In winning, one obtains the wages that another person has earned without giving anything in exchange. The larger the winnings, the more someone else had to lose. Gambling produces the wrong attitudes toward work. It promotes the idea that a person can live by his wits and luck without making any contribution to society. Gambling contradicts social responsibilities.
Mature adults try to minimize the risks in life.
Gambling seeks to maximize risks. Responsible societies attempt to build security into life, gambling undermines security. Gambling deliberately creates artificial and unnecessary risks. Gambling militates against the highest values of human welfare. History shows that a major increase in gambling has signified the decline of a nation.