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The USA's first casino found – Discovery
Archaeologists at the University of Alberta recently announced they have found what could be the first, thus, the oldest casino in America. Indeed, a team of specialists from Brigham Young University have discovered in a cave near the Great Salt Lake, in the State of Utah (USA), numbers of ancient gambling pieces dating back to the 13th century. The team unearthed about 1,000 pieces including hundreds of dice, darts and carved sticks, as well as other gambling-piece debris.
They said that most of the items discovered during the archaeological excavation are provable as of North America origin. The scientists argued that these objects might be used by members of the Apache and Navajo tribes that have left their native land, Canada, to live in the area. As a reminder, the excavation has been carried out since the 1930s. Part of items previously been unearthed in the cave include pilies of shoes, clothes and other pieces that would define the kind of social life in the region. Undoubtedly, this archaeological discovery has showed that the games of chance and gambling have played an important role in the social life of the natives.
