GAMBLING
(See also Crime; Games; Moral Breakdown; Roman Catholic Church)
addiction: g82 7/8 26-27
attitudes betrayed by: g82 7/8 26-27; w72 593-594
Australia: g78 10/8 14; w74 579
Babylonia: w80 9/1 29
ban on successful gambler: g80 8/8 3
Bible view: g85 8/8 22-23; g81 11/22 27; w80 9/1 29-30; w80 12/15 29; hp 59-61; g80 8/8 4; w74 582-583, 588; g74 10/22 27-28; w73 30; w72 593-594; w70 615; w67 283, 356; g64 3/8 16-19; g64 10/8 23; g56 7/8 11-12; g55 1/8 6-7; w54 93-95; g52 6/22 15-16
employment at restaurant operated by gambling establishment: km 9/76 4-5
employment in a gambling establishment: km 9/76 4; w72 597-598
free tickets for prizes in drawings: g75 7/8 28; w73 127
investing in stocks: g62 2/8 22-23; g61 10/22 21-22
when stakes are small: w80 9/1 29-30
bingo: w81 7/15 26; w79 3/15 23; g79 1/8 30; w77 11; w77 668; g74 6/22 13; g74 10/22 27-28
Brazil: g78 10/8 14
Britain: g84 3/8 29; g80 8/8 3; g75 4/22 30; g64 3/8 16-17; g61 7/22 30; g55 2/22 21-23; g47 5/8 24
teacher wins fortune but dies: w80 3/15 27
casting lots: w80 9/1 29; ad 1078-1079; g55 1/8 5; w54 95; g52 6/22 15-16
children: w55 413; g55 1/8 7; g52 10/22 16; g51 9/8 9; g48 7/22 6; g44 5/24 12
churches: g84 3/8 29; w81 7/15 26; w81 12/15 27; w80 2/1 29; w79 3/15 23; w77 282; w77 668; g75 1/8 31; g75 2/8 30; w74 580, 586; g74 4/8 29; g74 4/22 29; g74 10/22 27, 30; g74 11/8 12-13; g74 11/22 30; g73 6/22 30-31; g73 11/22 30; g71 11/8 30; g70 1/22 30; g68 5/8 31; g68 7/8 30; g68 11/8 29; g67 6/22 30; g67 7/22 31; g67 10/22 22-24; g66 5/8 30; g65 1/8 20; g64 9/22 30-31; g64 10/8 15; w63 645; g62 1/22 30; g62 9/8 29; g61 3/8 29; g61 4/22 30; g61 7/22 29; g61 8/8 30; g61 8/22 31; g61 12/22 29; g60 10/8 25-26; w59 675-676; g59 3/22 7; g57 4/8 20; w55 167, 413; g55 1/8 4-8; g55 3/8 16; w54 94-95; w53 624, 710-711; g53 10/8 24; w52 452; g52 1/22 8; g52 6/22 13-15; w51 324; g51 9/8 9; g49 7/8 24; g48 7/22 6-7; g45 8/29 18-21; g44 2/2 24; g44 5/24 12-13; g40 6/12 12-13; g40 12/25 20; g39 4/19 20; g38 4/6 14
compulsive: w74 581-588
how begins: w80 8/15 11; w80 9/1 29-30
definition: w80 9/1 29; g64 3/8 19
dice: g60 9/22 16-17; g55 6/8 9
discussion: g82 7/8 25-27; w80 9/1 29-30; g80 8/8 3-4; w74 579-588; w72 593-594
effects: g82 7/8 26-27; w80 7/1 19; g78 10/8 14; g76 11/8 31; w74 135; w74 580-586; g74 6/22 13; w72 593-594; g71 8/22 29; g71 11/8 3; g69 1/22 29; g69 8/22 4; g68 2/8 31; g64 3/8 17; g64 7/8 18; g63 4/8 16; g62 5/8 4; g62 11/22 16; g60 9/22 18-19; w59 675-676; g56 7/8 10-11; g55 1/8 6-8; w54 93-95; w53 624; g51 3/22 10; g51 8/22 19; g50 4/8 24; g47 12/8 10-11; g44 5/24 12
health dangers: g79 7/22 30; g76 3/8 30; w72 593-594
environment of a hotel-casino redesigned to relax the morality of people: g83 7/22 31
experiences: w70 615; yb70 252-253
gamblers become Witnesses: g82 8/8 10-11; w80 6/15 4; g78 10/8 14; w77 329; w74 584-588; g74 10/22 11
lucrative jobs given up: w73 411
truth overcomes gambling: hp 61
football (soccer) pools: g55 2/22 21-23
Gamblers Anonymous: w74 583
greyhound racing: g75 10/22 31
hospital employees:
bets on how long patients would live: g80 5/22 29
illegal: w74 579-580, 585
Israel (ancient): w80 9/1 29
Japan: g76 4/22 31; g64 3/8 16; g57 8/8 16; g55 1/8 3-4
lottery: g79 5/8 29
Jewish Mishnah’s view of: g80 8/8 4
Latin America: w70 614-615
laws of probability: g75 3/22 21
laziness induced by: w80 9/1 30
losses by gamblers per hour: g78 8/22 29
lotteries: g84 2/8 29; g82 7/8 25-27; g81 11/22 27; w80 7/1 19; w80 9/1 29; g80 8/8 3-4; g79 11/8 29-30; g75 2/8 30; g75 7/8 27-28; w74 579-580; w67 355-356; g65 11/8 3; g56 7/8 9-12; g54 3/8 27-28; w53 624, 711; g51 8/22 17-19; g47 12/8 10-11
Bible view: g85 8/8 22-23
unhappy winners: g85 8/8 22; g77 7/8 30
winner declares bankruptcy: g81 12/8 29
luck:
gamblers’ view of: w80 9/1 30; w72 594
many psychiatrists won’t take pathological gamblers on as clients (quote): w80 8/15 11
motive: w80 9/1 29-30; g80 8/8 3-4; g65 11/8 3; g64 3/8 18-19; g55 1/8 8; g55 3/8 16; w54 95; g52 6/22 14-15
pride as motive behind: w80 9/1 30
numbers betting: w74 585
nun advises gamblers: w81 12/15 27
odds: g60 9/22 16-18; g56 4/22 20; w54 94; g51 3/22 11
on choice for archbishop: g74 6/8 30
Panama: g47 12/8 9-11
parochial schools: w77 11
pathological gambling viewed as a mental disorder: w80 2/1 29
playing cards: g75 6/22 27-28
prevalence: g76 11/8 31; g76 12/8 31; w74 579-581; g62 10/22 12; g55 1/8 3; g55 3/8 16; g47 5/8 24; g46 12/22 13-15
public support: g71 11/8 29-30; g70 1/22 10-11
Rome (ancient): w54 95; g52 6/22 13-14; g51 3/22 9
roulette wheel: g75 3/22 21
slot machines: g56 4/22 20; g45 8/29 19
Spain: g83 1/8 29; g83 8/22 30; g80 8/8 3; g78 10/8 14
sports: w74 579-580
Super Bowl: g85 4/22 29
stigma on gamblers: g80 8/8 4
superstition: w74 586-587; w72 594
synagogue: g79 1/8 30; g78 3/8 30
United States: g78 10/8 14; w74 135; w74 579-582; g69 6/8 30-31; g69 8/22 4; g68 1/8 8; g66 11/22 6-7; g64 3/8 16; g62 5/8 4; g55 3/8 16; g51 3/22 9-11; g46 12/22 13-15
despite bomb explosion at Harvey’s Resort Hotel-Casino: g80 11/22 29
despite earthquake: g77 4/22 30
during Las Vegas flood: g75 8/22 31
Las Vegas, Nevada: g82 7/8 25-26
losses by high rollers in Las Vegas: g83 3/22 31
number of compulsive gamblers: w80 8/15 11; g80 8/8 29
unrepentant gamblers: w80 9/1 30
when stakes are small: g82 7/8 26-27; w80 9/1 29-30
youths: g65 8/8 3
Zimbabwe: g51 8/22 17-19