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It is based on greed and escapism. Two slippery slopes in the game of life. Joy in life cannot be achieved by receiving money that has been taken from poor struggling folk like seniors and low income people hoping to make it rich by not earning it. I see state lotteries as a big offender of this principle.
In my opinon it is a decadent form of entertainment as horse racing was for the royals. When life becomes so good, boredom sets in, then trouble enters. History records what happened in Rome when sports got boring. If gambling was a righteous endeavor, why was Pete Rose stripped of his place in the Hall of Fame?

My father spent his SS pension on the Ed McMahon Reader's Digest Sweepstakes. He bought all kinds of books and articles that would get him to a higher level with the hope of winning big bucks. After his death, we cleaned out all this stuff from the house and needless to say, we were outraged by this swindler trying to sucker him out of his money. He lived like a pauper but, would waste his money on a pie in the sky scheme.