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Gambling in Canada.
Date Submitted: 09/13/2004 09:58:43
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 5 pages (1470 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 5 pages (1470 words)
Gambling is as old as human history. Gambling was a popular pastime in North America long before there was ever a United States. Playing cards and dice were brought over by both the British and the Dutch. By the end of the 17th century, just about every countryseat in colonial America had a lottery wheel. Cockfighting flourished throughout the countries, especially in the South (Ortiz 4). Gambling in the past was done mainly for social and …
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