Festivals have long mixed celebration with a bit of risk, like Saturnalia’s...

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Festivals have long mixed celebration with a bit of risk, like Saturnalia’s dice games or Diwali’s teen patti cards. These traditions often used calendars to mark an end date for gambling, keeping it in check