Editing Gambling (section)

==Religious views==
[[File:Max Kaur and religious leaders, protest against gambling, Estonia, Tallinn, 2007.jpg|thumb|[[Max Kaur]] and religious leaders protest against gambling, [[Tallinn]], Estonia.]]

=== Buddhism ===
The Buddha stated gambling as a source of destruction in [[Sigālovāda Sutta|Singalovada Sutra]].

Professions that are seen to violate the [[Five_precepts#Second_precept|precept against theft]] include working in the gambling industry.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Johansen |first1=Barry-Craig P. |last2=Gopalakrishna |first2=D. |title=A Buddhist View of Adult Learning in the Workplace |journal=[[Advances in Developing Human Resources]] |date=21 July 2016 |volume=8 |issue=3 |page=342 |doi=10.1177/1523422306288426|s2cid=145131162 }}</ref>

=== Hinduism ===

Ancient [[Hindu]] poems like the [[Gambler's Lament]] and the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' testify to the existence of gambling among ancient Indians, while highlighting its destructive impact.{{where|date=August 2019}} The text ''[[Arthashastra]]'' ({{circa|4th century}} [[Common Era|BCE]]) recommends taxation and control of gambling.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bose|first=M. L.|title=Social And Cultural History of Ancient India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t_PpdZosif4C&pg=PA179|year=1998|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-598-0|page=179|edition=revised & Enlarged}}</ref>

===Judaism===
Ancient Jewish authorities frowned on gambling, even disqualifying professional gamblers from testifying in court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torah.org/features/secondlook/gambling.html |title=Gambling |author=Berel Wein |publisher=torah.org |access-date=20 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616112335/http://torah.org/features/secondlook/gambling.html |archive-date=16 June 2010}}</ref>

===Christianity===
{{main|Toys and games in ancient Rome}}
Although the bible does not condemn gambling, instead the desire to get rich is called to account numerous times in the [[New Testament]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=What Does the Bible Say About Gambling? Is It a Sin? |url=https://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/is-gambling-a-sin/#:~:text=In%20summary,%20while%20the%20Bible,against%20the%20love%20of%20money. |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=Bible Study Tools |language=en}}</ref>

====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>

====Protestantism====
Gambling views among Protestants vary, with some either discouraging or forbidding their members from participation in gambling. [[Methodists]], in accordance with the doctrine of [[outward holiness]], oppose gambling which they believe is a sin that feeds on greed. Other denominations that discourage gambling are the [[United Methodist Church]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/gambling | title=Book of Resolutions: Gambling}}</ref> the [[Free Methodist Church]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.freemethodist.org.uk/articles/the-dangerous-rise-of-gambling.php | title=The Free Methodist Church (UK) &#124; Why we don't encourage gambling | access-date=25 August 2017 | archive-date=18 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618103508/http://www.freemethodist.org.uk/articles/the-dangerous-rise-of-gambling.php | url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Evangelical Wesleyan Church]],<ref name="EWC2015">{{cite book|title=The Discipline of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church |year=2015|publisher=[[Evangelical Wesleyan Church]]|language=en|pages=60–61}}</ref> the [[Salvation Army]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160213070243/http://www.waterbeachsalvationarmy.org.uk/what-to-know-more/why-dont-salvationists-drink-smoke-or-gamble "Why Don't Salvationists Drink, Smoke or Gamble?"] ''Water Beach and Soham Salvation Army Community Church'' (WaterBeachSalvationArmy.org.uk).  Archived 13 February 2016.</ref> and the [[Church of the Nazarene]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.crivoice.org/creednazarene.html | title=The Church of the Nazarene, Doctrinal and Ethical Positions}}</ref>

Other Protestants that oppose gambling include [[Mennonites]], [[Schwarzenau Brethren]],<ref name="DBC2021">{{cite book |title=Dunkard Brethren Church Polity |date=1 November 2021 |publisher=[[Dunkard Brethren Church]] |page=8}}</ref> [[Quakers]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.worldspirituality.org/moral02.html | title=Quaker View of Gambling}}</ref> the [[Christian Reformed Church in North America]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.crcna.org/welcome/beliefs/position-statements/gambling | title=Gambling| date=2012-06-26}}</ref> the [[Church of the Lutheran Confession]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://lutheranmissions.org/dedo_download/gambling/ | title=Gambling}}</ref> the [[Southern Baptist Convention]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/564/resolution-on-gambling | title=Southern Baptist Convention > Resolution on Gambling | access-date=25 August 2017 | archive-date=18 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618102911/http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/564/resolution-on-gambling | url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Assemblies of God]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://ag.org/Beliefs/Topics-Index/Gambling-and-Lotteries | title=Gambling and Lotteries}}</ref> and the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stvincenttimes.com/seventh-day-adventist-church-position-on-gambling/|title=Seventh-Day Adventist Church Position On Gambling|date=2019-02-28|website=St. Vincent Times|access-date=2022-09-28}}</ref>

====Other Christian denominations====
Other churches that oppose gambling include the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Gambling|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/topics/gambling?lang=eng|publisher=Intellectual Reserve, Inc.|website=churchofjesuschrist.org|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> the {{Lang|tl|[[Iglesia ni Cristo]]|italic=no}},<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://incworld.faithweb.com/info.htm | title=The Unofficial Site of the Iglesia ni Cristo}}</ref> and the [[Members Church of God International]].

===Islam===
There is a consensus among the ''‘[[Ulema]]’'' ({{langx|ar|عُـلـمـاء}}, Scholars (of [[Islam]])) that [[maisir|gambling]] is ''[[haraam]]'' ({{langx|ar|حَـرام}}, sinful or forbidden). In assertions made during its prohibition, Muslim jurists describe gambling as being both un-[[Qur’an]]ic, and as being generally harmful to the Muslim [[Ummah]] ({{langx|ar|أُمَّـة}}, Community). The Arabic terminology for gambling is ''[[Maisir]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Morrison|first1=Rod|title=The Principles of Project Finance |date=2012|page=50}}</ref> 
{{Blockquote|They ask you about intoxicants and gambling. Say: 'In them both lies grave sin, though some benefit, to mankind. But their sin is more grave than their benefit.' |{{Qverse|2|219|c=y}}}}
In parts of the world that implement full Shari‘ah, such as [[Aceh]], punishments for Muslim gamblers can range up to 12 lashes or a one-year prison term and a fine for those who provide a venue for such practises.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Feener|first1=Michael|title=Sharia and Social Engineering|date=2013|page=145}}</ref> Some Islamic nations prohibit gambling; most other countries [[Gaming law|regulate it]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iagr.org/members/ |title=International Association of Gaming Regulators: Members |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116151625/http://www.iagr.org/members/ |archive-date=16 November 2012 }}</ref>

===Bahá'í Faith===
According to the [[Kitáb-i-Aqdas|Most Holy Book]], paragraph 155, gambling is forbidden.