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  • Gaming And Gambling Is Innately North American And Predates Euro Contact

    Gaming And Gambling Is Innately North American And Predates Euro Contact

    Gambling is innately Canadian. Whilst that may seem self-evident today, it was no less obvious before the idea of Canada as a unitary nation had even been established. Gary Smith of the University of Alberta has described how “First Nations peoples gambling on sports events pre-dated the arrival of Europeans in Canada”. Despite a fluctuating legal status…