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Briefing: Native Americans were making dice, gambling, exploring probability millennia before their Old World counterparts

Strategic angle: A new study reveals that the earliest known dice were crafted by Native American hunter-gatherers over 12,000 years ago.

Editorial StaffApril 2, 20261 min read

Evidence found in American Antiquity highlights ancient gambling practices.

Dice were used by hunter-gatherers on the western Great Plains.

This discovery predates similar practices in the Old World.