blhowes
Puritan Board Professor
I was just wondering what your thoughts are about gambling. Like a lot of other things, drinking for example, its harmful/sinful when done in excess. Is it OK in moderation?
I've always been taught that it was wrong, just like drinking, smoking, etc. Abstinance was the rule of thumb. Is it wrong to buy an occasional scratch ticket for $1 (or whatever it costs)? Would it be wrong to play an occasional game of poker for money? If you got a scratch ticket as a gift, would you cash it in?
Is there anything fundamentally different between gambling occasionally and investing in the stock market? Lets say I budgetted $100 a month to invest in the stock market. For diversification purposes, what if I took $10 of that budgetted amount and bought scratch tickets instead. Would that be wrong?
I'm curious what you think.
I've always been taught that it was wrong, just like drinking, smoking, etc. Abstinance was the rule of thumb. Is it wrong to buy an occasional scratch ticket for $1 (or whatever it costs)? Would it be wrong to play an occasional game of poker for money? If you got a scratch ticket as a gift, would you cash it in?
Is there anything fundamentally different between gambling occasionally and investing in the stock market? Lets say I budgetted $100 a month to invest in the stock market. For diversification purposes, what if I took $10 of that budgetted amount and bought scratch tickets instead. Would that be wrong?
I'm curious what you think.