As a popular form of entertainment, gambling has a rich history, and every player has the potential to become a winner in the blink of an eye. There is nothing else quite like the rush of adrenaline that can accompany the gambling experience!
Gambling nowadays is not related to a mere recreation activity albeit it has now taken a new direction into business and industry. For some, it’s a pleasure activity and for the others, it is a lucrative business. Although gambling is not at all a new sport which has emerged in this century, it has been a favorite of our ancestors and the historians date back the involvement into this activity to prehistoric times. It has been factually proved that even the early caveman was a gambler.
Gambling history goes back a long way. The exact period in history when man first began to gamble is unknown but pairs of dice have been found in Egyptian tombs over 4,000 years old. Gambling games were also played in ancient China, where poker is attributed to have originated. When Columbus first came to America in 1492, Native Americans were precipitating in sports gambling by wagering on the outcome of sporting events on a game resembling Lacrosse.