
Gambling during the Georgian era was commonplace in the upper class. Card games like piquet, faro, ving-et-un, whist and baccarat were the most popular choices of the rich. Vingt-et-un ultimately became what we know as blackjack while faro eventually disappeared because it was so easy to cheat in.
Gambling in gentlemen’s clubs became commonplace. The famous London gentlemen’s club, Whites, had a betting book that had records of all members’ bets, including a record of a bet between two young men on the number of cats to walk on opposite sides of a street.
Meanwhile, the Crockford gambling club was the haunt of the aristocratic. It was started in 1793 and grew to become the most infamous gambling club in Europe until its closure in 1845.
In the 1800’s the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, in order to continue gambling without having to stop for a meal break, asked his servant to bring him a slice of meat enclosed by two pieces of bread – this was how the sandwich was created.
Beau Brummel was a notorious gambler and trendsetter who accumulated so much debt that he had to flee across the sea to France.
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