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Description of gamers and gaming from 1632. (lemmy.world)
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Book is The Compleat Gamester, which contains rules for games commonly played at that period.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

Wasn't gaming basically synonymous with gambling

Try searching for jobs in "gaming" or reading the marketing churned out by gambling companies and you'll see that they're still trying to claim that they're synonymous!