Two days later his luck changed and he won L2.5, while on the seventh he won L12.8.This was the most serious game that I have found a record of, and the cards must either have run well for him or else he had unskilful opponents.

The following March, when attending the Burgesses at Williamsburg, he got into a game, probably at Mrs.
Campbell's tavern, where he took his meals, and dropped L7.10.
In one of his account books I find two pages devoted to striking a balance between what he won and what he lost from January 7, 1772, to January 1, 1775.

In that time he won L72.2.6 and lost L78.5.9.Hence we find the entry: "By balance against Play from Jany.

1772 to this date ...

L6.3.3." But he must have had a lot of fun at a cost of that six pounds three shillings and three pence! It should be remarked here that gaming was then differently regarded in Virginia from what it is now.