You can be the most well-respected figure in literature, politics or arts with a crystal clear reputation at day. However, when darkness falls, your adventurous, badass, and enterprising alter-ego shows up, and boredom runs away scared. Who said that you couldn’t be a genius at both painting or politics and gambling? Oh, these famous historical personalities have the proof up their sleeves that everything’s possible. Although, they didn’t become the best gamblers in history in any sense. If the only famous gambler you know is Archie Karas, prepare for an eye-opening revelation. These are the people that you admired so much, and they admired gambling being captivated by card suit symbolism and casino-related mystery. Also so much! They aren’t recognized as the most successful gamblers of all time – what they do represent is the phenomenon of the brightest minds in history having a weak spot for taking risks.
We know Claude Monet as an ingenious innovator of French art. Monet was the founder of a new art movement called Impressionism after one of his paintings. He had no idea that he would get so far with his little painting hobby. Moreover, guess what helped him to become one of the most famous artists in the world? That’s right, gambling! Once, he won almost 15 grand in dollars playing the French lottery, and that allowed him to quit his job and explore his painting talent. Furthermore, the whole world is extremely thankful for gambling for such a treasured artistic gift.
The man got himself the title of the best gambler in England. However, he wasn’t the luckiest one because the king’s debts were piling up exponentially. To his credit, he never flashed his royal status during games (and he’s tried them all, seriously, he explored all gambling opportunities that existed in England and beyond). Henry the VIII was an utterly chill monarch and used to play with commoners. On the other hand, he was pouring people’s money down the drain, so he wasn’t the most well-liked royal.
You aren’t fed up with adventurous British risk-takers, are you? So here comes another one. John Montagu was a British Statesman at the end of the 18th century. The man was a passionate and dedicated gambler, and that’s what made him so famous. Well, partly. During long gaming sessions, he demanded a slice of meat between two pieces of bread. What can be a better snack during a game, right? Oh, we’ve almost forgotten to mention that John Montagu had a title of the 4th Earl of Sandwich. So put two and two now. That’s right; the man invented the sandwich!
Let’s have one more look at top gamblers among Royals because they aren’t saints as they’re usually described as being. So then, maybe only one more, although it will be the last one, we promise. Louis XIV was not just fond of gambling, but he also brought it to a brand new level and turned it into an expensive hobby of the whole French aristocracy. He essentially introduced the “you can only be cool if you’re a gambler” rule, and this put Versailles into a gaming frenzy.
“The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues.” This quote is a wise thought to live by and, seemingly, Descartes was talking about himself. Why? Because as a future ingenious French philosopher he was sure that a gambling career would be much better than the military and law school. He eventually turned to philosophy but never forgot about gambling. This adventurous activity accompanied René Descartes throughout his life.
Let’s not get far away from French philosophers. How do you like this idea? These guys just knew what the best and most exciting way to live your life is, and gambling was an essential part of it. Well, it’s hard to disagree. Michel de Montaigne said that games taught him a lot and helped to form a decent outlook. He learned that there are many things that we can’t control, and people have to make their peace with it. His philosophical convictions were greatly influenced by his gambling experience, so we can undoubtedly say that games raised the father of Skepticism.
The successor of Franklin D. Roosevelt seems to have borrowed the habit of the 32nd President, but he breathed a brand new life into gambling because he used it as a diplomatic tool. Harry Truman was playing poker with Winston Churchill on the prime-minister’s way to deliver a famous speech about the “Iron Curtain.” Mr. Truman was also a big fan of poker tournaments at the White House. However, unlike some other American presidents who never put vast sums of money at stake, Harry Truman was okay with losing hundreds and hundreds of dollars.
Many American presidents claimed that poker helped them to build a robust social network, as is the case with Richard Nixon, but we’re not going to focus on that. It’s important but boring. So did you know that Richard Nixon won a luxurious sports car from none-other than Ronald Reagan playing poker? It’s clear that this POTUS was very determined and used to say that a man who isn’t good at poker can’t become a good president. Do you agree with this statement?
Moreover, it was invented by Gerolamo Cardano in, get this, 16th century! Oh, and, of course, he was a gambler as well. He wrote “The Book on a Game of Chance” because he was an experienced pro in this appealing and even a bit dramatic business.
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