If there’s one period in western history that perfectly represents the human craving to gamble for more than you’ve got, it’s the Old West. In this age, people who had settled on the east side of America would race off into the unknown, hunting for their fortunes. Now, cowboys, Native American warriors, bison, grand trains, bandits, saloons, gold mines and prospectors are synonymous with the mentality of wanting to gamble it all on the hope of a better life on the other side of the country.
In modern times, the period became glorified through iconic movies, particularly the Spaghetti Westerns, with names like Clint Eastwood, Sergio Leone, John Ford and John Wayne rising to the fore.