For in excess of a thousand years, maybe more, people have been testing their luck at various games of chance, or gambling. For example In ancient Rome, the locals bet on many professional sports...for example the most unbelievable sporting event EVER...the gladiator fights that took place within the Coliseum. In those times, events like who were some of the most effective gambling spectacles, as well as in most cases were for the sole entertainment of the Kings and/or Queens of Europe throughout the middle ages. Royalty were known to be very serious gamblers, lottery agent and actually set the tone for that sort of event... Actually, there are plenty of books that cover the subject telling the story that many of the Kings and/or Queens were seriously addicted to gambling, and that many nearly bankrupted their own countries because of the addiction.