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The history of gaming

The history of modern gaming can be traced back as far as the ancient Greeks, who used to play many dice games and others based on luck. Many famous Greek philosophers have written about the gambling pursuits people used to play at the time, and while some looked down upon the activity due to its addictive nature, it’s said that the Greek gods themselves liked to play – legend has it that Hades, Poseidon and Zeus split up the universe between them based on a throw of the dice. Ancient gambling games of Greece and Rome Probably the first game…