Family
Communities and
Gambling
by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
February 20, 2006
Gambling has been around
for a long time. It can be traced back to the primitive
people who use to cast bones or sticks into the air. On
basis of the written accounts, the gambling in the time
of Romans was very famous and Roman Empire could be
described as compulsively addicted to gambling. Even in
this country's early history, there was a lottery to
raise money for the colonial army in 1775.
Today the large numbers
of world community are attracted towards this game
gambling .gambling is a game of mixed nature and has
many positive and negative aspect. But negative aspect
are more relevant proved as compared to positive aspect.
The positive effect of gambling included economical
effect and negative aspect include societal effect.
Some positive effect
of gambling on family communities:
As large number of
people take part in this game and there is a chance of
easy money making .so this gambling produces employment
and may provide higher wages. They also attract the
customer from outside of the state due to easy money,
all types of people takes part in this game it also gets
support of community through charitable gifts/grants.
Some negative effect
of gambling on family communities:
It is an admitted fact
that gambling is a game of fate and there is slight work
of skill. There are many negative effects of gambling
which inversely work on the
family communities.
And due to which there is high level of societal loss.
The money used in gambling is considered to be black and
not for family living, church, charities. As gambling
has emerged like anything, there should be proper law to
govern it. As we all know that gambling is very easy
money making game, which always provides a potential for
crime.
When gambling becomes
problem:
Gambling is driven by
and subsists on greed. For this reason, the activity is
morally bankrupt from its very foundation. Gambling is
also an activity which exploits the vulnerable — the
young, the old, and those susceptible to addictive
behaviors. Legalized gambling creates gambling addicts.
An abundance of research and expert testimony
demonstrates that as gambling expands, so does the
number of those with serious gambling problems. Millions
more Americans have developed devastating gambling
addictions over the last few years, as a direct result
of gambling's rapid proliferation. Further, these newly
created addicts are the lifeblood of the industry.
Preliminary research indicates that a third or more of
gambling revenues come from problem and pathological
gamblers.
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