Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… the eighteenth century, and acts from 1710, 1739 and 1745 repeated and expanded its prohibitions. 1 . Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary defines gaming as “to play wantonly and extravagantly for money.” Other laws aimed, with little … d’eux-mêmes et de leurs propres familles.' (Frain du Tremblay 133, 103) In 1750, in one of his Rambler articles, Samuel Johnson unveiled a list of complaints: 20 . “[U]n divertissement [qui] vient du péché,” Jean Frain du Tremblay, … du Tremblay’s advocacy of prayer as the only remedy to curb this gambling frenzy ( Frain du Tremblay 38) . 21 . Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, n° 15 (8 May 1750). While public gambling thrived, gambling in private houses was increasingly …
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