Crash Course Games: #27: Gambling

This video [11:44] lesson focuses on gambling as a game. It could be argued that gambling doesn't even have anything to do with games. It's usually about making money after all - which makes it much closer to work. But gambling definitely has a gaming component from its uncertain outcomes to rules of play, and gambling has had a huge impact on the more traditional games we see today. So let's take a look at gambling's not-so-certain history all the way from antiquity to the present, and maybe along the way, we'll try to figure out why we like playing these "games" so much anyway.