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If we go through the history then we can find that, in Hinduism, gambling started much before the Mahabharat which started around 3139 BC.
In fact, gambling had a major role in the cause of the great war. So we can say that gambling has it's roots at ancestral level.
It's mind boggling to see how much gambling has evolved.
And there were some cruel incident attached to the gambling as well. Like barter deal - giving goats and other animals or even the daughters/ women.
The gambling was and is the game which excites the people a lot. There were many ways how it evolved. But it did.
There are even worst things than the example you have given. In ancient Rome, gladiator fights are also associated with gambling. It is a fight to the death depending on the decision of the editor. Editor is the person in charge of the event, he maybe senator, emperor or another politico.[1]
If we go through the history then we can find that, in Hinduism, gambling started much before the Mahabharat which started around 3139 BC.
In fact, gambling had a major role in the cause of the great war. So we can say that gambling has it's roots at ancestral level.
It's mind boggling to see how much gambling has evolved.
Gambling needs to get in sync with the improvement of technology. Since gambling is another kind of business, there are companies that do R&D, improvements, and developments to get ahead of the gambling business competition. As a result, gambling undergoes lots of evolutions and improvements depending on the available technology to date.
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https://www.thoughtco.com/how-did-gladiator-fights-end-118422and everyone deals with it in their way. However there traces go back to ancient time. In hinduism there are clear signs of gambling in remote past.