Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… P, 2000), p. 228. To the aristocracy, gambling was, by tradition, an activity revolving around the royal court, authorised and regulated by the Groom Porter . 10 Under the direct authority of the monarch, he had his own gaming house. Homosociality provided an ideal environment for male sociability … 10 . In 1705, the ‘Groom Porter’ was given full power by Queen Anne “to supervise, regulate, and authorize (by and under the Rules, Conditions and Restrictions by the Law prescribed) all manner of Gaming within this …
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