Did anyone ever wondered about how the crypto gambling started ?
Let's review a short one:
1. Bitcoins were created back in 2008
2. First transaction took place in January 2009
3. In August 2011 first ever Poker Site came to accept bitcoins as a source of payment (company-Switchpoker.com)
4. Then in 2012 there was involvement of Satoshi Dice !! Which became immensely popular.
5. First crowd funded casino was introduced in June 2013 officially.(just dice)
6. Just dice lost more then 1000 Bitcoins due to an error and therefore the whole thing was halted for a while.
7.
In July 2013, Satoshi Dice was sold to an undisclosed new owner. The deal was worth over 26,315 BTC which was valued at $11.5 million at the time.
8. Nakowa won 11,000 BTC in September 2013 and everything started to be immensely popular.
9. Bitcasino.io registered themselves in Feb 2014 , so it was like the first licence ever given to a bitcoin casino.
10. In Aug 2014 Altcoins were introduced
11. Fortune jack appeared in 2014
12. Here comes the government :
Focusing on the crypto gambling sector, in July 2015, the UK government warned its citizens against Bitcoin gambling. The warning was directed towards operators dealing with Bitcoin gambling. This came at the beginning of the period where we saw many warnings and restrictions around crypto activities.
13. From 2016 regulations started , more casinos started getting involved and rest is history.
https://4king.com/history-of-crypto-casinos/