The gentlemen in the following list may not know what an online casino is but they sure did appreciate the thrill of gambling. All of them earned fame and glory because of their talents and there is hardly anyone in today’s world not knowing their names and works. But I bet not many of you know that they used to… More →

In the game “Assassin’s Creed III”, you play as a young Native-American warrior quietly helping George Washington complete his revolution and establish the United States of America, in the misguided hope that this will save his people. The “Assassin’s Creed” series has always prided itself on fully immersing the player in a virtual world that feels as accurate to the… More →

The Colosseum. We’ve seen it in countless pieces of media – stellar movies such as “Gladiator”, or videogames like “Shadow of Rome”. We’ve watched documentaries, some of us have even visited this historical site ourselves, but not too many suspect just how important it was in gambling history. It was completed in 80 AD after only 10 years of work… More →

We know for a fact that gambling is really, really old. We’ve got evidence of it taking place as far as the 3rd century BC, though it’s generally presumed that it has existed in one form or another for way, WAY longer. Still, most people (scientists or not) assumed that casinos are a generally new invention, as in, they’re not… More →

I’d like to take you back to the year 100 AD. Civilization has been around for a few thousand years already, but that doesn’t mean that most people – especially Europeans outside of Rome – are civilized yet. Wars and plunders are commonplace, and whenever there is a dispute between two nations it’s rarely solved with diplomacy and negotiations. More… More →