For approximately 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 sporting events...such as the most unbelievable sporting event EVER...the gladiator fights that took place in the Coliseum. In those days, events like which were some of the most effective gambling spectacles, and in many instances were for the sole entertainment of the Kings and/or Queens of Europe during the middle ages. Royalty were known to be very serious gamblers, and official lottery also set the tone for that kind of event... Actually, there are various books that cover the topic 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.