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Quote from: dataispower on July 27, 2022, 10:40:50 PM

People is giving analysis of History of gambling without having a direct evidence of that, so with what I understand and what I observe from the history and the Point people make concerning gambling history none of them is understandable and the clear to us because one of them have a clear evidence that prove that gambling started from one particular area so before we can be convinced about this we have to see direct evidence that shows a picture or link of where gambling. so I don't have to believe anybody until I see proof

As far as I know, gambling may have been active way back the date the excavated evidence was created. People won't have any knowledge to represent things unless it is already available in society. Like for example, no one can paint a picture of an animal if it isn't already existing and I believe the same thing with gambling evidence.

There's an evidence for this, as far as I know there's a gambling verse available in the Bible and that is already a good proof that even before, gambling exist in many ways. We might not be sure about it, but at least it is written in our history and that is something to look for. This is also why gambling still exist right now because its already part of human nature and I'm confident that even in the next 100 years, gambling will stay but it will be on a different scenario as well.

Definitely, there is a verse in since the New Testament happened during the Ancient Roman Empire Era. That is when the cloth of Jesus of Nazareth where gambled by the Roman Empire Soldier when Jesus was bleeding on the cross

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After they had nailed [Jesus] to the cross, the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice. Then they sat around and kept guard as he hung there. A sign was fastened above Jesus' head, announcing the charge against him. It read: "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews." Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
— Matthew 27:35-37 NLT

But there is no direct statement or sentence that prohibits gambling in the Bible,[1]

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Although no Bible verse states, “Thou shalt not gamble,” we are encouraged to be generous to those in need (James 1:27) and avoid chasing after riches (Proverbs 28:20).

As a matter of fact, in the earlier part of the Bible, Israelites uses a toss of coin or cast lots (which can be called a gambling) to have a decision.[2]

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Is gambling in the Bible?
It’s probably a stretch to say that gambling is referenced throughout the Bible. It is true that people “cast lots,” which was a chance-based way of making decisions, such as the flipping of a coin. Although we don’t know the exact methods involved, it involved leaving the outcome to chance, such as perhaps randomly selecting from sticks of various lengths or from stones of various colors.

But casting lots did figure prominently in parts of the biblical narrative. The Israelites cast lots in order to determine land apportionments (e.g., Num. 26:55) and temple officials (1 Chron. 24:5), and the early church cast lots to choose who would replace Judas Iscariot as the twelfth apostle (Acts 1:26).

Casting lots was practiced by non-Israelites too, for example, to figure out who was responsible for calamity (Jonah 1:7) and to see who won Jesus’ garments at his crucifixion (Matt. 27:35). Of these examples, casting lots for Jesus’ garments seems to be closest to our understanding of gambling because it involved a game, not just the need to make a decision.

[1] https://answersingenesis.org/christianity/values/gambling-dont-bet-on-chance/
[2] https://renew.org/is-gambling-a-sin/