“Petrarch declared that all money was unstable, whirling away "possibly due to the roundness of the coins," further elaborating that money won by gambling was the least stable of all.” MoneyGamblingPetrarch Book:Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling Source: Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling
“Petrarch warned that "what you won, a thousand will wrest from you here and there; what you lose, no one will give back to you." Even when a winner, he reasoned, the gambler did not truly profit.” GamblingWinLosePetrarch Book:Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling Source: Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling