Editing Gambling (section)

====Catholicism====
The Catholic Church holds the position that there is no moral impediment to gambling, so long as it is fair, all bettors have a reasonable chance of winning, there is no [[fraud]] involved, and the parties involved do not have actual knowledge of the outcome of the bet (unless they have disclosed this knowledge),<ref name=Kucharek>{{cite book
  | last = Kucharek
  | first = Rev. Cass
  | title = To settle your conscience a layman's guide to Catholic moral theology.
  | publisher = [[Our Sunday Visitor]]
  | year = 1974
  | isbn = 978-0-87973-877-8
  | url-access = registration
  | url = https://archive.org/details/tosettleyourcons00kuch
  }}</ref> and as long as the following conditions are met: the gambler can afford to lose the bet, and stops when the limit is reached, and the motivation is entertainment and not personal gain leading to the "love of money"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Moran|first1=Dylan|title=Is Gambling a Mortal Sin in the Bible? {{!}} tech-life-game-news|url=http://blogs.christianpost.com/tech-life-game-news/is-gambling-a-mortal-sin-in-the-bible-27660/|website=Christianpost.com|access-date=30 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526004940/http://blogs.christianpost.com/tech-life-game-news/is-gambling-a-mortal-sin-in-the-bible-27660/|archive-date=26 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> or making a living.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catholicexchange.com/is-gambling-a-sin|title=Is Gambling a Sin?|date=2 January 2013}}</ref> In general, Catholic bishops have opposed [[casino]] gambling on the grounds that it too often tempts people into problem gambling or addiction, and has particularly negative effects on poor people; they sometimes also cite secondary effects such as increases in loan sharking, prostitution, corruption, and general public immorality.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Article_11111145043338|title=ADOM :: Florida bishops oppose expanding casino gambling |access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholiccourier.com/news/local-news/states-bishops-oppose-casino-expansion/|title=State's bishops oppose casino expansion |author=Mike Latona|publisher=Catholic Courier|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611083747/http://www.catholiccourier.com/news/local-news/states-bishops-oppose-casino-expansion/|archive-date=11 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13417|title=Kentucky bishops urge opposition to casino gambling : News Headlines|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref> Some parish pastors have also opposed casinos for the additional reason that they would take customers away from church [[Bingo (U.S.)|bingo]] and annual festivals where games such as [[blackjack]], [[roulette]], [[craps]], and [[poker]] are used for fundraising.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1999/05/15/loc_catholic_bishops.html|title=Catholic bishops oppose casino idea|access-date=5 September 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160817083122/http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1999/05/15/loc_catholic_bishops.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[St. Thomas Aquinas]] wrote that gambling should be especially forbidden where the losing bettor is underage or otherwise not able to consent to the transaction.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Poitras |first1=Geoffrey |title=Equity Capital: From Ancient Partnerships to Modern Exchange Traded Funds |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317591030 |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8jEFDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|language=en}}</ref> Gambling has often been seen as having [[social cost|social consequences]], as satirized by [[Honoré de Balzac|Balzac]]. For these social and religious reasons, most legal jurisdictions limit gambling, as advocated by [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/blaise-pascal-donald-adamson/?K=9780333550366%7C |title=Blaise Pascal – Mathematician, Physicist and Thinker |author=D. Adamson |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |access-date=5 September 2016 |archive-date=11 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911121039/http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/blaise-pascal-donald-adamson/?K=9780333550366%7C |url-status=dead }}</ref>