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'''Gambling''' is a [[demon]]ic habit of betting on uncertain outcomes, which robs the poor for the benefit of a few rich exploiters of the [[addiction]].<ref>[https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/compulsive-gambling/symptoms-causes/syc-20355178 Compulsive gambling]. A loud [[Muslim]] [[far-left]] twisted [[Israelophobia|Israelophobe]] [https://dgfxvcn5z5s1cf.archive.ph/D4W1f/94ad2bbc149271fee1c5d4ca8a5caa00f41498ba.png] fan of [[Hasan Piker]] AKA [[swastika]]- [https://archive.is/TNO25 guy], [https://d60bvcaj2qd7ab.archive.ph/ei8Og/11e42d37a55045177c5433af7a275424e5ae6ef6.png denies gambling is an addiction]</ref> Sometimes the game entails a bit of skill to entice the ego of the participant, as in [[poker]]. '''''Gambling [[addiction]] is devastating to society and families affected by it''''', harming those who can least afford it.  Illustrating gambling's [[demonic]] source, those who crucified [[Jesus]] divided his clothes by gambling among themselves for them.<ref>[[Matthew 20-28 (Translated)#27:35|Matthew 27:35]]; ''see also'' [[Mark 9-16 (Translated)#15:24|Mark 15:24]].</ref>  '''''[[Unplug the NFL]] to reduce harmful gambling'''''. Reading the [[Bible]] 4 times a week reduces proclivity to gamble by 74%.<ref>See [[Bible_reading_and_human_flourishing#Scientific_evidence_related_to_Bible_reading_and_human_flourishing]]</ref> "[[sports gambling|Sports betting]] in the United States has grown from $6.61 billion in total handle during 2018 to $79.91 billion through three quarters of 2025."<ref>https://bronx.com/sports-gambling-growth-reaches-new-records-in-2025/</ref>

'''Gambling''' is a [[demon]]ic habit of betting on uncertain outcomes, which robs the poor for the benefit of a few rich exploiters of the [[addiction]].<ref>[https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/compulsive-gambling/symptoms-causes/syc-20355178 Compulsive gambling]. A loud [[Muslim]] [[far-left]] twisted [[Israelophobia|Israelophobe]] [https://dgfxvcn5z5s1cf.archive.ph/D4W1f/94ad2bbc149271fee1c5d4ca8a5caa00f41498ba.png] fan of [[Hasan Piker]] AKA [[swastika]]- [https://archive.is/TNO25 guy], [https://d60bvcaj2qd7ab.archive.ph/ei8Og/11e42d37a55045177c5433af7a275424e5ae6ef6.png denies gambling is an addiction]</ref> Sometimes the game entails a bit of skill to entice the ego of the participant, as in [[poker]]. '''''Gambling [[addiction]] is devastating to society and families affected by it''''', harming those who can least afford it.  Illustrating gambling's [[demonic]] source, those who crucified [[Jesus]] divided his clothes by gambling among themselves for them.<ref>[[Matthew 20-28 (Translated)#27:35|Matthew 27:35]]; ''see also'' [[Mark 9-16 (Translated)#15:24|Mark 15:24]].</ref>  '''''[[Unplug the NFL]] to reduce harmful gambling'''''. Reading the [[Bible]] 4 times a week reduces proclivity to gamble by 74%.<ref>See [[Bible reading and human flourishing#Scientific evidence related to Bible reading and human flourishing]]</ref> "[[sports gambling|Sports betting]] in the United States has grown from $6.61 billion in total handle during 2018 to $79.91 billion through three quarters of 2025."<ref>https://bronx.com/sports-gambling-growth-reaches-new-records-in-2025/</ref>

{{cquote|Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and '''''above all, gambling''''' filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult. - [[George Orwell]], ''[[1984]]''<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/32084-so-long-as-they-the-proles-continued-to-work-and#:~:text=Heavy%20physical%20work%2C%20the%20care,in%20control%20was%20not%20difficult.</ref>}}

{{cquote|Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and '''''above all, gambling''''' filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult. - [[George Orwell]], ''[[1984]]''<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/32084-so-long-as-they-the-proles-continued-to-work-and#:~:text=Heavy%20physical%20work%2C%20the%20care,in%20control%20was%20not%20difficult.</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>

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 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.

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 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 gambling and other [[addiction]]s.  [[RINO]] Gov. [[Ron DeSantis]] inflicted statewide [[sports gambling]] on [[Florida]].

'''''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 Reno, then Las Vegas and Atlantic City (Reno and Atlantic City have both declined economically in recent decades, while sunnier Las Vegas still attracts many more), and then on riverboats and Indian reservations, and now in multiple 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, and allowances for charitable-sponsored events such as bingo halls, raffle tickets, etc.  The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in its 6-3 decision in ''Murphy v. NCAA'' (May 14, 2018) struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act despite how that law had worked well for 26 years in mostly prohibiting wagering on sports.

'''''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 Reno, then Las Vegas and Atlantic City (Reno and Atlantic City have both declined economically in recent decades, while sunnier Las Vegas still attracts many more), and then on riverboats and Indian reservations, and now in multiple 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, and allowances for charitable-sponsored events such as bingo halls, raffle tickets, etc.  The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in its 6-3 decision in ''Murphy v. NCAA'' (May 14, 2018) struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act despite how that law had worked well for 26 years in mostly prohibiting wagering on sports.

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''See also:'' [[Bible reading and human flourishing]] and [[Gambling and the Bible]]

''See also:'' [[Bible reading and human flourishing]] and [[Gambling and the Bible]]

*[[Pornography]] = 61% lower odds

*[[Pornography]] = 61% lower odds

*[[Gambling]] = 74% lower odds

*Gambling = 74% lower odds

*Any of these habits = 57% lower odds

*Any of these habits = 57% lower odds

:The “power of 4” is evident when we consider that for some of these behaviors (getting drunk and sex outside marriage) examined there is no statistical difference between Christians who read or listen to the Bible two to three days a week and those who do not engage Scripture at all or only once a week. For those behaviors where there is an effect for engaging Scripture two to three days a week, the effect is much smaller than for four or more days a week."<ref>[https://bttbfiles.com/web/docs/cbe/Scientific_Evidence_for_the_Power_of_4.pdf Understanding the Bible Engagement Challenge: Scientific Evidence for the Power of 4. Arnold Cole, Ed.D. & Pamela Caudill Ovwigho, Ph.D. December 2009</ref>

:The “power of 4” is evident when we consider that for some of these behaviors (getting drunk and sex outside marriage) examined there is no statistical difference between Christians who read or listen to the Bible two to three days a week and those who do not engage Scripture at all or only once a week. For those behaviors where there is an effect for engaging Scripture two to three days a week, the effect is much smaller than for four or more days a week."<ref>[https://bttbfiles.com/web/docs/cbe/Scientific_Evidence_for_the_Power_of_4.pdf Understanding the Bible Engagement Challenge: Scientific Evidence for the Power of 4. Arnold Cole, Ed.D. & Pamela Caudill Ovwigho, Ph.D. December 2009]</ref>

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