Gambling
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 A Case Against Legalized Gambling
- Reprinted from National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling
- The Lottery - News That You Can Use
- Gambling is a predatory enterprise that is always looking for a new 'mark' or
a new market. In November 2002 the future of Tennessee will be decided as voters
go to the polls to decide if they want to permit the state to get into the
gambling business by starting a state lottery. The information on this page will
provide the truth about this issue.
- Gamblers Anonymous Official Home Page
- Gamblers Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience,
strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help
others to recover from a gambling problem.
- Citizen Link -
Family Issues in Policy and Culture
- Gambling has attained unprecedented levels of acceptance and popularity in the United
States.
- Special Reports: Lottery and Gambling
- The South Carolina Policy Council Education Foundation was established in 1986 as a
nonpartisan, tax-exempt public policy research and education foundation. Its mission
is to educate members and all South Carolinians about state and local public policy
based on the traditional South Carolina values of individual liberty and responsibility,
free enterprise and limited government.
- National Gambling Impact Study Commission
- The NGISC was established in 1996, when President Clinton signed Public Law
104-169. The Nine members of the commission were appointed by the President,
the Speaker of the House, and the Senate Majority Leader. The NGISC
officially began its 2-year stud on June 20, 1997. A research agenda based
on 42 specific policy questions was unanimously adopted in October 1997, and
major research tasks were contracted.
- National Coalition
Against Legalized Gambling
- The dramatic growth of gambling is not the result of a popular movement. Rather,
it is driven by the gambling industry with its high priced lobbyists and
pie-in-the sky promises. In response volunteer citizens have formed state and
local groups to oppose the spread of gambling.
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North Carolina Citizens United Against The Lottery
- Excellent North Carolina site detailing their battle against a lottery
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Lottery - A One-Way Ticket to Nowhere
- A Biblical perspective on lotteries and gambling
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Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling - 1996 High School Survey
- This report summarizes findings from the CCPG's 1996 statewide survey of
the gambling behavior of 3,886 students in grades nine through twelve in five
Connecticut high schools. The survey sought to determine the prevalence of
gambling among adolescents in Connecticut and to identify potential groups at
risk for problem gambling.
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America's New Love Affair With Gambling: Should Christians Be Concerned?
- If baseball once was America's national pastime, it's been replaced by a $550
billion-per-year obsession - gambling. Gambling feeds the self-indulgent,
instant-gratification mindset that has plagued America in recent decades.
Beneath its glittery surface lurk the parallel tragedies of increasing
addiction and a decreasing devotion to spirituality. Most Christian churches
have been silent about gambling. Scripture is not. Even without a direct
commandment, "Thou shalt not gamble," the Bible offers numerous principles
that militate against the practice. Informed Christians will challenge such
social evils as state-sponsored gambling and the use of gambling for
fundraising. Gambling is a bankrupt abandonment of reason and religion, and
in the long run everyone loses.
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