51\/49 odds against you \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Casinos, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the house always wins\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To joke<\/a>, to play<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gamenian:to\u00c2\u00a0entertain<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0or enjoy oneself; to display happiness or joy<\/p>\n\n\n\n ga+mann (*men\u00e2\u20ac\u201d to think, have in mind).<\/p>\n\n\n\n men, mens\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 mental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n from\u00c2\u00a0Proto-Germanic<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0*gaman\u00c4\u2026<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0(\u00e2\u20ac\u0153amusement, pleasure, game”, literally “participation, communion, people together\u00e2\u20ac\u009d), from\u00c2\u00a0*ga-<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0(collective prefix)\u00c2\u00a0+\u00c2\u00a0*mann-<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0(\u00e2\u20ac\u0153man\u00e2\u20ac\u009d); or alternatively from\u00c2\u00a0*ga-<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0+ a root from\u00c2\u00a0Proto-Indo-European<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0*men-<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0(\u00e2\u20ac\u0153to think, have in mind\u00e2\u20ac\u009d).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The etymology of the word “gambling” traces back to the Middle English word “gamen,” meaning “game” or “play”. The term evolved from “gamen” to “gamel” (to play games), and then to the verb “gamel-en,” which means to participate in games, particularly those involving stakes or bets. Over time, the “l” was dropped, leading to the form “gamen,” which further evolved into “gambling.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n This transition reflects the change in context from playing games in general to specifically participating in activities that involve wagering or betting, thus emphasizing the risk and chance elements rather than merely the act of playing. The term “gambling” eventually came to represent activities where stakes or something of value are risked on an uncertain outcome, with the intent of winning additional resources or money.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 51\/49 odds against you \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Casinos, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the house always wins\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Gambling = game To joke, to play Gamenian:to\u00c2\u00a0entertain\u00c2\u00a0or enjoy oneself; to display happiness or joy ga+mann (*men\u00e2\u20ac\u201d to think, have in mind). men, mens\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615993"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616002,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615993\/revisions\/616002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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