The revenue taken in taxes is small compared to the cost of combating crime - much of which is aggravated by gambling. In our work in Reno, striving to bring souls to Christ and to patch up scores of homes that are falling apart, we observe that gambling is a principle factor in the ruination of the home. You see, young people, gambling ruins character. Many people say they gamble just for fun. This may be true.
People drink, dance, smoke, swear, and live immoral lives, too, just for fun.
It's a very short season, though, and the hell that follows makes it a poor deal all around. But, really, I wonder sometimes if people do gamble just for fun. Gambling is really wanting something that we have no right to have, and without laboring for it. The gambler wants to reap without sowing. Covetousness is the basic reason for gambling.