Cave Man’s Gambling Den Discovered
Archaeologists .from the University of California have unearthed what they describe as a prehistoric gambling hell. c In a hideout known as the* Tommy Tucker cave, near Berkeley (Cali - fornia) the archaeologists discovered: 800 short wooden counting sticks and primitive diCe made from split cane, with one side rough, the other smooth. ,
The archaeologists deduced that the dice were tossed into a basket, and the betting was on how' many would fall rough side up and how many smooth. Sexy wall pictographs gave the' proper atmosphere to this prehistoric gambling den. Archaeologists said that’ a knotted, curved sagebrush stick, wrapped with bark at one end—suitable for * cracking heads—was probably used by the bouncer to' keep order. ,
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 77, 16 December 1949, Page 3
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