Casinos

I see this as a similar argument to that below of which I have also heard today where the church is objecting to a "super casino" and its damaging gambling additiveness. Reality is most of these well meaning Christians will not have done their homework. A representative from Great Yarmouth demonstrated this well by saying "We have dog racing, we have horse racing and we already have a small casino plus endless fruit machine halls, yet our gambling problem is no worse than anywhere else in the country".

I am not saying gambling is good. But its no worse than anything else that is addictive and gambling, in small pleasurable measure is probably fun. For example, I enjoy a drink - I know that if I have too much too long, I can be lead into a form of addiction. This could be because I am vunerable, desperate for a drink. However, like a lot of people, I simply enjoy a pleasant social night out trying different beers. Similarly I have been to the dog racing and have been to Newmarket racecourse on a special day. This was massive fun but I don't have a problem with gambling. Reality is if you have an addiction, you will find ways when desperate to source that addiction. Opening a supercasino is questionable probably but only from a point of whether its needed at all - answer is it probably isn't. But is it going to fuel a gambling culture - nope, I don't think so.