"Culturally speaking, gambling is a scourge and a real abuse of the poor and uneducated (and some of the wealthy and [otherwise] well-educated)."

That's just the facts and I agree....

But a good "buck a stick", "buck a game", "buck a hand", "buck a hole".....to make things more fun is just good clean competitive excitement.......

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