I am saddened and disgusted to write that the town my husband is from, has approved of plans for a casino to be built. The standard reason of various communities for bringing in casinos is that the revenues will benefit them and their states by creating more funds to shore up budgets. Lottery tickets also continue to be a way of life for so many people. It is not gaming, people, no matter how much others try to sugar coat an insidious industry. It is GAMBLING. The moneys derived from casinos and from lottery tickets is from an unclean source. The church would not want tithing and offerings on such money. Besides, no Latter-day Saint should be gambling and/or buying lottery tickets.
Whom do you think has been the source of inspiration for getting something for nothing? I guarantee that it ISN’T our Heavenly Father or the Saviour. So that leaves…