# The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)

Author: Steinmetz, Andrew, 1816-1877

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/466

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Gaming+Table%3A+Its+Votaries+and+Victims.+Volume+1+%28of+2%29+Steinmetz&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

A very apt allegory has been imagined as the origin of Gaming. It is said that the Goddess of Fortune, once sporting near the shady pool of Olympus, was met by the gay and captivating God of War, who soon allured her to his arms. They were united; but the matrimony was not holy, and the result of the union was a misfeatured child named Gaming. From the moment of her birth this wayward thing could only be pleased by cards, dice, or counters.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gaming-table-its-votaries-and-victims-volume-1-of-2-466/chapters/14/index.md)