Ivory dice recovered from the privy of the public square in Frankfort. An archeological dig found this evidence of nineteenth-century gambling on the grounds of the Old State Capitol. KHS Collections.
On December 29, 1823, an “Act more effectually to suppress gaming” was approved. This law instituted a fine of $500 and jail until the fine was paid for any person who set up a “gaming table, at which the game of faro, equality or any other game of chance, shall be played for money or any other thing,” and further, it instituted a fine of $250 for any person who allowed such a gaming table (except a billiard table which was permissible and already taxed) to be set up on his or her property.
Ivory dice recovered from the privy of the public square in Frankfort. An archeological dig found this evidence of nineteenth-century gambling on the grounds of the Old State Capitol. KHS Collections.
