The history of gambling is quite well studied, it seems to me that it is much more interesting to look at it from the perspective of the further evolution of gambling, what awaits humanity in the near future, however, it should be borne in mind that gambling is inherently quite conservative.
I did not read studies about it but I think that history of gambling starts when people combined gaming and earning. When they started to play game with intention to earn, it is gambling.
Last 2 years we witnessed Play to Earn and do you consider it like gambling but in support of blockchain, NT technologies?
When you play games and depend on random luck, probability to win and earn, it's gambling.
We need to separate the idea of investment and gambling. Yes when you invest into bitcoin you "take a gamble" on the price, but that's still investment, and yes luck is important there as well and I get it. However, we need to realize a lot quicker to learn how gambling could be something else.
Investment back in the day into stuff like being a Sheppard or whatever and getting a bunch of sheep wasn't gambling, it's investment. But for example, dice gambling existed over 2 thousand years now and that's the difference. Look for the things that are gambling and betting which are a bit different and you will see the history of it. Plus the NFT and Play2Earn is in the investment category as well, it's not gambling.