We started banning this shit back when the only recreation available to most folks was books, rolling a wheel down a hill, and if you had some money maybe the one play your town had.

Casinos and other gambling halls were the form of entertainment but they also sapped your money since they were addicting.

Nowadays, we have other options that should hopefully distract you just enough to prevent you from spending your rent payment on dice.

Then again, we have things like Candy Crush and EA games sapping our dollars in much of the same way that slots and pinball used to do 100 years ago.