Gambling precedes civilization and i kinda believe it's something the people of old used in whiling away time at leisures not until the Romans engaged the gladiator gambling pattern where lives were part of stakes in arena's.
^ That was a bloody sport that Romans found, inside the arena the strongest will survive bit now, it is purely sports but they are the same in the arena. Did you know that NBA sports have 29 arenas? The history of sports gambling has been civilized into a modern one though they have the same sports it has a different approach it is more friendly sports than what we are now compared to Roman's time.
Great history of gambling, can you point out who is the first big winner in an online gambling casinos.
Well, I felt interested in this question myself, so I went to Google for an answer. I found a list of the largest payouts in the history of slot machines (this is not really relevant to the question, but I will share it anyway). 1. $27.6 million - Megabucks slot machines. The anonymous player in 1998. 2. $21.3 million - Megabucks slot machines. The anonymous player in 1999. 3. $35 million - Megabucks slot machines. Cynthia Jay-Brennan in 2000. 4. $39.7 million - Megabucks slot machines. Software engineer in 2003. 5. $21.1 million - Megabucks slot machines. Elmer Sherwin in 2005. 6. 11.7 million euros - Mega Fortune slot machine. Norwegian player in 2011. 7. 17.8 million euros - Mega Fortune slot machine. An anonymous player in 2013. 8. 13.2 million pounds - Mega Moolah slot machine. John Heywood in 2015. 9. € 18.9 million - Mega Moolah slot machine. The anonymous player in 2018. 10. $20 million - Mega Moolah slot machine. Canadian player in 2019. 11. $22.6 million - Megabucks slot machines. Johanna Handl in 2020.