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Why is gambling illegal?
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:24 am
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:24 am
What is your opinion about it?
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Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:25 am to tigerskin
No clue. Same for prostitution.
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:25 am to tigerskin
Small government conservatives don't like it
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:25 am to tigerskin
I personally never understood this. I thought people could do whatever they wanted with their money.
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:25 am to tigerskin
Should be legal, any other opinion and you're a moron.
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:26 am to tigerskin
My bookie has never mentioned this. 
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:26 am to tigerskin
I think it's the same argument as drugs. It's illegal because only criminals do it so it needs to be against the law to prevent criminal activity.
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:26 am to tigerskin
The same as being able to pay for a back massage, but if I pay the same person to massage my cock it's against the law..
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:28 am to tigerskin
nothing intrinsically wrong with gambling, IMO...however, like prostitution, there is a whole lot of other undesireable stuff that results from it that makes some societies want to outlaw it.
fwiw, in a controlled situation, gambling can be just fine (i.e. casinos or lottery).
fwiw, in a controlled situation, gambling can be just fine (i.e. casinos or lottery).
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:29 am to tigerskin
I found a reasonable explanation on reddit:
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But there are practical considerations.
There's the problem of unregulated gambling: if you're going to allow gambling, you need to have some sort of system to make sure that the games are "fair" (e.g. the house's advantage comes from the rules, not stacking decks, weighting dice, or otherwise "cheating"). A system like that costs a lot of money, and is ripe for corruption.
There's the problem that gambling tends to be useful for crime: it's a great way to launder money, if done correctly.
There's the problem that gambling attracts crime (because a large amount of "uncontrolled" money is present in most gambling houses).
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:32 am to Honky Lips
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There's the problem that gambling attracts crime
I have always found this argument ridiculous. And yet states allow Lotteries which are the worst possible odds in the history of gambling.
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:33 am to tigerskin
You watching Nat Geo to huh baw??
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:33 am to TigerDonk
We all know the way to deter illegal activity is to make more things illegal
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:34 am to tigerskin
To hard to tax
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:34 am to tigerskin
Puritan country
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:36 am to tigerskin
I think it should be legal, along with drugs and prostitution. But don't ignore the fact that the gambling bug is just as bad as crackrock.
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:36 am to tigerskin
I have a problem with it
Not with it being legal, I have a gambling problem
Not with it being legal, I have a gambling problem
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:36 am to rsbd
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Why is gambling illegal? by rsbd
To hard to tax
Make all the bookies declare themselves and pay taxes. Go after the others for tax evasion.
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:38 am to LucasP
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This post was edited on 1/7/17 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 1/7/17 at 11:40 am to tigerskin
Low IQ conservatives
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