Long before casinos came to be, card, dice and gaming table possession were outlawed in some places. As time passed, laws were relaxed to allow casual gaming or games for purely recreational purposes and not for trade. However, general hostility toward professional gamblers took a long time to go away and sometimes resulted in lynching.
Muda mrefu kabla ya kasinon alikuja kuwa, kadi, dice na mali hizo kama meza walikuwa förbjudit katika baadhi ya maeneo. Kama muda kupita, sheria walikuwa walishirikiana kuruhusu kawaida ya michezo ya kubahatisha au michezo kwa madhumuni ya rena burudani na si kwa ajili ya biashara. Hata hivyo, kwa ujumla uadui kwa gamblers mtaalamu alichukua muda mrefu na kwenda na wakati mwingine ulisababisha lynching.