The earliest Known use of the word "gamer" was in the code of laws governing Walsall, England, dated ~1450. The document bans games including cards and backgammon, threatening prison for anyone housin

The earliest Known use of the word
"gamer" was in the code of laws
governing Walsall, England, dated
~1450. The document bans games
including cards and backgammon,
threatening prison for anyone
housing a "gamer" on their property.
Proof we have been persecuted
since day one
1Х.—Ано it is ordeyned, that who soevyr suffer спу carder,
tenys player, or other unliefull gamer, to use gumes in their house,
to lese for evy suche defaute vis. viiid. accordyng to the Statute of this lande.