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<blockquote data-quote="CCamfield" data-source="post: 1276134" data-attributes="member: 8123"><p><strong>Some rambling thoughts</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What works the same way?</p><p></p><p>Historically, say, before the 19th or 20th century, I don't think gambling was ever state-controlled. There were no casinos, no lotteries, at least not nation-wide, unless one counts crazes for the stock market and the like. (In the 17th century there was massive speculation on... Dutch tulip bulbs!?!?!?) </p><p></p><p>(For a bit about the tulip craze "bubble", see <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dotcon/historical/bubbles.html" target="_blank">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dotcon/historical/bubbles.html</a> - it might make an amusing story idea)</p><p></p><p>Of course in a world with thieves' guilds there might be organized games. There certainly would be in a city where gambling is outlawed. Otherwise I see it as unlikely that rulers would be collecting taxes from gambling, or that a criminal group would either.</p><p></p><p>Which makes it relatively unrelated to alignment, although I bet some good temples would frown on it because they see the tragedies that occur when someone gets addicted to gambling and reduces themselves and their families to poverty - and then perhaps resorts to crime in order to make ends meet.</p><p></p><p>A simple form of gambling that was popular with the upper classes was wagering. Two nobles might make a bet based on the outcome of a joust or just about any event. Also in the middle ages there were fights between dogs & bears, cockfighting (har har, very funny)... heck, you might even wager on hunting. In Roman and Byzantine times chariot racing was <em>incredibly</em> popular and bets could be placed (I think) on who would win, like horseraces today. I suppose betting on big events like that would be places where the state might intervene to take a cut or sell licenses to bookies, or where a criminal group might run the show or take a cut.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CCamfield, post: 1276134, member: 8123"] [b]Some rambling thoughts[/b] What works the same way? Historically, say, before the 19th or 20th century, I don't think gambling was ever state-controlled. There were no casinos, no lotteries, at least not nation-wide, unless one counts crazes for the stock market and the like. (In the 17th century there was massive speculation on... Dutch tulip bulbs!?!?!?) (For a bit about the tulip craze "bubble", see [url]http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dotcon/historical/bubbles.html[/url] - it might make an amusing story idea) Of course in a world with thieves' guilds there might be organized games. There certainly would be in a city where gambling is outlawed. Otherwise I see it as unlikely that rulers would be collecting taxes from gambling, or that a criminal group would either. Which makes it relatively unrelated to alignment, although I bet some good temples would frown on it because they see the tragedies that occur when someone gets addicted to gambling and reduces themselves and their families to poverty - and then perhaps resorts to crime in order to make ends meet. A simple form of gambling that was popular with the upper classes was wagering. Two nobles might make a bet based on the outcome of a joust or just about any event. Also in the middle ages there were fights between dogs & bears, cockfighting (har har, very funny)... heck, you might even wager on hunting. In Roman and Byzantine times chariot racing was [i]incredibly[/i] popular and bets could be placed (I think) on who would win, like horseraces today. I suppose betting on big events like that would be places where the state might intervene to take a cut or sell licenses to bookies, or where a criminal group might run the show or take a cut. [/QUOTE]
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