Gambling was considered immoral by our grandparents. Today you can gamble in all but three states, Hawaii, Utah and Tennessee, and states actually encourage their citizens to gamble. Gambling is big business in America earning the gaming industry 50.9 billion dollars in net revenue annually. Gambling is very attractive, particularly to people who need money. The Illinois Lottery did a study to see who gambles, and found people who made less than ten thousand dollars a year gamble six times more often than those who earn over fifty thousand dollars a year.
People know they can win millions by risking a dollar.
A recent program on the Discovery Channel stated that gambling is so attractive, that when the powerball is high, ninety percent of eligible adults buy a ticket. There is no other commodity where the percentages are this high, and there is no product just a chance of winning. The real odds of winning a state lottery are approximately fourteen million to one, the same odds as being hit by lightening seven times while waiting in the lottery line. Our parents grew up thinking that gambling was wrong, but our children are growing up with gambling is as easy as going to McDonald's. For the first time in history, gambling is available close to home and now even inside of the home with the Internet.