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The recently discovered 12,000-year-old dice made from wood and bone by Native American hunter gatherers. Robert Madden

Archaeologists have discovered 12,000‑year‑old dice – here’s what they reveal about the history of play

You can compare throwing one of these ancient dice to a coin toss – although this discovery also underscores that dice are much older than coins.
Did ancient Egyptian parents worry their kids might get addicted to this game, called senet? Keith Schengili-Roberts/Wikimedia Commons

Games blamed for moral decline and addiction throughout history

Somewhere between the early Buddhist times and today, worries about game addiction have given way to scientific understanding of the benefits of play, rather than its detriments.

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