Yahya related to me from Malik from Da'ud ibn al-Husayn that heheard Said ibn alMusayyab say, "Part of the gambling of the people ofJahiliya was bartering live animals for slaughtered meat, for instanceone live sheep for two slaughtered sheep."
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 31, Hadith 65
Arabic reference: Book 31, Hadith 1357