GAMBLING |
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Playing with dice was called dicing. A good dice game is Hazard, rather like Craps |
The word used for backgammon is tables. The "acey-deucy" version is called the Corsican game. You can lose a good deal of money in a tabling den. |
Two good period card games are Primero and Taroccho played with tarot cards |
Gambling during Elizabethan was a normal pastime. Maw, Ruff and Honours, One Thirty and Bone-ace were popular games during the time. One Thirty and Bone-ace are both ancestors to the game today known as 'blackjack'. |
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