Gambling in early colonial days.

[louisvillekid]

"Gambling. The native people gambled heavily on these and other sporting activities. While the European colonists did not take up lacrosse, they gambled on virtually everything. In 1752 William Stith preached a sermon before Virginia’s general assembly on “The sinfulness and pernicious nature of gaming.” In 1765, William Byrd, one of the colonies’ richest men, had to sell four hundred slaves to cover his gambling debts. Colonists gambled on horses, cockfights, fistfights, and cards."

https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/1754-1783-sports-and-recreation-overview

[Otters27]

Dopamine rules our lives

Everything comes down to dopamine

[Roger T. Bannon]

I read an article about a guy that was famous for walking long distances. They called it pedestranism. 60,000 people would show up to watch this guy walk and they would bet on how far he would get and gamblers poisoned him to try to win their bets.

[JacketFan81]

I read an article about a guy that was famous for walking long distances. They called it pedestranism. 60,000 people would show up to watch this guy walk and they would bet on how far he would get and gamblers poisoned him to try to win their bets.

There was a book I read a while back by Stephen King (when he was still writing as Richard Bacchman) called "The Long Walk." It was about a competition among 18 years olds and a distance walk, and a lot of messed up stuff went down on that walk lol

[kidcudi92]

Dopamine rules our lives

Everything comes down to dopamine

Preach Otters


Also interesting history LKid

[jjgold]

Otter true

I feel down not betting much lately