Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… Shirley Strumkenny (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971). 8 . In 1754, the Connoisseur regretted: "They [the ladies] are at present very deep in cards and dice." The Connoisseur, n° 15. Gaming and gambling spread far beyond the confines of … eighteenth century. Edward Moore’s tragedy The Gamester (1753) warns against the perils to which gaming can lead. The representation of gaming in literature contributed to the debates surrounding such practice, perhaps even influenced them. … and Sharpers, from the Restoration of King Charles (London, 1714). Miers, David, Regulating Commercial Gambling: Past, Present and Future (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Mullin, Janet E., A Sixpence at Whist: Gaming and the English …
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