Gambling

[BrooklynBoy200]

Is gambling a sin? I mean i can understand if compulsive gambling and betting all your money all the time is a sin. But is it a sin to bet a few bucks on a football game or put a few coins into a slot machine?

What about casino-owners?

 

[thistle]

Is gambling a sin? I mean i can understand if compulsive gambling and betting all your money all the time is a sin. But is it a sin to bet a few bucks on a football game or put a few coins into a slot machine?

What about casino-owners?

CCC 2413 Games of chance (card games, etc.) or wagers are not in themselves contrary to justice. They become morally unacceptable when they deprive someone of what is necessary to provide for his needs and those of others. The passion for gambling risks becoming an enslavement. Unfair wagers and cheating at games constitute grave matter, unless the damage inflicted is so slight that the one who suffers it cannot reasonably consider it significant.

 

[Bene86]

Hey, you whip out the CCC fast enough you might hurt someone! lol

 

[thistle]

Hey, you whip out the CCC fast enough you might hurt someone! lol

 

[BrooklynBoy200]

CCC 2413 Games of chance (card games, etc.) or wagers are not in themselves contrary to justice. They become morally unacceptable when they deprive someone of what is necessary to provide for his needs and those of others. The passion for gambling risks becoming an enslavement. Unfair wagers and cheating at games constitute grave matter, unless the damage inflicted is so slight that the one who suffers it cannot reasonably consider it significant.

Thanks for answering thistle

Is it ok to own a casino in which people may or may not gamble too much to provide for his needs?

 

[thistle]

Thanks for answering thistle

Is it ok to own a casino in which people may or may not gamble too much to provide for his needs?

I assume that it is not a sin to own a casino.
If it is then that would also mean it would be a sin to own a gun company, or cigarette company, for example.