Term Papers on Gambling

Term Paper Title	Gambling
# of Words	607
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.43

Gambling

Gambling, to bet money on the outcome of a game, contest, or other event. To take a
risk in the hope of gaining an advantage; speculate. Gambling has many advantages as well
as disadvantages. Children will be neglected and crime rates will increase. Nevertheless,
aid in cutting the island's budget deficit and dropping the unemployment rate are just some
of the examples that we can benefit from gambling. Should Casino gambling be legalized?
That is the question that the people are pondering.
     There are many important reasons for opposing gambling because of its severe social
consequences which ravage society. Gambling can get addictive and hurt people
financially, emotionally, and yes, even physically. People will gamble away everything they
have and everything they can get their hands on. When addicted gamblers no longer have
money, they would do anything and everything they could to get money so they could
continue gambling. Selling their cars, betting their houses and in history when gamblers
did not have possessions or properties, they would even bet their wives. Gambling may
also increase the crime rate, which would be another expense for the government. The
sour truth does not end here. Gamblers would neglect their children, leaving them at home
starving without an adult attending to them.
     In the tenth commandment, God condemns the desire for that which belongs to another
person, whether people or things. Jesus asked, "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain
the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Gamblers are people who are not content with
what they have and who are determined to get what they do not have. The greatest
tragedy is that those who gamble are often trying to get the money that belonged to those
who could least afford to lose it. Whatever someone wins through gambling is won at the

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