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In each act, one NPC in town will allow you to Gamble. Once you have selected Gamble you will see an inventory of items. These items will not be identified, and they will be offered at different prices. Select an item of a type you want to buy. Buy it. The item will then be automatically identified and you will see the items statistics.

The items generated for the Gamble stock are +4 Levels/-5 levels of your character's level with a minimum level of 5. Note, this does not apply to level requirements sometimes seen on magic items, but instead means the base level requirements of base items. For example a Ring has a Level of 1, which means it's available at Level 1. Ancient Armor has a level of 40 which means you can see it in the Gambling screen at level 35. Look at the bottom of this page for a list of base item levels.

When selecting which Magic Prefixes/Suffixes are available to be Gambled, the level of the Magical Prefix/Suffix is checked against the randomly chosen value in the range of +6 Levels/-3 levels of your character's level. So a Magic item with a Prefix level of 90 would be available at Character Level 84. The chance of getting that item also becomes better at higher Character Levels.

The items you receive will be from most common, to most rare: Magic Items (85%), Rare Items (7%), Set Items (5%), Unique Items (3%). You will mostly get Magic items which may or may not be worth anything to you (hence Gambling).

Gambling gives you a place to spend your money on the higher difficulty levels (Nightmare, Hell), and gives you a better chance at getting specific Unique items you're looking for as well as Rare and Set Items, that otherwise might be very hard to find. For example, if you want some Frostburn Gauntlets for your Sorceress, Gamble for/on any Gauntlets (about 38,000 gold a try) you see. When you want to find a Unique or Set item of a certain type, Gamble on items of those types. You can find out the Item's type in the Set and Unique items sections. If you spend enough time and gold, eventually you will get them. It may take a long time or a short time depending on how lucky you are. You can also get rare rings and amulets from Gambling.

The Gambling Screen will list 12 items so you'll have about a 15% chance of getting a better than Magic Item per screen. Buying all of the items on one screen doesn't help to improve your chances any more than buying them one at a time per screen.

Items are created when you hit the Gamble button on the NPC menu.

Once you've unlocked all the item types at level 35, the items shown will be the same from then on. However, as you reach higher Character Levels, more Magic Prefixes and Suffixes will show up on items Gambled.

One of the best places to Gamble is with Elzix in Lut Gholein(Act II). Look at Elzix's Gambling screen. If you don't see the item type you want to Gamble for (such as Gauntlets, Rings, Amulets), then run over to the trap door to the sewers, enter it, then use the stairs in the sewers back to Lut Gholein. This will reset the Gambling screen's items, even if people are already in town. If the town exit spawns next to Elzix, you can also use that to exit and re-enter town to reset the Gambling screen. You can also use Waypoints and move between Acts (such as Act II and Act IV) and bounce between two Gambling NPCS.

You cannot Gamble Exceptional Items.

Staves, Wands and Scepters cannot be Gambled.

Gambling is a good way to find Rare Rings and Amulets which are more difficult to find otherwise.

Getting money for Gambling
One of the best places to earn money for Gambling is in Act IV (any difficulty level). When in Act IV, pick up valuable items to sell to the Vendors. Look for Normal and Exceptional versions of Wands, Scepters, Staves. Don't look for just magic versions of these, pick up the normal and socketed quality versions also. Also look for Normal and Exceptional high end armor such as Light Plate/Mage Plate, Field Plate/Sharktooth Armor, Plate Mail/Templar Coat, Gothic Plate/Embossed Plate, Full Plate/Chaos Armor and Ancient Armor/Ornate Armor. Be sure to pick up regular non-magical versions of armor as well. There are a few other types of items you may wish to pick up such as Grand Crowns, Grim Shields, but most other items you want to avoid because they don't sell for a lot of money or take up too much room in your inventory. Throwing Weapons, especially Exceptional Throwing Weapons, often sell for a lot of money. Grim Wands are a favorite because they only take up two slots. It's up to you to figure out what works best. Make sure you repair the items before selling them to the Vendors.

You can also sell items to other players to generate money. Since the majority of people like to trade items for other items, many players have large amounts of cash (those who don't Gamble), they are willing to buy your items for. Sell armor for imbuing, and just about any other non Unique, non ultra important item to other players for Gambling money. Selling items to other players is even more appealing since the Vendors will only pay a maximum of 25,000 Gold for an item.

You can also kill players for money for Gambling but we won't talk about that here =)

Which Items should I Gamble for?
Look over the Set and Unique items sections and pick out an item that you're looking for. Note the base item type listed below the item name and Gamble for items of those types. Usually it's a good idea to stick to Gambling for items around 50,000-75,000 Gold or less. If you have any more money, usually you can use it to buy any Unique or Set items from other players rather than trying to Gamble them. High end armor is especially expensive. At 800,000 Gold a try for Ancient Armor, and a 3% chance of getting a Unique Item, Gambling for Silks of the Victor for example might be very costly, although possible.

Popular items people Gamble for are: Unique Tarnhelm (Skull Cap), Unique Wormskull (Bone Helm), Unique Magefist (Light Gauntlets), Unique Frostburn (Gauntlets), Unique Treads of Cthon (Chain Boots), Unique Tearhaunch (Greaves), Unique Lenymo (Sash), Unique Nightsmoke (Belt), Unique Stone of Jordan (Ring), Unique The Eye of Etlich (Amulet), Set Vidala's Fetlock (Light Boots), Set Sigon's Shield (Tower Shield) and missing Set Item pieces.

Will Items that give a better chance of finding magic items have an effect on your chances at Gambling?
No

Does the number of players in the game, the Act or Difficulty Level have any effect on the items you get from Gambling?
No, only level of character.

Finding and Gambling Unique Items
A Unique item that already exists in a given game will in most cases not be generated again. Therefore, don't Gamble or search for a Unique item that you or another character in the game already has. Note: this does not apply to Set items, only Unique items.

There are no level requirements for Uniques, so you can Gamble for them whenever you see an item of the same type as a Unique Item you're looking for, it will be available.

Unique Items that have unique art, such as Silks of the Victor will not show their unique art on the Gambling screen until they have been purchased and identified. So you can't use the art shown on the Gambling screen to "cheat" to find out if an item is unique.

Gambling Unique Rings and Amulets
There are 3 versions of Unique Rings, and 3 versions of Unique Amulets. They will spawn in the following order:

Rings: Nagelring, Manald Heal, Stone of Jordan
Amulets: Nokozan Relic, The Eye of Etlich, The Mahim-Oak Curio

If you do not have the first one in the chain, the second won't spawn. You must have the first two in the chain, to get the last one. You can have them on your character, or in your stash, or they can be in the same game map area (in any way). The items must be on your character or in the area on the ground or on another player, out in the field if you expect a monster to drop them.

Art for Unique Rings and Amulets will vary, so two Unique Rings with the same name may both look the same or like any of the five possible rings. Take a look at the Ring and Amulet art here. It doesn't matter which of the 5 Ring pictures, or 3 Amulet pictures are shown in the Gambling screen. The art shown will not give any clue as to whether the item is Unique or not.

Tips for Gambling for Uniques:

• Do not gamble for a Unique Item that you already have
  
• Make sure no other players that are in Town have the Unique Item you're looking for or Gamble when there are no other players in Town.
  
• If you want to try to Gamble Unique Item that you already have, give it to another player or character to hold while you try to Gamble for it again.
  
• Act II and Act IV are the best areas to Gamble in because it's the fastest way to reset the Vendor's Inventories(see above)
• You can reset the Vendor's Gambling screen even when other players are in town by exiting and re-entering town.

Here is a list of the base item levels. To figure out at what Character level an item will be available for Gambling, subtract 5 from the item's level requirement. Note: Items that are not listed are not available for Gambling.

Level 1 Amulet Ring Club Short Sword Short Bow Cap Quilted Armor Buckler Level 3 Hand Axe Dagger Heavy Boots Leather Armor Leather Gloves Boots Sash Level 4 Spiked Club Level 5 Scimitar Spear Bardiche Hunter's Bow Skull Cap Hard Leather Armor Small Shield Level 6 Large Axe Light Crossbow Level 7 Axe Heavy Gloves Heavy Boots Light Belt Level 8 Mace Saber Long Bow Studded Leather Level 9 Dirk Trident Level 10 Two-Handed Sword Level 11 Falchion Crystal Sword Voulge Helm Ring Mail Large Shield Spiked Shield

Level 12 Broad Axe Composite Bow Chain Gloves Chain Boots Belt Level 13 Double Axe Morning Star Scale Mail Level 15 Broad Sword Scythe Crossbow Full Helm Chain Mail Kite Shield Level 16 Brandistock Level 17 Battle Axe Claymore Kris Level 18 Short Battle Bow Breast Plate Level 19 Military Pick Flail Mask Bone Shield Level 20 Long Sword Spetum Splint Mail Light Gauntlets Light Plate Boots Heavy Belt Level 21 Maul Giant Sword Poleaxe Level 22 Tower Shield Bone Helm Level 23 Great Axe Blade Long Battle Bow Great Helm

Level 24 Bastard Sword Pike Heavy Crossbow Plate Mail Level 25 War Axe War Hammer Level 27 Giant Axe War Sword Flamberge Short War Bow Gaunlets Greaves Plated Belt Level 28 Field Plate Level 29 Halberd Crown Level 30 Gothic Shield Level 31 Long War Bow Level 32 Great Maul Gothic Plate Level 33 Great Sword Repeating Crossbow Level 34 War Scythe Level 35 Light Plate Level 37 Full Plate Mail Level 40 Ancient Armor