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All Vikings loved bloody battles, and spent a lot of time at sea, roving European coastlines for plunder, they did in fact have a fair amount of downtime. This would be spent in their giant communal halls during the Winter season when adverse weather conditions made sailing dangerous. To entertain themselves they would turn to games of chance. And though we tend to view Vikings as uneducated and uncouth, nothing could be further from the truth. As proved by the complexity of their games.

The idea lucky or unlucky number appears to be as old as time itself. After all, people have enjoyed reading all sorts of ideas into numbers, with many numerals considered to have particular powers. Historically speaking, life could be very hard for the vast majority of people, leading them to all sorts of means by which they might improve their tough lives. This included superstitions around numbers. Today, many of these myths still persist and you can witness them first-hand at the casino.