Gambling Collection (page 4)

EDWARD VII 1891
The Baccarat Scandal at Tranby Croft Date: 1891

GAMBLING IN A BROTHEL
A gentleman and two lady friends make a night of it in a tavern Date: 1672

SOLDIERS PLAY DICE C19
Soldiers play dice, using a large drum as their table Date: 19th century

LOTTERY TICKET SELLER
A Parisian lottery ticket seller Date: 1774

GAMBLING / SPOILS
Dividing the spoils Date: 1796

Gold in California 1852
A saloon scene in Sacramento Date: 1852

GAMBLING / LOTTERIES
ITALY A lottery ticket office, Rome Date: 1867

GAMBLING / LOTTERIES C1840
DENMARK Drawing the winning number at Vandkunsten, Copenhagen, Denmark. Date: circa 1840

Hogarth, The Cockpit - a satirical illustration showing the blindness of a man drawn into betting on the match, and other forms of debauchery. Date: 1759

Men smoke and play a game of checkers in Canton, China
Viewed from above, a group of men smoke and play a game of checkers in a Canton street, Guangzhou, China Date: 1986

Enlisted German soldiers relaxing during their time off
Enlisted German soldiers having a lot of fun during their time off. They pose for a photograph drinking, with pet dog, playing cards and er.. holding a dustpan and brush! Date: 1908

Some British Workmen - A Brass Finisher - play on words as this punter has lost ( finished with ) all his brass. Perhaps the consumption of the two bottle of champagne (pictured discarded behind him)

USA - Montana Cowboys have a little disagreement over cards. The Actors are playing it straight with Poker faces, although the cowboy on the draw is looking a little bit flush-ed

Pampulha Casino, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Casino at Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, it was built in 1942. Date: 1947

The Betting Book at Whites club
A record of historic wagers, the famous betting book at Whites club in 1751. The club was renowned for its high wagers between members

Derby Tic-Tac Man
A Tic-Tac man taking bets at the races on Derby Day. Date: 1979

C16 Gambling W / Dice
A gambling party of the sixteenth century. Date: 16th century

Cards? by H. M. Bateman
A rather naive gent is invited to join three more worldly looking chaps at a card table, only to find himself soon afterwards utterly at a loss. Date: 1920

Saratoga Club House, Saratoga Springs, New York State, USA
Saratoga Club House, Congress Park, Saratoga Springs, New York State, USA. A gambling club, later a casino. Date: circa 1905

Prince and Princess Victor Duleep Singh at Monte Carlo
Prince Victor Duleep Singh and his wife, formerly Lady Anne Coventry, in Monte Carlo where they were frequent visitors. The prince was declared bankrupt in 1902

Pre-Columbian Art. Aztec. Mexico. Seated Deity (Macuilxochitl). 15thearly 16th century. Basalt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Royal Baccarat Scandal 1891
British gambling scandal, known as the Tranby Croft affair of the late 19th century, showing Sir William Gordon-Cumming and Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in court

Casino Burgoyne, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. Date: 1916

American anti-gambling cartoon
An American anti-gambling cartoon, showing a Rum-Soaked Old Sport sitting at a table. The verse below ends: It would be very hard to find / A more worthless, useless sample of mankind. Date: 1906

Wonderland Park, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA
Night view of Wonderland Park, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA, with a crowd of people out to enjoy themselves at the greyhound track. Date: circa 1940

An Evening in the Casino at Deauville by Mundo
A cast of well-known patrons at the casino in fashionable Deauville in 1929. Personalities include Mr James Hennessy (second from left), M

The Gaming Room by Thomas Rowlandson
A typically riotous scene by Thomas Rowlandson depicting men in a gaming room. Date: 24 November 1930

Deauville - an artists impression by Tony Wysard
Humorous illustration depicting society at the fashionable French seaside resort of Deauville, indulging in polo, cocktails, gambling, horse racing and golf

An Italian advertisement for Faustino Solesio S. Martino d Albaro, Genova

View of the Casino at Dieppe, France, with the beach and the sea in the background. Date: 1930

Chippy Norton - Late Victorian era Bookmaker
Mathew Dawson (18201898) - a British racehorse trainer based at Newmarket. In a career which lasted from 1840 until his death in 1898, he trained the winners of twenty-eight British Classic Races

Playing Taba, a variant of Knucklebones, Argentina
Customs of the countryside, Argentinian gauchos playing Taba a variant of the game of Knucklebones, Argentina. The game is played in a field where the taba or talus bone is thrown to the air

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco, France. Designed by Charles Garnier, it has frescoes in the style of Bouchier, and an amazing gold and marble atrium. Date: built 1863

Ladbrokes Betting Shop
Ladbrokes betting shop, for placing bets on horse races and other such gambling. Date: late 1970s

Rabbits Playing Cards
Three rabbits playing a game of cards. Date: early 1930s

People at a fair in Chile, South America
Scenes at a Fair -- people at a fair in 19th century Chile, South America. 1824

Berg of Mayfair suit, 1962
A glamorous model looks either pleased or shocked at the cards at a chemmy table in a casino. She is wearing a dress and jacket in rich cream silk given ultimate glamour with mink cuffs by Berg of

Three women playing cards at a table
Three middle aged women playing cards at a table. They are playing for money, and there are three half-empty glasses of sherry

Poster advertising St Valery en Caux, a small fishing port and town in Normandy, northern France, offering tennis, yachting, and gambling at the casino

Old Kate, seller of race cards
An elderly woman known as Old Kate, who makes her living from the sale of race cards. She is seen here sitting in an open carriage

At The Casino by Rene Vincent
A colour illustration showing three elegant ladies with a croupier gambling at a roulette wheel. With the popularity of resorts on the French Riviera, particularly Monte Carlo

People gambling at home in New York, USA
People gambling at home, in fashionable Madison Avenue, New York, USA

The Devils Rosary by Henrietta Schrier and Lodge Percy. First produced at the Kellys Theatre, Liverpool, on 31st July and, as The Blind Girls Rosary at the Elephant and Castle, on 20th December 1915

Group of cleaners who won the football pools, with cleaning equipment. Date: circa 1980s

Casino by the sea - Fayal, Azores
Casino by the sea - Fayal (Faial) Island, Azores, Portugal. Date: circa 1930s

United States. Lottery ticket, 1776

Vittel, France - The Casino. Date: circa 1906

The Summer Sporting at Monte Carlo Beach by Matania
Guests at the Summer Sporting at Monte Carlo Beach on the French Riviera enjoy gambling in the open air as one of the evening entertainments on offer. Date: 1934

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