One of the three great annual Hindu festivals is in memory of
the occasion when three of the Hindu gods sat down to gamble.
Krishna, the guileful god, won. This festival is celebrated by
universal gambling. Indeed, the people believe that unless they
gamble at this time, they will be born as rats, or take some
other undesirable form in the next life.
After the festival is over, thousands of families have to start
life again from the very bottom without a stick of furniture, as
all has been lost at gambling.
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=Gambling, Some Results of=--See JUVENILE COURT EXPERIENCE.