Peter the Great had a monopoly on dice, because people gambled a lot.

彼得大帝曾经垄断了骰子的销售，因为人们经常赌博。

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No one is listening. Everyone is jammed around the 800 tables, focused on the flip of cards, the spin of the roulette wheel or the roll of dice.

没有人在听。每个人都挤在800张赌台的周围，目不转睛地盯着翻开的纸牌、旋转的轮盘或者滚动的骰子。

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They wash and wax the cars, go on and on about them—some even adorn them with furry dice.

他们为车子清洗、打蜡，没完没了地谈论它们——有些人甚至用毛皮骰子装饰它们。

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One early submission is a dice game made of scrap material by an inmate who also included detailed, handwritten instructions on how to play the game he invented in his cell.

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Peter the Great had a monopoly on dice, because people gambled a lot.

彼得大帝曾经垄断了骰子的销售,因为人们很喜欢赌博

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So, the monopoly on dice he sells.

彼得大帝不仅垄断了掷骰赌博

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