Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… Abstract From the Restoration to the first decade of the Victorian era, gaming and gambling spread through all ranks of society and became favourite pastimes for men and women alike. Gaming usually applies to games of chance, while gambling … Suicide From the Restoration to the first decade of the Victorian era, gaming and gambling spread through all ranks of society and became favourite pastimes for men and women alike. Gaming usually applies to games of chance, while gambling … of Eighteenth-Century Britain In his Early History of Charles James Fox , the historian George Trevelyan explained: 'Society was a vast casino. On whatever pretext and under whatever circumstances half a dozen people of fashion found …
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