Discuss the pros and cons of gambling and whether there might be any reason for a court or legislature to treat gambling on credit any differently from gambling itself

Answer 1

Almost all states permit some form of wagering. Supporters of gambling say that casinos create jobs and steady income, provide money for the state, and take business away from organized crime. Opponents of gambling argue that it appeals to human weakness because those who cannot afford to lose money will spend on the unlikely chance of gaining more, that addicted gamblers destroy families, that gambling weakens the fabric of communities by appealing to the idea that people can get something for nothing rather than encouraging citizens to earn income from honest labor, and that crime increases when gambling is permitted in a community. Many states do not allow gambling on credit. The California Court of Appeals in Metropolitan Creditors Service of Sacramento v. Sadri, set forth a special reason for treating gambling on credit differently from gambling in general. The court stated that having lost cash, a pathological gambler will continue to play on credit, if extended. The court stated that "the law should not invite them to play themselves into debt.".