Here is what several faiths have to say about the morality of gambling:
Catholic
Games of chance (card games, etc.) or wagers are not in themselves contrary to justice. They become morally unacceptable when they deprive someone of what is necessary to provide for his needs and those of others. The passion for gambling risks becoming an enslavement. - The Catechism of the Catholic Church
Methodist
Gambling is a menace to society, deadly to the best interests of moral, social, economic and spiritual life, and destructive of good government. As an act of faith and concern, Christians should abstain from gambling and should strive to minister to those victimized by the practice. ...
The Church should promote such standards and personal lifestyles that would make unnecessary and undesirable the resort to commercial gambling - including public lotteries - as a recreation, as an escape, or as a means of producing public revenue or funds for support of charities or government. - Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church
Muslim
O you who believe, intoxicants and gambling and the altars of idols and the games of chance are abominations of the devil; you should avoid them that you may succeed. - Koran 5:90
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Catholic
Games of chance (card games, etc.) or wagers are not in themselves contrary to justice. They become morally unacceptable when they deprive someone of what is necessary to provide for his needs and those of others. The passion for gambling risks becoming an enslavement. - The Catechism of the Catholic Church
Methodist
Gambling is a menace to society, deadly to the best interests of moral, social, economic and spiritual life, and destructive of good government. As an act of faith and concern, Christians should abstain from gambling and should strive to minister to those victimized by the practice. ...
The Church should promote such standards and personal lifestyles that would make unnecessary and undesirable the resort to commercial gambling - including public lotteries - as a recreation, as an escape, or as a means of producing public revenue or funds for support of charities or government. - Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church
Muslim
O you who believe, intoxicants and gambling and the altars of idols and the games of chance are abominations of the devil; you should avoid them that you may succeed. - Koran 5:90
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