Archaeologists found the first American casino in the cave

Judging from the findings of various dice and sticks in this place, a real casino once worked there. Archaeologists have found a cave on the southern shore of Great Salt Lake, they suspect that this place was a public institution where Native Americans were playing on valuable things, which serve them as substitutes of money. During the excavation, they found hundreds of carved sticks, which seems to perform the same role as chips in a modern casino. According to archaeologists, they have yet to find more than 10,000 artifacts in the cave.

How the ancient Indians played

According to the scientists, people were playing in this way. They threw short rods, blank on one side and serrated or with the traces of burning on the other. The one, who more accurately refers to the number of the signs lying face up, was the winner. This gambling equipment was found at the entrance of the cave, around the remains of an ancient hearth.

In contrast to the modern world, in the XIII century casino was attended exclusively by women. Ladies used to bet personal small thing or the performance of their daily duties. Gabriel Yanicki said. “Women threw the makeshift dice to distribute the implementation of the most difficult and hard work, such as the separation of the skins from the carcass and prepare them for tailoring – says Jack Ives an archaeologist from the University of Alberta, to Western Digs, – The opportunity to play proves a relatively comfortable life of the tribe.”

Ironically, Utah, in the territory of which the oldest casino in America was found, is the most conservative in the US in terms of legalizing gambling. Most of the local population are Mormons, and this religious movement reveals an extremely negative attitude to all forms of gambling.

From past into the future

And the other tribal casino, California’s Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians is planning to celebrate their 20th anniversary by sending their slot machine ‘Icarus’ to space on June 14 together with JP Aerospace. After that, they are going to organize Out Of This World Party in the casino on June 27. Our other casino related news: Casino News