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Requests 1-173 were asked and answered back when there were only 25 books.
Also, some of the early questions were unintentionally truncated and cannot be restored. However, the answers are shown in their totality.
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| 178 | there has been mention that some where in the book of Magicians of Gor that there is mention of casinos and i was just wondering if that was just something assumed because Goreans like to gamble or if there is actually reference to such places existing i...
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The word "casino" does not exist. However the descriptions shown in Book 31 Conspirators of Gor certainly can not be anything else but a casino.
I had recognized two of the soldiers, and the officer. They had been patrons of the house.
They had lost heavily.
Of course we were guilty! Did we not know of the manipulation of the tables' spins, of the dishonest stones, the fraudulent dice, the ostraka which, to the informed eye could be read?
Did we not invite in the patrons, at the door, with our smiles, the glances over our shoulders, our fingers lightly touching our brands beneath the cloth, not silk, but rep cloth, for ours was a shabby den for its purposes. We served as the slaves we were in the wide low-ceilinged, ill-lit interior of the outer room. We would bring the gamesters Paga and ka-la-na, and platters of meat and bread, and cakes and sweets, to keep them at the tables. We pretended zestful enthusiasm for their playing, as if it might be our own. How we rubbed against them, so inadvertently, laughed, joked, touched their arms, and hands, applauded their boldness, pretended dismay at a loss, pretended chagrin and sorrow when they made to leave the tables. Rather they should choose and again match ostraka, hazard another turn of the wheel, another placement of the stones, another roll of the dice! We must serve our paga and ka-la-na modestly, of course, for the men must be kept at the games.
Conspirators of Gor Book 31 Page 61
"Astrinax," said Menon, "is seeking slaves for a gambling house. It is one of several on the Street of Chance. In such a house, there are commonly slaves, beautiful slaves, to wait upon the men, to serve drinks and food, to contribute to the décor and pleasantness of the setting, to mingle with the patrons, to encourage betting, even to the point of recklessness."
Conspirators of Gor Book 31 Page 175
"What was she?" asked the woman.
"A gambling-house girl," said the man.
"What is that?" asked the woman.
"A serving slave, a display slave, a lure slave, such things," he said. "They encourage men to drink, to eat, to spend, to wager, to linger at the tables, to draw further cards, to cast the dice just one last time, and such."
Conspirators of Gor Book 31 Pages 180 - 181
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