Ban Gambling

Quote: But what PRO fails to mention are the costs to run that casino, and the jobs created in the process. Website Source: http://jtr.sagepub.com... Over every 78 million dollars spent on running a casino, our economy gets back 1 million. We are LOSING money doing this. Why continue when each and every day, we will be losing 77 MILLION dollars? Quote: Further, he ignores entirely that gambling provides a great deal of satisfaction to participants. So it has satisfaction. Is that a viable excuse to keep this detrimental practice around? Not at all. Beheading in England were very satisfying. It drew crowds of hundreds. Does this mean we should have kept it around? No. Quote: The casino actually draws people to spend more money. They way in which this is done, makes gambling addictive. People have a 75% chance of losing. Once all their money is gone, they turn to crime to support their habits. Enterainment no longer equals value with this statement. Entertainment (gambling to be specific)= Crime, addiction, suicide, divorce, etc. Quote: Because banning gambling is a huge infringement upon people's rights, the govt. devised a way to make money: to share in the profit by allowing gambling to remain legal (and the establishments to exist). The government does this with various businesses every single day via taxation. Banning gambling is in NO WAY an infringment upon peoples rights. If so, please state how which con FAILED TO DO. Yes, the government does tax businesses, but those businesses are not infringing upon people's rights. They don't cause all the detriments that come along with gambling. Quote: The government also profits through businesses like McDonalds existing -- is that wrong because SOME people over-do it? And what is over-doing it anyway, and who cares? No, it is not wrong because people over do-it. It is wrong because of the amount of people over-doing it and the effects it can have on you when you do. Even when you don't go too crazy, it still is bad for you. Quote: Unlike drugs, gambling is not physically addictive. It is not also especially common. If it is not common, why are nearly 1 MILLION people are ADDICTED to gambling. Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk... Quote: You CANNOT infringe upon the rights of others because of SOME irresponsible individuals. Why are drugs banned? Why are they illegal? Why is there a drinking age? Why is their a smoking age? BECAUSE OF SOME IRRESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. Quote: Keep in mind that PRO failed to discuss how the lottery in particular benefits the State a great deal, which is odd considering his concerns with our current economy Like I stated before, of every 78 million dollars spent on running a casino, our economy gets back 1 million. Are you sure it's helping the State? Don't be so sure. Quote: The government has already taken measures to regulate this practice. Attempting to legally ban it would have detrimental effects on the government and society. There have been 9 laws trying to completely BAN gambling. We cannot regulate it, we must completely ABOLISH it. And does it not ALREADY have detrimental effects? The average rate of divorce for problem gamblers is nearly double that of non-gamblers, sixty-five percent of gamblers commit crimes to support their gambling habit, and the suicide rate for gamblers is twenty times that of non-gamblers. I'm sure there couldn't be anything worse than this. In conclusion, gambling does nothing to our country but provide entertainment. Of that entertainment, there are risks and costs. Those risks and costs do not add up to the benefits of gambling. We were once a nation which strongly denounced gambling for the vice that it is. Gambling is a growing crisis and instead of suffering it's consequences, we need to do away with it all together.