Gambling means to put money at stake or some other belonging, on an event with an uncertain outcome. The basic idea behind gambling is to win or gross additional money or goods. Gambling on occasions or festivals is quite common. But, gambling on a regular basis is never considered ethically correct. Gamblers put a lot at risk when they gamble or bet on the certainty of any event and may suffer huge losses at one go. Artie Lange had remarked, “A weekend in Vegas without gambling and drinking is just like being a born-again Christian.”
Many religions don’t consider and allow both drinking and gambling, even for the sake of pleasure, mirth or enjoyment. William Cobbett had once put forth in words, his interpretation of gambling. He had remarked, “Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honoured by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling.”
