Then we can have casinos when welfare and social assistance are eliminated. At present I am forced to fund welfare and social assistance.
So you are more than willing to take away the freedom of those who want to play a game because someone MIGHT make bad decisions?
Do you ride a motorcycle? Drink beer? Go boating? Drive an automobile? Parasail? Cross the street? All these things MIGHT cause you to end up on public assistance. Maybe I should call for the legislature to make laws against them.