Do you feel lucky? Do you? Almost everyone’s gambled at some point in his life, laying down money on everything from lottery tickets to Vegas poker tables. The thrill of chasing that elusive jackpot has turned gambling into a multi-billion-dollar industry, but there’s a personal risk that comes with every wager. With nearly 500 casinos currently open for business in the U.S. has legalized gambling gone too far?
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Should Gambling be Legal?
prohibition leads to serious consequences
Why should governments prohibit gambling? Let me start by saying that just like in the prohibition era, gambling happens. Is powerball legal? Is it technically gambling? How can people be so ardently against legalizing a pasttime that literally encompasses the American dream. What would March madness be without the bracket challenges or the super bowl without the spread? Seems like the real question is should there be casinos ala the bizarro 1985 in Back to the Future II. And the answer to that reverberates a negative response. There is a reason there is only one Vegas. At the same time, a government that profits from lotteries cannot possibly have a leg to stand on in this issue.
- Sundevil
July 13, 2008 7:03PM
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