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Is gambling a sin?
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    Is gambling a sin?
    « Reply #1 on: November 08, 2013, 02:13:55 PM »
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    • idk
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    Is gambling a sin?
    « Reply #2 on: November 08, 2013, 02:22:36 PM »
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    • No, unless you don't have the money to bet.  Like, if it means not being able to support yourself, family, church.  Or, unless it becomes your sole priority.
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    Is gambling a sin?
    « Reply #3 on: November 08, 2013, 03:03:42 PM »
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    • The Church teaches that so long as the following four conditions are met, gambling is not sinful:


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    What is staked must belong to the gambler and must be at his free disposal. It is wrong, therefore, for the lawyer to stake the money of his client, or for anyone to gamble with what is necessary for the maintenance of his wife and children.

    The gambler must act freely, without unjust compulsion.

    There must be no fraud in the transaction, although the usual ruses of the game may be allowed. It is unlawful, accordingly, to mark the cards, but it is permissible to conceal carefully from an opponent the number of trump cards one holds.

    Finally, there must be some sort of equality between the parties to make the contract equitable; it would be unfair for a combination of two expert whist players to take the money of a couple of mere novices at the game.
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    Is gambling a sin?
    « Reply #4 on: November 08, 2013, 03:06:48 PM »
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    Finally, there must be some sort of equality between the parties to make the contract equitable; it would be unfair for a combination of two expert whist players to take the money of a couple of mere novices at the game.


    This is interesting. If this is true then it would be a sin for expert poker players to win money from bad poker players at a casino.
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    Is gambling a sin?
    « Reply #5 on: November 08, 2013, 06:57:31 PM »
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    • this is a tough one

    St. Francis de Sales in the 16th century addressed gambling in his Introduction to the Devout Life under the title “Of Forbidden Amusements”: “Dice, cards, and the like games of hazard are not merely dangerous amusements, like dancing, but they are plainly bad and harmful, and therefore they are forbidden by the civil as by the ecclesiastical law.” - See more at: http://www.uscatholic.org/gambling#sthash.6qypF38y.dpuf
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    Is gambling a sin?
    « Reply #6 on: November 08, 2013, 07:02:34 PM »
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    Finally, there must be some sort of equality between the parties to make the contract equitable; it would be unfair for a combination of two expert whist players to take the money of a couple of mere novices at the game.


    This is interesting. If this is true then it would be a sin for expert poker players to win money from bad poker players at a casino.


    This also might mean I need to stop taking bets from the people at my work who know nothing about baseball.   :furtive:
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    Is gambling a sin?
    « Reply #7 on: November 09, 2013, 06:34:19 AM »
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    Finally, there must be some sort of equality between the parties to make the contract equitable; it would be unfair for a combination of two expert whist players to take the money of a couple of mere novices at the game.


    This is interesting. If this is true then it would be a sin for expert poker players to win money from bad poker players at a casino.


    Indeed.  If it helps, put it in another context.  Would you put a novice boxer in the ring against the champion?  Of course not, it wouldn't be fair, and the novice's health would be unfairly in jeopardy.  It's the same with gambling; it wouldn't be a fair game, and the novice's money would be unfairly in jeopardy.  In other words, you are taking advantage of a weaker opponent.
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    Is gambling a sin?
    « Reply #8 on: November 09, 2013, 07:42:26 AM »
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    Finally, there must be some sort of equality between the parties to make the contract equitable; it would be unfair for a combination of two expert whist players to take the money of a couple of mere novices at the game.


    This is interesting. If this is true then it would be a sin for expert poker players to win money from bad poker players at a casino.


    This also might mean I need to stop taking bets from the people at my work who know nothing about baseball.   :furtive:


    Of course not.  If the "bad player" can willingly depart at any time he can do so.  The example above implies expert players conspiring to build the pot and draw the novices further in rather than playing alone.
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    Is gambling a sin?
    « Reply #9 on: November 09, 2013, 07:00:34 PM »
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    • If it was sinful Catholics wouldn't be famous for their BINGO!
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