[Perfesser]

Bullsh*t! Bill Bennett's authority to "moralize" has not changed one iota. Simply, because gambling is not a moral issue. It is merely a personal choice, a preference, an enjoyable activity and certainly noone else's business.
Everything he has said in the past about the declining morals of society are still true. You certainly may ask, in this case "What would Jesus do?", but don't let arrogance prompt you to pretend you know the answer.
Furthermore, IMO gambling is neither good or bad but either way the degree to which one engages in it is immaterial if you can afford it. If you cannot afford it and still do it, it is still noone' business but your own.
To continue to accept the message but not the messenger seems "..how you say, hypocritical?".

[Ken H]

If you cannot afford it and still do it, it is still noone' business but your own.

That is true and Bennett should have said so at the start.

He didn't do that though. He said that he came out close to even and that his gambling was under control.

Later he contradicted himself when said he gambled too much, that it was big money, and that the losses made a difference in his family's life.

This is a mess of his own making and I don't think he's helped his own cause so far.

[eccl1212]

I doubt Jesus would gamble away several million dollars.