Traditional Englishmen enjoyed gambling, so these salty English settlers brought their favorite forms of gaming to the British colonies.
In fact, as soon as we stepped off the boats on the East Coast, a dichotomy existed between the new arrivals. Despite our puritanical past, many Americans enjoyed games of chance. In fact, American colonists were betting on the outcome of events long before the United States of America existed. Gambling in the United States has a long and storied history.
