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'''Gambling''' consists of betting on games of chance or uncertain outcomes (like the winner of a sports match or an election).  Sometimes the game entails some skill as an attraction, as in [[poker]]. '''''Gambling addiction is devastating to society and families affected by it'''''. Gambling often harms families that can least afford it.  

'''Gambling''' consists of betting on games of chance or uncertain outcomes (like the winner of a sports match or an election).  Sometimes the game entails some skill as an attraction to the ego of the participant, as in [[poker]]. '''''Gambling addiction is devastating to society and families affected by it'''''. Gambling often harms families that can least afford it.  

Gambling is a way that government and businesses take money from the poor.  Twice in our nation's history gambling was legalized in a widespread manner, and then prohibited.  We are currently in a third phase of the legalization of gambling, first in Las Vegas and Atlantic City (which have both declined economically in recent years), and then on riverboats and Indian reservations, and now in many locations in some states.  Gambling is still mostly prohibited in many [[conservative]] states, such as Texas, except for government-sponsored gambling in the form of a state lottery.

Gambling is a way that government and businesses take money from the poor.  Twice in our nation's history gambling was legalized in a widespread manner, and then prohibited.  We are currently in a third phase of the legalization of gambling, first in Las Vegas and Atlantic City (which have both declined economically in recent years), and then on riverboats and Indian reservations, and now in many locations in some states.  Gambling is still mostly prohibited in many [[conservative]] states, such as Texas, except for government-sponsored gambling in the form of a state lottery.