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Ten biblical reasons not to gamble

By Filings on Mon, 07/28/25
Christian Living
Gambling
Sports Gambling
Stewardship

“We are living in a day when societal acceptance of gambling is beyond anything we would have thought possible in our times…. 38 [states] have some form of legal sports betting…. nearly 9 in 10 Americans have gambled at some point in their lifetime, and that more than 6 in 10 have gambled in the last year” - Baptist Press

Related . . .

Topics: Pew Research, Sports Gambling, Gambling
  • Pew: As more states legalize the practice, 19% of U.S. adults say they have bet money on sports in the past year
  • Pew: Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
  • Seducing Society - The High Cost of Gambling
  • What Does It Profit? Gambling and the Christian Tradition
  • "Group members believed what they were doing was consistent with their faith because they felt they were taking money away from an evil enterprise"

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