African Ideology And Culture: Past And Continued Impacts On African Americans

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...warrant for opposing gambling. In the strict Calvinist view, there was no such thing as chance: all events were governed by providential decree. Casting lots was therefore nothing less than a means of catching a glimpse of God's mind. "Now a Lot is a serious thing not to be trifled with," Increase Mather wrote in 1687, "the scripture saith not only (as some would have it) of Extraordinary Lots, but of a Lot in general, that the whole disposing (or Judgment) thereof is of the Lord, Prov. 16.33." Casting lots (or throwing dice or shuffling cards) "in a Sportful Lusory Way" was...

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