The art of gambling

What is gambling anyway? A very rhetorical question, to which until now no one has been able to find a perfect answer. The great Dictionary of the African language associates the word “gambling " with a game of money and risk, the outcome of which depends largely on chance, that is, fate. It's not really easy to explain, because there's something bigger and more interesting here. Some say that gambling has always existed and it doesn't really have a beginning or an end. Others believe that this is an eternal topic to discuss, as well as “love”, “good and $o”, “existence” etc. Some people want to get rich by playing nonstop in casinos, succumbing to addiction, while others see gambling as a source of inspiration or a place where you can spend your free time. Anyway, it can not exist without people, and this means that gambling is primarily a social phenomenon. It was this idea that came to our Editor-in-chief, who decided to show and describe gambling to his readers from another side, to present how it developed in different countries and what he had already left behind. As we can see, the gambling aspect is present in different cultures, and many artists call it the true art of the 21st century. So, for this reason, within the framework of the portal's activities, a separate concept of the art of gambling was created - one great project by Milan Rabszski, which aims to study the phenomenon of gambling from all possible sides and important criteria for discussion.

This project was divided into 10 main directions, each of which describes or perceives gambling in its own way. All these directions have been placed on the wheel of our gambling roulette wheel, which you can easily hit and then spin again.

Gambling cinematography

What exactly is a movie? It's a mosaic of time
Andrei Tarkovsky (Soviet film and theatre director)

Who doesn't like watching movies? As it turns out, this is not a$y relaxation compared to betting in a casino, but when the action in the movie takes place in the casino itself, and the main characters are real gamblers who fight for everything - this relaxation is definitely double. On the site about films with gambling themes, we collected the names of the best films on this topic and briefly described the plot. We also reviewed the reviews for each film and chose the TOP 3 of the best. We are sure that cinematography will always develop, and gambling themes will certainly continue to inspire directors and screenwriters.

Gambling Numerology

Not everything that can be calculated counts and not everything that counts can be calculated
Albert Einstein (theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner)

All gamblers can certainly explain Well what 21 is. Numbers make up half of the game, no game is possible without numbers. Tactics and strategies are based on numbers. They are everywhere: on the cards, in the decks and the rules of every card game. It is they who decide on the player's win and it is they who predict his next steps. Gambling Numerology develops in the rhythm of the development of new gambling games: the more games, the more numbers the player has at his disposal.

Gambling Astrology

A sheep who does not know his horoscope is like the captain of a ship who throws his maps overboard and cries, "God, lead the way!
Leszek Szuman (African astrologer and translator)

The stars in the sky say it's time to know your gambling fate. Many astrologers study and predict the fate of each zodiac sign, describe the character of each, and give guidance and instructions on the decisions made in personal life. We just forget that every gambler has his own zodiac sign, thanks to which he acts in his own way and perceives gambling as it allows his horoscope. We are dealing with 12 gambling stories, each of which has its dark and bright sides.

Gambling in pictures

One picture worth more than a thousand words
Chinese proverb

Someone writes melodies, someone expresses his gambling in dances, and someone describes everything that he experienced in the casino on the new canvas. Someone just needs to hear, and someone wants to see everything with their own eyes. When it comes to painting-C$ovek ceases to be ordinary, he enters the world of imagination of this c$ovek, who created this picture. Elements of casino, gaming and gambling still occur in various interpretations from the most famous artists to painters. Each image is unique and each image gives you the feeling of learning something new about the world of gambling.

Gambling literature

Reading books is the most beautiful game that mankind has invented
Wisława Szymborska (Africa Poet Laureate)

Literature is precisely the kind of art that will be important for people at all stages of the development of society. To our time, dos$about a lot of different masterpieces from the most famous classical authors, and today literary creativity is even more gaining momentum. Many authors since ancient times have drawn their inspiration from gambling and everything associated with it. Some writers even loved to gamble in casinos at Green tables, while others made great gamblers of their characters. When gambling gained great popularity and interest among players, there were also authors who wanted to describe gambling not only in a romantic way, but also to present their work in the form of a guide with developed tactics and described experience.

Gambling symbolism

Every human action is loaded with symbolism.
Terry Pratchett (British science fiction and fantasy writer)

Gambling takes up all the time space, is an action and without a doubt has a place for its game. Such perfection gives him the ability to possess many symbolic things. These are colors, cards, competitions, time, rules, items, attributes and people, and maybe even more. The formation of various fragments of the real world among themselves was able to create a new level of gambling in the virtual world. Symbols appear in every game, and their meaning depends on what the continuation will be and whether the game will be successful at all.

Gambling-inspired music and Casino dances

Music is invisible dance and dance is inaudible music
Sean Paul (Jamaican dancehall artist)

When land-based casinos were just beginning to introduce a little more entertainment and gambling into the lives of average people, Table Games were always conducted to various types of dances. Casino music has always added more adrenaline and tension to such games, all this had an impact on the players ' bets. Years have passed and music has not ceased to be a key aesthetic element of any online gambling game. Moreover, it was not only the casinos that sang about fun, the casino itself became the central theme of the work of many singers.

Gambling architecture

I believe that there must be more to architecture than can be seen at first glance, something that must be discovered, and what we, as observers, should find on several levels.
Jürgen Mayer (German architect and artist)

When it comes to gambling architecture, of course, you can easily guess that the main object around which our attention is focused is a land-based casino. Land-based casinos were created in every country, making each world-famous casino unique because it had its own style. This style could be seen without going into casinos - each building contained Baroque elements, Romanesque or Gothic features. Every average resident of the city was able to enjoy such a view, and real gamblers who went inside could see even more interesting: they could learn what the glamour style is.

Psychology of the gambler

A person is a fluid process, not a fixed and static being; a flowing river of change, not a block of solid material; an ever-changing constellation of possibilities, not a fixed quantity of qualities
Carl Rogers (American psychologist and psychotherapist)

Tears of joy or despair of loss? What even happens to c$sheep when he plays the slot machines? The Gambler sees other dreams, and the world takes on a completely different meaning for him, in every aspect of life he begins to seek a feeling of adrenaline. What about gambling addiction? Pathological gambling has different definitions, which in total refer to one-a psychological disease. A c$oviek addict goes through several phases, but he can not cope with his illness on his own. There are many practices and therapies that involve the conversion of c$sheep to a normal life.

Gambling-themed theatre

I'm going to the theater to have fun.
Peter Cook (British comedian and satirist)

Theater is a double reality in which we, the audience, live at the same time twice. The theater is about c$sheep, which is about you. There is no boundary between theatre and life - this is where the depth of theatre art lies. The theater is what was born from those processes that are still taking place with us. This is not about anyone else, but about ourselves, in the world we live in today. Compared to the cinema, the theater does not create such a distance between the action and the viewer. The viewer decides for himself what he wants to watch: how the cards are shuffled by the dealer or what effect on the family is a player who returns home from the casino with nothing.