Gambling world

Gambling has been a part of many great civilizations since ancient times. In most cultures it was an accepted social activity. Civilizations like Roman, Greek and Indian, had some or the other form of gambling. Ivory dices dating back to 1500 B.C. have been discovered in Egypt. It was the oldest form of games played by people. Dice games are mentioned in Indian Vedas and the epic of Mahabharata. Dice were made of bones of animals in the ancient times. Later dices were made sea shells and pebbles. Dices are not only cubical in shape as we now know them with, but dices have been 4 sided, 8 sided, 12 sided and many other different shapes like barrel shaped. The cubical shaped dice was a Korean invention. Pyramid of Giza has some ancient inscriptions on a tablet which talk about gambling. Playing cards must have originated in China since they were the inventors of paper and paper money. In fact, shuffling was practiced in China in 900 A.D. but they used paper money then and not cards. From there it spread to Muslim empire which started using cards which had intricate designs on their back. From the Mediterranean, it was brought to Europe and the French added the Queen to the court cards. The modern deck of 52 cards is also a contribution of France. First lottery finds its mention in the 16th century. Roulette wheels was again invented in France and later taken to USA from there. The American roulette wheel is still different from the French one.