What does the public think about gambling?

Question

What is the social and political analysis of gambling?

Answer 1

bad??

i guess....

Answer 2

It's what keeps my state running. The casinos also get taxed, and those taxes go into our schools...I have a hard time living somewhere that isn't open 24/7.

Answer 3

i think that the public views gambling similarly to any other vice.  in a perfect world, everybody would have the choice to smoke, do drugs, and gamble.   they would then chose instead to spend time with their extended families, volunteer at soup kitchens, and rescue stray dogs.

compulsive gambling is a huge problem for some people, but i believe the average person might know a compulsive person and say to himself/herself (perhaps erroneously), "i'm nothing like that lunatic," and then decide to worry very little about the social ills of gambling.  this how we have come to a situation where everybody agrees that gambling is wrong, yet very few feel compelled to take action against it.

Answer 4

goooooooooooooooooo gambellllllllllllllllll

Answer 5

Here's the reality of gambling.  The government doesn't give a c**p.  If it did, there wouldn't be a lottery in all but two states.

When it comes down to it, it is merely an issue of freedom.  In a free society companies should be able to open gambling premises as long as they comply with gambling laws and don't cheat.

Anyone that calls for regulation must be snorting crack.  America already has an incredible quantity of draconian gambling laws.  Let's face it, there are less than five major gambling destinations in this massive country of ours.  WTF?

If we had a crack down on gambling, it would put close to a million Americans out of work.  Would cripple places like Las Vegas and Atlantic City, and cause severe economic problems for no reason.

In a free society, the government should not be cracking down on gambling.

As for social issues.  Until we ban smoking completely and outlaw the sale of tobacco, we have no business considering a gambling ban.  At least problem gambling is not guaranteed to kill you.

Answer 6

Texas Hold ' em good game

I played it with chips and school

But we got busted..

Cause we go to a christian school.

Haha it is awesome..

Answer 7

im all for it my self. i spend a lot of time doing it.

Answer 8

psychologist's nightmare - worse than smoking - a waste of money and a destroyer of lives that gives nothing back and is deliberately designed to hypnotize and mesmerize you and put you to sleep to keep you there wasting your money.

I think it should be illegal or WAY MORE regulated than it is.  There's better ways to get money for the state that contribute more to communities than people whizzing it away and getting nothing but flashing lights telling them they are losing money.

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But vegas is kinda pretty.....LOL

Answer 9

I'll bet you $10 that by the end of the day I'll have you gambling?              

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