I hate gambling. Even before I was a Christian I played the pokies maybe two or three times and about as many dollars. I thought it was silly. I played competition poker as outreach when younger. But it was never for money, just plastic poker chips. And I got great opportunities to evangelize.
I don’t even like to bet with a friend on a football game, but I might have in the past. I can’t remember, to be honest. I turn off the gambling ads while watching the footy. Because I find the gambling pushers to be sleazy. Can’t stand them. I’d support any politician who said they’d remove every pokey machine from every square inch of this state.
I say this to highlight I am not a man who likes gambling, or what most of us consider gambling. But all the folks who are claiming that the Bible says gambling is a sin are wrong.
