Almost in two thousand years, the famous Italian Cardinal Giulio Mazzarin  developed the idea of Tarquinius and in 1765 opened a casino in Paris. The reason was that the treasury was almost empty because of Ludovic XIV – the King Sun and his favourites. There was introduced a new game called – The Wheel of fortune. That is how the roulette weas called at that time. Some say that the roulette was invented by the French philosopher, mathematician and physicis Blaise Pascal. Actually he invented a device ...

Some say that the first gambling houses appear in the Roman empire during the reign of the last of  the seven legendary kings of Rome  - Lucius Tarquinius Superbus known also as Tarquinius the Proud and famous for his cruelty. It occurred to him to gather all players in one place so it would be much easier for him to take tribute and to maintain the order. The Circus Maximus (the first and the largest circus of Rome) was built and there players played different games. There ...

Talking about the history and the origin of cards is not only  talking about ancient times but very complicated as well. Gambling games never knew any boundaries – they were played by people of noble birth and by criminals i.e. all the people were equal before Her Majesty the Game. There is a theory that cards came from India. In the beginning, the Indian cards were round, had 8 suits and the deck consisted of 96 cards. As a matter of fact, the game resembled the game ...

It is difficult to believe that a play like dominoes was played even in the ancient world. Dominoes derived from dice. According to Chinese legends, the game was invented around 12th century. In Korea and India dominoes were used extremely for fortunetellling  and magic ceremonies. There are 47 different domino games known in the Eastern countries. The names of these games are very colourful – “carnations in the mist”, “entering the skies” etc. There is a theory claiming that dominoes were invented by Dominican monks. First, that ...

Rome In ancient Rome the game was played the same way and the combinations have similar names. Although dice were officially prohibited in ancient Rome and was allowed only during Saturnalia, the game was very popular – Roman writers and emperors were fascinated by it (even emperor Claudius wrote a guide for playing dice game ). The first known law against gambling games - Lex aleatoria - was approved in Rome in 3 BC.  This law prohibited dice and allowed all other games – public games and sport ...