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[–] konalt@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I'm assuming a dice game based around the number 10 most likely lol, but it is possible (and fun to imagine) that maybe rampant tennis enthusiasm needed to be quelled :) Weirder things have happened. Like a town dancing themselves to death.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was definitely tennis. Tennis had a lot of gambling involved. This was the time they were banning theaters too.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Well, I'll be!