
Do not play with dice;
even a king does homage to these dice.
handless, they overpower the one with hands.
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?