Down the ages, gambling has been treated as a form of entertainment, though costly. History tells us that throughout the length and breadth of the globe, people of all classes, even kings, have indulged in gambling. The Indian Epic Mahabharata would have taken a different course, if Prince Yudhistir of Hastinapur did not bet and lose his wife Draupadi to his cousin Yurdhadhan in a gambling game ‘Pasha’. Yudhistir was a compulsive gambler. He was not addicted to it, but enjoyed the game. In the present day world, gambling has taken different forms
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