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| | GAMBLING |
 | | Gambling has been defined over the years as risking what is yours to get what belongs to someone else with no service rendered and no merchandise exchanged. |
 | | Gambling takes many forms: cards games, dice, numbers, betting on elections, buying sweepstakes tickets, betting on horse races, slot machines, betting on sporting events, various types of sports pools, punch board, bingo (for money or prizes), buying tickets in raffles, betting on recreational activities, matching for cokes, and even pitching pennies. |
 | | Gambling is sinful because it involves the desire to obtain something for nothing, which itself is a violation of Christian ethics (Athens Clay Pullias, What Is Gambling, Nashville: Tract by author, pp. |
| www.christianlibrary.org /authors/Marvin_L_Weir/christliv/gambling.htm (1942 words) |
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