Category: History
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The Ancients Are Unhelpful In Present-Day Gambling Politics
Do the Ancient Greeks and Romans have relevance for present-day gambling politics? The Conversation published an article that argued so. The piece, penned by Konstantine Panegyres, a lecturer in ancient history at the University of Western Australia, described the popularity of gambling games in those societies. In some places and times, gambling carried stigma, and…
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US Gambling-Related Suicide Journalism: A Preliminary Theory
I poke around the U.S. Library of Congress newspaper archives for fun sometimes (I’m a journalism nerd). There is a striking volume of articles dating back to the 1800s about people in the U.S. who reportedly died by suicide after gambling losses. These articles don’t mention addiction, just devastating losses, as gambling addiction wasn’t a…
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How Gambling Was Invented Before You Could Lose Anything
The origins of gambling point to a radically different world and a potentially better future for the activity. New research shows that humanity’s earliest gambling practices date back 12,000 years in present-day North America, challenging the belief that gambling’s beginnings are tied to loss or exploitation. Researcher Robert Madden of Colorado State University described far…
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Have Las Vegas Sportsbooks Ever Lost On The Super Bowl?
Nevada sportsbooks, led by those in glitzy Las Vegas casinos, always win over time. Once in a blue moon, bettors collectively get the upper hand on a single event like the NFL Super Bowl. The Nevada Gaming Control Board has been tracking the local gambling industry’s Super Bowl results since 1991. From 1991 to 2025,…
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Gambling History: 1890s Newspaper Sought Data On Gambling And Suicide
Why and how often does gambling lead people to suicide? While digging through old U.S. newspaper archives on gambling, I discovered a 19th-century article with a bit of prescient speculation. The paper predicted that data would show a close association between gambling and suicide. “If we could but obtain accurate statistics, we should find that…
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