[Sparta]

If there is to be legalized gaming, it should be done by the private sector not by the state government.

[dwilli]

I've always kinda figured that people who blow the rent money on the lottery would find some other way to piss it away if the lottery wasn't there.

[BigBobber]

I agree 100% Gambling should be legal only for private entities. For the government to be promoting gambling as the way to get rich, instead of hard work and self-reliance, is unseemly at best, disgusting and socially destructive at worst.

Government-run gambling gives people on the lower half of the bell curve the idea that this is a credible and sanctioned way for the downtrodden to improve their lives.