Issue Analysis: Gambling
A Biblical Case Against Gambling
Sports Betting and College Students
Click here to view this article from World Magazine.
2017 Southern Baptist Resolution
5 Facts About Problem Gambling
Is it Appropriate for a Christian to Gamble?
Click to view this page from The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
When the Accounts are Called: A Christian View of Gambling
Click to this page from Dr. Albert Mohler, President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Book of Resolutions: Gambling
Click to view this article from The United Methodist Church
Why Casinos Matter: 31 Evidence-Based Propositions from the Health and Social Sciences
Click to view this paper from the Institute for American Values
$3 in Costs for Every $1 in tax
Click here to see an article in The Advocate about whether gambling is really worth it.
A Good Way to Wreck a Local Economy: Build Casinos
Click to view this article from The Atlantic magazine
HIDDEN Gambling Addicts in Louisiana
Click here for a bulletin from the Louisiana Department of Health concerning hidden gambling addiction in Louisiana. This from an agency of a state that receives 900+ million per year from the gambling industry.
Gambling: The State We're In
Click here for a balanced article from The Advocatesummarizing where we are today with the gambling issue and how the 2018 regular legislative session might change all of that.
The Impact of Gambling in Louisiana
Click here to view a LA Dept of Health study by the UL Lafayette Picard Center for Childhood Development and Lifelong Learning See p. 262 ff. for the conclusion that Louisiana has the higest percentage of pathological gamblers in the nation and the Florida Parishes has the highest rate in Louisiana!