The "Sandwich Gamble".

The Sandwich takes its name from the notorious British gambler John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich. In 1762, at the Beef Steak Club in Covent Garden, London, Montagu spent twentyfour hours gambling without a break. He asked for meat and slices of bread to be brought to him so that he could eat without interuptting his game. The conveniant result appealed to to Londons fashionable society and teh word Sandwich stuck.