Changes

Televised sports games, such as [[football]], are now filled with commercials advertising for sports gambling, unlike ten years ago. Gambling on games such as [[chess]] may be driving very sophisticated schemes for cheating at it.  ''See [[chess cheating scandal]]''.  Gambling is also increasingly overtaking politics: in 2023, $30 million was spent by gambling interests on the gubernatorial election in [[Kentucky]], which was not discovered until months after the election.<ref>https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/02/12/gambling-interests-put-big-money-on-kentucky-governors-race-via-party-governors-associations/</ref>

Televised sports games, such as [[football]], are now filled with commercials advertising for sports gambling, unlike ten years ago. Gambling on games such as [[chess]] may be driving very sophisticated schemes for cheating at it.  ''See [[chess cheating scandal]]''.  Gambling is also increasingly overtaking politics: in 2023, $30 million was spent by gambling interests on the gubernatorial election in [[Kentucky]], which was not discovered until months after the election.<ref>https://kentuckylantern.com/2024/02/12/gambling-interests-put-big-money-on-kentucky-governors-race-via-party-governors-associations/</ref>

In 2018, [[American]]s lost $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'''''.  The odds are greater of being attacked by a shark than winning a major lottery.<ref>https://www.grunge.com/314416/lottery-winners-who-lost-all-their-money/</ref>

In 2018, [[American]]s lost $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'''''.  The odds of being attacked by a shark are greater than the chances of winning a major lottery.<ref>https://www.grunge.com/314416/lottery-winners-who-lost-all-their-money/</ref> An estimated 86% of gambling profits come from 5% of addicted gamblers.

[[Super Bowl|Super Subsidy a.k.a. Super Bowl]] is one of the biggest gambling events of the year, as it gives unjustified legitimacy to the sick habit of gambling.  All four [[the Gospels|Gospels]] condemn the act of gambling by the [[Roman]] soldiers at the [[Crucifixion]],<ref>https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/ghe/matthew-27.html</ref> and the [[Bible]] contains many verses against [[gambling]],<ref>https://www.openbible.info/topics/gambling</ref> including criticism in every [[the Gospels|Gospel]] of how those who crucified [[Jesus]] gambled over who would take his clothes afterward.<ref>{{bibleref|Matthew|27|35-36}}; {{bibleref|Mark|15|24}}; {{bibleref|Luke|23|34}}; {{bibleref|John|19|23-24}}</ref>  The Bible can help overcome a gambling and other [[addiction]]s.  [[RINO]] Gov. [[Ron DeSantis]] inflicted statewide sports gambling on [[Florida]].

[[Super Bowl|Super Subsidy a.k.a. Super Bowl]] is one of the biggest gambling events of the year, as it gives unjustified legitimacy to the sick habit of gambling.  All four [[the Gospels|Gospels]] condemn the act of gambling by the [[Roman]] soldiers at the [[Crucifixion]],<ref>https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/ghe/matthew-27.html</ref> and the [[Bible]] contains many verses against [[gambling]],<ref>https://www.openbible.info/topics/gambling</ref> including criticism in every [[the Gospels|Gospel]] of how those who crucified [[Jesus]] gambled over who would take his clothes afterward.<ref>{{bibleref|Matthew|27|35-36}}; {{bibleref|Mark|15|24}}; {{bibleref|Luke|23|34}}; {{bibleref|John|19|23-24}}</ref>  The Bible can help overcome a gambling and other [[addiction]]s.  [[RINO]] Gov. [[Ron DeSantis]] inflicted statewide sports gambling on [[Florida]].