Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… applies to games of chance, while gambling is found in games involving skills such as card games, tennis or wagers on sports. Throughout the period, various gambling practices were associated with sociable behaviours and values, especially … of gambling lies in the fact that it defined a form of sociability but was denounced as anti-social. Practices > Games & Sports Mots-clés Clubs Duelling Gaming Gentleman Horseracing Suicide From the Restoration to the first decade of the … applies to games of chance, while gambling is found in games involving skills such as card games, tennis or wagers on sports. Like other writers, we consider in this entry gambling only when it applies to games such as card games, dice, …
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