playing LOTTO is it Ok????

[DHK]

Well, maybe that's your perception of it. I think of gambling as betting on something involving chance or guessing, as in buying a lottery ticket or betting on a horse.



I agree with Jim that it could be splitting hairs, and some might not want to put money in a pot when playing golf.

Do you think buying stocks is gambling?

Some might say:
My whole life is a gamble.
Every time I get on a plane--(might be a terrorist)
Every time I walk out the door--might get hit by a drunk driver.
Every time I take another breathe--I could have a heart attack any time.
Do I gamble with my diet? with my exercise program (er, the lack of it)?
Do I gamble with my lack of spirituality when I know that someday I will stand before God and give account for all that I do (or don't do) while on this earth.
Perhaps life itself is a gamble.
Or, is my life in the hands of Jesus, and do I recognize his providence in all things: from the lotterty to discipline in prayer.
That doesn't excuse my ungodly behaviour in trying "to get something for nothing," (strict definition of gambling), for the Bible says that if a man work not neither should he eat. If it is my desrie, my gamble, my aim in life to live on something that I never worked for, never deserved, and have continued to waste the Lord's money on then I have sinned, both in my actions and in my intentions.
DHK

 

[billwald]

George Washington was quoted as saying that the lottery is a voluntary tax. I volunteer $3/week.

 

[LeBuick]

George Washington was quoted as saying that the lottery is a voluntary tax. I volunteer $3/week.

:laugh: :wavey: :thumbs: :applause:

 

[Heavenly Pilgrim]

George Washington was quoted as saying that the lottery is a voluntary tax

HP: The lottery: An institution designed for the swindling of the foolish by predatory government.