Gambling’s Long History and House Edge

Gambling is older than writing itself. Ancient dice found in Mesopotamia date back to 3000 BC,

thousands of years before the first books. But here's what blows my mind.

The sandwich was actually invented by a gambler. The Earl of Sandwich was so obsessed

with card games that he refused to leave the table to eat. He demanded meat

between two slices of bread so he could keep playing with one hand. Wild,

right? And get this. The odds of winning the lottery are so low that you're

literally more likely to be struck by lightning twice than hit the jackpot. Casinos know this.

That's why they don't have clocks or windows. They want you to lose track of time