Taco_Champ

Taco_Champ t1_iumilv1 wrote

Reply to comment by MechaMagikarp in Being a young man, religious, and with a high income, may make you more likely to gamble on sports, according to international research which also suggests that betting on sports, daily fantasy league play, and betting on e-sports all increase the risk of developing a gambling problem. by MistWeaver80

That’s… an interpretation.

Except when I make a sports bet, my neighbor isn’t in the equation. I enter a mutually agreed upon wager with a consenting party. And in the case of the sports bettor, that consenting party (the sportsbook) has an advantage over the person seeking the bet. So, how am I coveting?

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Taco_Champ t1_iumg3q9 wrote

Reply to comment by MechaMagikarp in Being a young man, religious, and with a high income, may make you more likely to gamble on sports, according to international research which also suggests that betting on sports, daily fantasy league play, and betting on e-sports all increase the risk of developing a gambling problem. by MistWeaver80

I’m not trying to find loopholes. I’m not religious myself. Simply pointing out that the bible never mentions gambling. I think a lot of people assume it does.

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Taco_Champ t1_iumepqp wrote

Reply to comment by nighthawk252 in Being a young man, religious, and with a high income, may make you more likely to gamble on sports, according to international research which also suggests that betting on sports, daily fantasy league play, and betting on e-sports all increase the risk of developing a gambling problem. by MistWeaver80

The Bible doesn’t explicitly forbid gambling, so I think some church going types might see it as an acceptable vice.

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Taco_Champ t1_iumdj1y wrote

Reply to comment by Sys32768 in Being a young man, religious, and with a high income, may make you more likely to gamble on sports, according to international research which also suggests that betting on sports, daily fantasy league play, and betting on e-sports all increase the risk of developing a gambling problem. by MistWeaver80

I see it as some kind of release valve on other suppressed vices. And as I tell my kids, church is for suckers. And suckers will make sucker bets.

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