Gambling a Bad Bet

Gambling may seem harmless and an easy win with money, but it is really a tax on the poor and gives false hopes. The lottery and gambling is a tax on the poor in ways that people don’t see. As well as the tax, gambling gives people false hope.

First and foremost, Jimenez argues the lotteries effect on the majority of lower class Americans and people who are effected by the addiction to gamble. Jimenez backs up this argument by telling of the “Deceptive slogans” used to tempt the less fortunate. Among the slogans used, she emphasizes on the slogan “This could be your ticket out”. This is one of many slogans that explicitly

In her essay “Against the Odds, and Against the Common Good,” Gloria Jimenez asserts that states should not promote and advertize gambling. Jimenez lists many clever lottery slogans that are deceivingly interpreted. She also argues that these slogans advertise the advantages of gambling and playing the lottery because the money supposedly goes to things such as education and social service. Jimenez explains some arguments in favor of state-run lotteries, such as free participation and the creation of jobs, but argues that they are not relevant to the problem. She briefly touches on a statistic claiming that low income individuals are more likely to spend money on lottery tickets than their opposite, higher income

The 1919 fix of the World Series by the Chicago White Sox against the Cincinnati Reds was one of the most infamous events in the history of American sport. Though it was not the first (nor was it likely the last) fix in the game’s history, it had a far greater negative impact on the game’s perception throughout America than any other preceding or proceeding fix. Americans were forced to come to grips that their game—America’s game—was flawed, and that its reputation had been compromised by a few people chasing the almighty dollar. As Eliot Asinof said in a 1988 interview and as he portrayed in his Eight Men Out, however, the eight players who came together to throw the series were not out to ruin the game they loved. It was not that

In recent years I can recall the long lines, and media coverage of several sizable jackpots. I have not ever been a regular “player” of any lottery, however on occasion I will buy a scratch off, or a quick pick. I am firmly aware that the odds are against me, but I am also aware that, “if you don't play, you can't win.”

The Kansas lottery was originally created to be a boost to taxes that would go straight into public education. To this day it is still great for taxes but most of those tax dollars do not go to education anymore. When the lottery reaches three hundred million dollars it really starts to become popular, it seems like everyone over the age of 18, of course, buys tickets to have a shot at the huge jackpot. Casinos are another way that many people gamble, while normally it is the retired older people in the country who spend money there are lots of others that do as well. Along with the casinos comes jobs, like dealers, security, tellers and tons of other employees needed to run the casinos. Lots of jobs come from the hotel that a casino will build which further increases the job impact of the casino. In 2014, the U.S. Gambling industry brought 240 billion dollars into the nation's

Gambling is an act in which many Christians participate and attempt to justify. It is usually said that gambling is a form of entertainment, no different from watching sports or playing billiards. Some even say that the Bible never addresses the subject, so it must be acceptable. But are these claims true? Is gambling harmless? Three arguments from Scripture demonstrate otherwise.

Did you know that gambling is one of the biggest problems in America? As a matter of fact, I think that it could destroy us one day. Gambling can change people in a way as if it was a drug to them. It doesn’t look good when somebody gambles their own life away. People need to realize that gambling is a problem. The three causes and effects of gambling are money, lifestyle, and time.

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American people like games and entertainment, and one of these games is gambling. According to crops online, a gambling website (2009), gambling is classified as an old game taking place in China back around 2300 B.C. Then around 100 D.C., King of Norway and King of Sweden resolved the District of Hising property by using two dice. In the Mediterranean countries, the deck of card was developed, and especially the French altered the deck by pulling out a man and adding a queen. In nineteen century, the US citizens started playing gambling in a casino and house cuts in Cincinnati City and paying ten per cent to the house cuts (History of Gambling). Since then, the casinos have started spreading throughout the country, and nowadays, the casinos are in many states of the US where a lot of people spend their vacation either alone or with the family and enjoy their time. Moreover, the lottery is a different type of gambling. According to North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL), a lottery’s website, the lottery started in China around 100 BC, then the Belgian used lotteries to build chapels, almshouses, canals and port facilities in 1465, whereupon New York became the first state that authorized lottery in the United States in 1967 (Remember to Play). There are many viewpoints about gambling where some people consider that gambling has many benefits and supports the US economy, while others believe that it is a

Is gambling a problem? gambling is someone's choice. Here are some other reasons I’m for gambling.

Gambling in the words of McLean and Yoder (2005) "means risking something of value, usually money, on an event that has an unknown outcome." In the opinion of the authors, gambling can assume various forms including but not in any way limited to "casino games, betting on sporting events, playing bingo, buying raffle tickets, and playing lotteries" (McLean and Yoder, 2005). Over time, gambling has grown in popularity with the same being legalized in many jurisdictions across the world. However, those opposed to gambling and the legalization of the same continue to cite various reasons in an attempt to backup their assertions. One of the reasons cited by those opposed to gambling according to McLean and Yoder (2005) is that the costs of gambling easily outweigh the benefits associated with the same. This argument advances the idea that the interests of the society override those of an individual. Thus the

Lottery is one of the best things that has ever happened to human kind especially those that dream high and but their dreams don’t come to life because they don’t have what it takes to make it happen. Lotteries are in various categories such as sweep stakes, scratch off, the Jackpot and even the green card lottery. The lottery that is being focused in this argument is the jackpot one. When individuals or people in general buy the lottery ticket their hopes are high, and they anxiously await with anticipation hoping to win. If they don’t win, they never give up, for they know that there is always next time and they keep playing. Some people urge that playing lottery is a bad idea because people end up getting

People started gambling in the United States back in the 1600’s in the early colonies and continued to stick around. Legal gambling although came to an end in the early 1800’s mainly due to religious beliefs but also due to the fact that lotteries at that time frame were crooked (Dunston). In 1833, New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts anti-lottery forces put an end to state authorized lotteries. After this people then began getting their lottery from other states such as Kentucky and illegal lotteries began. In 1868 lotteries began to come back around when Louisiana Lottery Company was granted a 25 year charter and following that New York’s legislature was bribed into passing the lottery law (Dunston).

Then there are the race tracks. They are now legal in over four fifths of all the states in America. The owners of the track take 18 to 21 percent of money wagered. The bettor has a likelihood of winning only a 0.41 to 0.44 probability of winning. That is about one half of one percent! But, it is a well-known fact that when a man wins at gambling, he is very likely to stay in for another game—and then lose his winnings! It is no wonder that it is called “gambling fever.” It is almost an insanity which grips a person.