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Gambling
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- "It's not whether you win or lose, just how often."
- ―Herglic gambler, name unknown
Gambling has been a popular form of entertainment in the galaxy for millennia. Some areas of the Old Republic allowed gambling and by the time of the Clone Wars, Senator Simon Greyshade introduced legislation to legalize it throughout the entire Republic. Gambling, in fact, proved quite influential in Galactic history.
In particular, Watto and Lando Calrissian were fond of games of chance, with the former losing Anakin Skywalker when Anakin was a slave on Tatooine over a podracing bet and the latter winning (and later losing) the Millennium Falcon via the game of sabacc.
Some species, such as the Herglics, were especially prone to gambling.
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Popular Forms of Gambling
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- Old Republic Era
- Imperial Era
AppearancesEdit
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- Jedi Apprentice: The Day of Reckoning
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace novel
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace junior novel
- MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
- Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows (Mentioned only)
- Rebel Dawn
Positive ID on Wizards.com (original article link, backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
"To Fight Another Day"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 6
- Star Wars 19: The Ultimate Gamble
- Star Wars 20: Deathgame
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Mentioned only)
Crisis on Cloud City
SourcesEdit
- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
- Heroes & Rogues
- The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
- Hero's Guide
- Ultimate Adversaries
"Underworld: A Galaxy of Scum and Villainy"—Star Wars Insider 89
So You Want To Be A Criminal? An Underworld Primer on Hyperspace (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
"An Uneasy Peace"
- "TopWorld"
External linksEdit
Gambling on Wikipedia
