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Chapter 66

Chapter 4 Section 6 Gambling

[United States Washington

Gambling is very harmful, and it can cause all kinds of evil.The morality and health of the gamblers are also poisoned.It is born of greed, symbiotic with evil, and the source of disaster.It has caused many dignitaries to fall, many families have been torn apart, and many people have gone to ruin because of it.All people who are addicted to gambling are insane to the same degree.Lucky gamblers compete for good luck until bad luck prevails.The unlucky gambler was hoping to make money, but he got deeper and deeper, and eventually he made all his bets by any means and was wiped out.In short, there are very few people who benefit from this hateful game (even if they make money, there are even fewer people who use it legitimately), but there are countless people who suffer from it.

【Together with you】

There is a slogan in the casino: I am not afraid that you will win, but I am afraid that you will not come.The process of losing money is not straightforward, without twists and turns, without waves.If that's the way people go in and lose their money, gambling doesn't have the allure, it loses its excitement.The temptation to gamble is to win.The excitement of Bo is to win.Everyone who walks into the casino wants to be lucky, hit the jackpot, make a fortune without any effort, and look forward to how to distribute the big money without any effort.There are many stories about winning money in the casino, exaggerating how thrilling it is when the bell of the grand prize rings.The rules of the gambling game are also designed in this way. Many people can taste the sweetness first when they enter the casino, and they will also see how the people around them win a lot of money, and slowly whet their appetite and eyes.

When betting on blackjack, the dealer dangles two wooden cards in front of the gamblers. One sign says "surrender" and the other sign says "gaming card".This is really hot, who wants to surrender?So I kept playing cards.Those 21 playing cards became the account book of the devil, which is unpredictable, and sometimes the goddess scattered flowers, and sometimes it was ferocious - the step into the abyss starts from here.

Gambling is actually a kind of human nature, and everyone has a gambling nature—doing risky things has the nature of gambling.Who would not take any risk in their life?Stock speculation is gambling.Buying lottery tickets is gambling.Falling in love and getting married is also a gamble, and no one dares to guarantee that they will meet a certain kind of person.The ancients said: Marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog.Isn't this a gamble?Gambling money, gambling luck, gambling life... staring at her, and chasing after her.Therefore, the gaming industry all over the world (people who open casinos are willing to save the word "gambling" and add a "colorful word" after the word "ga") have been prosperous for a long time.Although they are always planning how to sacrifice others for themselves, the god of fate often makes them themselves, and eventually become their own victims.

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