Gambling for the masses
British cities punt to build the country's largest casino
VISITORS to London's Globe Theatre can be forgiven for thinking they are celebrating all that was great in Elizabethan England. But while Shakespeare's orations and drama may have graced the theatre, it was also used as a bear pit, brothel and gambling house.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Gambling for the masses”
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