Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 29, 2013
SPIRITUAL GAMBLING
The problem of compulsive gambling may seem foreign to most of us. Yet experts believe that millions of Americans are psychologically addicted to gambling. It gives them the excitement of hope and risk, but it usually ends in defeat. It is indeed a temporary pleasure. For those
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Marianne Unger on May 21, 2009
PSALM 1 AND GAMBLING
If you go to the casino to find fulfillment and play craps, you’ll find when the dice are rolled, there are a possibility of 64 combinations for which you desire the outcome to be a 7 or 11 or snake eyes, depending on how you’ve placed your bets.
The roulette wheel gives
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Legalized Gambling Americans spend more money on more forms of legal gambling now than at any time in the nation’s history. 70% of Americans say legalized gambling encourages people to gamble more than they can afford. Only 62% expressed that concern in ’89. Interestingly 71% approve of state
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
Teen Gambling: A recent Annenberg Public Policy Center survey found 11% (almost double from last year) of high-school boys play cards for money weekly; 26% report gambling in the last month. Researcher Rachel Volberg notes one of the biggest problems with teen gambling is that hitting the jackpot
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2006
Gambling: 2 in 3 Americans say they have participated in some form of gambling activity in the last 12 months. State lotteries are the most common. Casino visits are becoming more common and men are significantly
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
Gambling Online: This year more than 2,000 gambling Web sites will take in nearly $10 billion. That’s up 40% from ‘04 making gambling one of the Internet’s largest moneymakers, even though
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2006
63% of Americans say gambling is morally acceptable, while just 35% say it is morally wrong. (Foster
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jun 18, 2004
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Despite rejecting casino gambling 3 times since 1978, Florida is home to a vigorous gambling industry made up of 31 racetracks, dog tracks, and jai alai frontons; about 26 gambling boats, a state sanctioned lottery, and at least 6 casinos located on Native American reservations throughout the
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2006
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Gambling draws more money from American pockets than movies, videos, music and books combined, according to the latest figures from Christiansen Capital Advisors. Americans now lose $68
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2006
Gambling Losses: U.S. government officials and industry insiders estimate overall losses on Internet gambling--illegal in the US--will amount to more than $3
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2007
Legalized Gambling, available in 48 states, cost Americans $80 billion in ’05 loses reports U.S. News & World Report. 73 million visited more than 1,200 U.S casinos, up from 53 million in ’00. 42 states now run lotteries. The 2005 National Annenberg Risk Survey of Youth claims 2.9 million young
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Legalized Gambling, available in 48 states, cost Americans $80 billion in ’05 loses reports U.S. News & World Report. 73 million visited more than 1,200 U.S casinos, up from 53 million in ’00. 42 states now run lotteries. The 2005 National Annenberg Risk Survey of Youth claims 2.9 million young
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2006
An estimated 6 to 10 million Americans gamble compulsively. (Foster Letter
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
Gambling by cell phone has sky-rocketed. The number of betting pages downloaded is expected to approach 3 million this year, a rise of 367% over
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2001
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88% of Americans gamble in some form. 95% lose more than they bet. Winners get back less than half of what they bet. No one in his or her right mind would invest in anything with such a loss record. Statisticians have shown that a person is more likely to survive 88 rounds of Russian roulette than
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2006
Online Gambling has soared ten-fold in the past 6 years to about $4.2 billion. (Revenue Vol.1
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8 Lies Addictive Gamblers Tell Themselves
1. "One more trip to gamble won't hurt anything."
2. "I need to go gamble to see my friends."
3. "I'm a loser, so who cares if I gamble."
4. "I deserve to gamble, because I have had a hard week."
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