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Native Americans were making dice and gambling 12,000 years ago
Dailystar.co.uk and 4 more
- Researchers identify 565 objects meeting dice criteria across 57 sites in 12 states, with some dating back to 12,000 years ago.
- In-person examinations confirm these bone pieces were dice, worn smooth with etched lines and some traces of red pigment to differentiate sides.
- Two-sided, marked bone pieces—often called binary lots—are the most common native dice form used to generate random outcomes for games.
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