《赌博的历史》第四章 西方赌技东传及中西赌博之比较(国外英文资料).doc

《赌博的历史》第四章 西方赌技东传及中西赌博之比较(国外英文资料) West on a variety of The west (mainly Europe and the us) is the home of gambling. In the early stage of the history of archaeological excavations, ancestors discovered about forty thousand years ago in luck in the game using a four side, two of them like round the talus. According to the study, this is popular among greeks, Romans, arabs and indians. The finding seems to suggest that humans, especially in the west, have a propensity for risk-taking. And the history of the future shows that westerners have shown extraordinary enthusiasm and extraordinary creativity in gambling. The ancient Greek and Roman gambling activities we can see from the mythological legends. People worship the lucky gods, always expecting her aura to shine on themselves forever, and the good fortune in gambling often wins the bigger bet. The middle ages, although the new and old Christian all resistance and against gambling the demons of the erosion of the human soul, but boring lectures, after all, cant resist the temptation of money, people still cant get away from gambling to attract more and more difficult to extricate themselves. When it entered modern times, it became more and more aggressive. Western countries have been a big deal since the start of the first casino in Germany in 1748. In 1856, monte carlo of Morocco began to build a casino and opened in 1861. After years of business, it became a world-famous international gambling city. Gambling huge economic benefits, make many western capitalist countries finally tore down the FIG leaf of religious ethics, announced that the legalization of gambling, in order to obtain higher taxes. As soon as the door opened, casinos sprang up in the U.S. and Europe. In 1931, the United States announced in southern Nevada desert city of Las Vegas gambling legalization rapid rise, after all, big and small hotel casino across the city modernization, luxurious, comparable to the air and monte carlo tactically, become