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A Brief History Of Sports Betting
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This is an excerpt from Business of Sports Betting epub, The by Becky Harris, John T. Holden & Gil B. Fried.
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Sports and betting have been carefully intertwined considering that the start of organized competitors. Even ancient civilizations bet on sports:
- As far back as 4000 to 3000 BC, ancient Egyptians bank on dice, parlor game, and accomplishments of ability, such as chariot racing and fencing (Bulski, 2020).
- Betting on sports happened throughout the ancient Olympic Games, around 800 to 700 BC ("Sports Betting History," n.d.).
- In ancient Rome, betting on games and races was prevalent. Though gambling was regularly forbidden in ancient Rome, exceptions were made for holidays, on which betting was accepted. In the very same period as the early Olympic Games, Romans bank on chariot races (De Haas, n.d.).
In 1612, King James announced the very first lotto in Britain, an event that would play a critical role in moneying the Jamestown Colony. The lotto consisted of people buying tickets, which were then positioned inside a barrel or drum, and after that a name being chosen. Lotteries played a crucial function in America's development, with many of the country's very first public buildings, colleges, roadways, canals, and spiritual structures being funded through both public and personal lottos. In 1776, the First Continental Congress started a lottery in the 13 colonies to fund the Revolutionary War (Little, 2019).
British inhabitants likewise brought a passion for horse racing with them, and the very first racetrack was established in 1665 on Long Island in New York. Despite periods of unpopularity, horse racing has preserved a constant presence in the United States given that at least 1665, an abnormality among regulated types of gaming ("Horse Racing History," n.d.).
The growth of the United States westward saw an increase in gambling activities such as poker and other card video games. Illegal gambling facilities were frequently overlooked by authorities, and the goings-on were considered as a lower evil than some of the other activities taken part in during that period, such as brawling. Some cities, such as San Francisco, even licensed limited kinds of gambling as a means of raising profits (Holden & Edelman, 2020).
Professor I. Nelson Rose has actually categorized three waves of legalized gambling in the United States (Rose, 2010).
1787 to Mid-1830s
- In this period, gaming was largely banned but was allowed to raise profits by means of lottery games or raffles. - Lotteries were often run by both public and personal companies