Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… spread throughout Europe. In England, it was soon rivalled by Whist . Whist or Whisk was born in England in 1687. Gentlemen from the West End only appropriated it at the beginning of the eighteenthcentury, thus creating a fashion among … provided an ideal environment for male sociability to be tested through gambling practices. Private and exclusive gentlemen’s clubs like White’s and Brooks’s became favourite places for inveterate gamblers such as Horace Walpole, … one’s gambling debts, for example, was a proof of honour and integrity. 'Debts of honour' ( gambling debts due to other gentlemen) were the first ones that one should pay. By following the rules and rituals attached to gambling or betting …
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