Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… and were associated with sociable behaviours and values, especially those of the gentleman . Different private or public venues welcomed parties of gamesters, from exclusive gambling clubs or elite assemblies at private residences to … the Victorian gaming act of 1845 recognised games of skill as legal and outlawed games of chance when played either in public or private for money. The 1664 Act formed a model for subsequent gambling legislation throughout the eighteenth … the rules of fashionable games, laying a wager for mere pleasure, losing with elegance, were skills that vouched for the public respectability of a gentleman, provided that he had good manners and conversation. Therefore, g ambling was often …
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