In the United States, for example, gambling of one kind or another is already legal in forty-six of the fifty states only Hawaii, Indiana, Mississippi, and Utah prohibit it—and proposed legislation would shorten even that brief list. This trend is obvious in many countries around the world. A 1982 Gallup poll showed that 82 percent of the American people approve of some form of gambling. Legalized gambling is widely touted as an appropriate form of entertainment and a painless way for governments and organizations—even churches—to increase revenues. And they’re willing to wager that fortune’s favor is just one more gamble away. So what’s wrong with spending a dollar for a chance to win a million? Or slipping a few cents into a slot machine, or cutting the cards, or tossing the dice? It’s all right, isn’t it, to place a friendly bet on the football game … or the horse race?Ī lot of people are looking for that lucky break. Gardner, “ ‘Don’t Bet on It!’: A Latter-day Saint Look at Gambling,†Ensign, Mar.
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