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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 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.  Also, gambling can be [[demonic]]:  those who crucified [[Jesus]] divided his clothes by gambling among themselves for them.<ref>[[Matthew 20-28 (Translated)#27:35|Matthew 27:35]].</ref>  

'''Gambling''' consists of betting on games of chance or uncertain outcomes (like the winner of a sporting 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.  Also, gambling can be [[demonic]]:  those who crucified [[Jesus]] divided his clothes by gambling among themselves for them.<ref>[[Matthew 20-28 (Translated)#27:35|Matthew 27:35]].</ref>  

In 2018, [[American]]s lose $118 billion of their own money to [[government]]-sponsored gambling, such as state lotteries.<ref>https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-how-much-americans-lost-on-state-sanctioned-gambling-last-year-2018-05-15</ref>  The overall harm is even far greater, '''''as [[emotional gambling]] leads to [[addiction]] that wastes massive amounts of time, such as watching [[NFL]] games'''''.

In 2018, [[American]]s lose $118 billion of their own money to [[government]]-sponsored gambling, such as state lotteries.<ref>https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-how-much-americans-lost-on-state-sanctioned-gambling-last-year-2018-05-15</ref>  The overall harm is even far greater, '''''as [[emotional gambling]] leads to [[addiction]] that wastes massive amounts of time, such as watching [[NFL]] games'''''.