Bread and Games: the Relationship between Games, Luck, Dice and the State

This review article analyzes the relationship between play and luck, gambling, the state and the law. The first part of the paper is about the games and the games of chance.; its impact on man and the transition into the field of addiction. The second part is about gambling, high risk games, the state and state’s law, legal acts and the interference of ethics and morality in the organization of games of chance and their advertising. The conclusion brings together all of the above and presents some questions that need to be answered.