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I know that this is very silly and religious question but I think that this should be Discussed.
According to me, As I am Muslim, Gambling is Haram and there are very reasons behind this. And also I do not much about another religions. But if someone has knowledge about that if Gambling is allowed or prohibited in Jewish or Christ Faith. And I think many people have many mind sets.
I do not want to hurt someone's feeling by talking about Religious Comments.

In Christianity, there is no where gambling is mentioned in the bible that it is a sin. In the church, pastor will not even want to talk about gambling. But if a pastor is asked if gambling is a sin, he would say the love of money is the root of all evil and uses some chapters in the bible to discourage you which can be followed with some practical examples of how some people lost to gambling. All he will be pointing to is that it is better not to gamble.

But not where in the bible that gambling is referred to as a sin in christianity.

The point of every religion is to point people towards what the proponents of the religion deem right.

Now you can gamble and still have total control over your persona life without any problems, then it is well and good but then you would be a rare breed. Most people get addicted to gambling and end up spending way more than what they can afford. In such cases you should stop gambling.

Now I dont know specific religions but this is the logical basis of how you can handle yourself in case you feel the guilt of gambling on you. A lot of things are considered bad in many religions or are forbidden, but they are often done by the followers of that religion, because nobody wants to be shackled to rules and chains.

Your self-control is the key here.

There's this picture about the soldiers gambling the clothing of Jesus below him.
When you use the Bible as logic, that means those guys are bad and doing bad things while someone is nailed to the cross who is good.

It's not forbidden to gamble in Christianity but traditionally it is a bad thing to do because you are wasting money and that is what is taught by Christian parents over the years until now.
I have a different point of view about this though, it's all on you. If you think you can control it and gambling to add spice to your entertainment then do so, but if it gets out of hand then it's bad and should be stopped.

None of the religion encourages any bad act which can be harmful for the mankind. I have never read any other holy book other than Quran but I believe more or less every holy book would direct people to live an honest life and wouldn't harm other people by any means.
Gambling is Haram in Islam and of course there must be a reason behind that. I believe it should be discouraged in any other religion for sure.

if in Islam it is forbidden you should leave it maybe there is good from the prohibition and order, everyone has their own views sometimes they separate religion from this gambling because it is too sensitive, but I don't want to talk about my religion here
In my view, if you don't harm other people, such as stealing other people's money to gamble or borrowing money to gamble or abandon your family because of gambling, in my opinion, of course it will be strictly prohibited because it is included in the list of addicts and is excessive, but if you gamble with your money yourself just for fun and not harm the people around you, that's better even though it's still illegitimate  ;) ;)

It's not directly written in any holy book as far as I know, but what are frown by this religions is the love for money, which we all know is part of being a gambler.

But if your priest says otherwise, and if he thinks that it is against your religion then you should follow the rule. But I guess it his age though, individuals are free to do what they want as long as they know that they are not taking advantage of anyone.

So regardless if you are a Christian or Muslim, you have to decide for yourself if you want to be a gambler or not.

Actually it depends on the person's principle. Even atheist will think that gambling is bad if it is bad to the person, we should know that religion exist to guide people to be good in life and even people without religion and live with principle might think that gambling should be prohibited if it has bad result to the person or to anyone.

We should know that gambling exist a long time ago even before Christ or christian was established so we can't really eliminate or remove it to people's lives.

I don't think any religion allows gambling because when we become addicted, we can spend all our wealth playing gambling and also get other problems such as mental health and not wanting to work hard. But even so, many people still play gambling even though they only want to get pleasure from gambling.

Maybe in religion, it is not explained clearly that gambling is prohibited. But actually, people already know that they should not do that.

The big question is? it is a sin as per your religion?

And as others have said, really depends on how you look at it or how you are being brought by your parents through your religion, Christian or Muslim. And it become a sin if you will left your gambling destroy yourself and your family. So what's important is total balance, prioritized things in your life first before playing or gambling.

I'm a Christian by religion and Christianity teaches that too much of everything is bad it discourages gambling within your means or gambling excessively because if you're gambling you have a strong attachment to winning money and the root of all evil is the love for money, Our religion does not allow donation coming from gambling because there's an evil side of it, some compulsive gamblers resort to cheating manipulation and stealing just to sustain their gambling habit and it's forbidden to indulge in something too much that can ruin how you think reasonably.
 

In Christian faith, gambling isn't allowed. Whether it's written in the bible or not, it's all about being greedy and the love for the money.

Thus, that makes it as a sin because it's going to make someone greedy and it should be spent elsewhere instead of gambling. But how many really are following it?

Are they that much?

It's forbidden if you do it excessively it's not in the bible but any habit where you can develop a vice then it's forbidden we all know excessive gambling can make a good person bad and from excessive gambling, he learns to lie cheat, and dishonesty, some Christian sect teaches not to gamble and some Christian sect teaches to moderate gamble but for me, you cannot serve two masters, you will hate the other and you will love the other.

Gambling is haram in islam and forbidden by majority of the religion since this is also a sin. But many people ignore the religion aspect upon gambling since majority think about pleasure when playing. Also religion cannot do anything with this since many people got influence by their environment if they see someone playing or if this is rampant on their neighborhood then they will follow it as they see some people having fun playing with it.

about this issue of gambling being a sin, I think that religion has many things in it that make no sense, I particularly question the following:

why do religious eat meat, fish, and vegetables when animals also deserve to live and plants also deserve to live? so what's the point of accepting something that is apparently cruel and not accepting games of chance that nobody kills animals? I don't see any sense in that, and there's also the issue of not having concrete evidence of who said that gambling is a sin? In Christianity, gambling is not prohibited and I am not religious either.


these same priests are also liars, you must have seen a lot of news in which the priest had sex with a 15 year old child or even younger than 15 years old, so it starts from these same religious people to be very liars, of course excessive gambling generates addiction, but anything in excess generates addiction

Gambling is prohibited in most of the religions as this is considered to be a wrong thing which encourages and provokes you to do illegal and harmful things . Excess of everything is bad when things go up the limit either its desires for money or desire for fame this is going to harm you in any way.

It is a very sensitive question you are asking in a place where most of the people have no knowledge about religion. And when you have a discussion with ignorant people you find yourself taking garbage knowledge and filling up your brain with those garbage. In most of the case, all of them are wrong information.

If you are really interested to know religious things then find a religious forum or reach out the religious leaders of the religion you follow. They will give you better knowledge and suggestions.

If we base it on the Bible, we won't see anything that mentions gambling or gambling here, even Lord Jesus Christ himself didn't mention it in the Bible, I'm not sure, I just don't know in the old testament if it was mentioned.

But even so, all the religions around the world today do not teach or say that gambling is good for everyone who tries it. All religions teach that it is not good to become a habit and it is bad.

There is a chapter that mentioned, it's wrong in the bible. I remember a pastor who said it to me a long time ago but it's not really clear if it's what it means you may be interested to read it.


Before you arrive at this Proverbs 1:14, you should first start reading from Proverbs 1:10 because that's when it says it's not good to follow what others do. How we interpret these words is just like how and what we want to hear.

In Christianity gambling is wrong as it opposes the bible's teaching. If you look at 1 Timothy 6:10 "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils". As our preacher explains gambling leads you to be greedy. It can be associated with one's compulsion in gambling, or gambling addiction.

What your pastor is only referring to is that what others are doing, you should not do it, if you know it is not good and can lead wrong doing, which is indirectly pointing to anything they think is not good, that is what pastors and scholars would point to as I have talked about it before, but no where in the bible to says gambling is a sin.

Proverbs chapter 1 verses 8 to 19 is about warning against enticement, it has nothing to do with gambling. What is in the bible is the love of money that can lead to evil, there is nowhere in the bible I have seen that bible against gambling when no where that bible refers to it to be bad or not. What I can only say is that pastors, parents, elders and scholars will point to how gambling can lead to addiction and how it can lead to wrong thinking and behavior, which are all right and a lesson for people not to gamble or becoming addicted.

In addition to this. The effect of gambling on peoples life is the real sin and not the gambling itself. Gambling usually result to addiction that always cause problem in the family in terms of relation and money when the user is lose.

I have this kind of struggle too on my faith but I realized that you can’t have sin by doing gambling if you will do it moderately that you can’t your daily life or your family. I do casual bets on sportsbook and slots for a chance to increase my money and have fun but that’s it. I didn’t aim to become rich on gambling so that I can control myself on how much I can risk on gambling.

Investment is risky and also with the aim to become quick rick but how come it’s not wrong while it has same definition of the bible about avoiding to aim for quick rich or love of money.

In the Christian version of Haram, it's forbidden, forbidden if your end goal is to make money out of it and become your source of income and spend all your money here, but we all know Christians' outlook on gambling is very liberal if you go to the extreme it is considered a sin and it's forbidden to go extreme but if you treat it as entertainment and moderate it and treat it as a game then it is not considered a sin, as nowhere in the bible says that its a sin only when you take it to the extreme it becomes forbidden.

I grew up in a Catholic family(which is the prominent religion in my country) the religion considers gambling a sin but I know Christians also consider gambling as a sin. the funny thing is despite my family being "religious" they sure love gambling and even influenced their kids into gambling.

anyway, this kind of topic(regarding religion and gambling) has been talked about a lot here on this board.

if I were you I wouldn't worry about that. people here are usually pretty open to any discussion and if there is someone who is offended it is on them.

Come out of religious belief. What your religion will do with your losses and frustrating moments of gambling. If gambling is not prohibited in one religion means that religion followers are safe to consequences of gambling? I mean the gambling must be treated as sin by all the human because it is really injurious to our wealth and health. Do not mind about what your religion is saying about anything but approach things in scientific and by morale way; I am not talking about only gambling but all the aspects of human life.

If snake's venom is poisonous to human means why no religion things are not applied here? Similarly, something is harmful (proven by science or experience) then it is applicable to all human and not limited to religion facts.

(I am not atheist but I hate dividing people in the name religions).

Well, I can categorically tell you that gambling is a sin in Christianity if you know your Bible, the Bible does not have to categorically tell us that gambling is a sin, same way there are many sins in the world today that the Bible does not speak particularly of.

As a Christian, knowing how the Bible is written will help us understand many things which are hidden from the eyes, in the Bible, there are words that don't mean what your mind tell you they mean, God sometimes speak in parable, is up to us to use our brain to know the meaning..

Gambling overtime leads to loses and many other mishaps/sins like greed, addiction, stealing, envy, jealousy, hatred, loss of trust and faith in God etc.
How can a habit that leads to all those types of chief sins not be a sin in it self.?

Am still a gambler anyway, but I can't hide the truth solely because am a gambler, God will punish me if I do.

It is written in the bible that gambling could ruin one's reputation but as for me, such a thing could only happen if you're an irresponsible and undisciplined gambler. Money is the root of all evil but that could also happen if we fill our lives with greed and too much love of money to the extent that we're sinning just to have it. Gambling has all the temptations but if we have the right mindset and self-control, we can get rid of making mistakes and commiting sin because of it.

Brazil is a country of Christian majority, and the belief is that this is one of the main reasons why casinos are still banned there.

In fact, the Christian Bible does not say anything specifically about gambling, perhaps because it did not even exist at the time, however, it does say that we must be careful with our money and never be controlled by addiction. The bible also says that all money that is dishonestly earned is not pleasing to God.

The fact is that gambling is not a problem. There are many games of chance that can be played without using money, just for fun among friends or for some reason that is beneficial to someone or society (the church itself promotes games with real money).

The problem is in the intention that leads a person to play, because if it's for money:

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
1 Timothy 6:10

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I am a Christian, and our interpretations of the bible can be different. The bible doesn't mention all the things we consider as sin today. It did not openly condemn some activities, it also did not endorse some activities. What the bible preaches that I know is moderation. Personally the activity of gambling itself is not sin, the addiction to it is what I consider to be sin. The loss of self control to the extent that it begins to affect your decision making is what I consider sin.

I know that in Islam, gambling is unlawful and the majority of my friends who are devout Muslims have never gambled even the slightest bit.


it's good if you ask a question like this because of your ignorance of other religions so you don't make a bad opinion. I am a Christian and of course, Christianity prohibits gambling because of the huge impact that gambling will have on a person's personal and social life. I hope my answer satisfies your curiosity.

I think in every religion the fact that you want to make easy money by bypassing the norms which is to work 9-5 in every religion both in Islam,Christianity and Jewish religions is considered a sin.However I don't see nothing wrong in a person not wanting to work 9-5 and trying his luck by gambling to win a huge jackpot,this person though should know that chances are slim when you want to go out of the crowd that works 9-5,I also in church have never witnessed a priest who talks about gambling in general,I don't know about Jewish but I think it should be the same.

No one should be hurt in feeling as we live in free worlds,democracies and everybody is free to choose whatever he thinks is right for himself,of course in gambling he should know the bad consequences.

As a gambler loses his money against his will in gambling, it is a great loss for him . And all religions advise their followers to lead a healthy and beautiful life as you said earlier . And gambling makes a person unable to live his normal life.  For example, when a person becomes addicted to gambling, that person begins to deviate from his normal behavior and at one point he loses everything and becomes completely sober. So gambling is a bad addiction and a harmful place for people.  So I don't think any religion supports gambling as halal

you may need someone who can explain this elsewhere for example certain religious preachers for example on youtube, I'm not sure you will get a satisfactory answer in this forum, maybe to discuss it is no problem but if asked for good or bad income it depends on your own views , my religion also prohibits gambling, therefore I am not a gambling addict, only sometimes I often play gambling when there is extra money, that's all

we all know within our self that gambling is not something to be proud of but its now a way to show your success to friends though.
its not enjoyable to see yourself watching sports on tv without something to expect if your team won.

are we going to stop gambling if the bible and quran says gambling is forbidden?  lets just ask forgiveness after winning.  ;D

I think the matter of whether the act of gambling is a sin or not in the Judeo-Christian Faith lies on the fact that some Christians condone the act of gambling, as it is adjacent to the act of worshipping money, something that the Messiah entirely antagonized during one of his lessons. But some of these new-founded congregations seem to be lenient in the act of gambling and does not see it as a grave sin as it was back then. Anyhow, church leaders are tight-lipped in this matter, especially because if they say it's because money is the root of all evil, they'd make it as if they are outing themselves as evil organizations that profit from the pockets of their followers. So for the Judeo-Christian faith, there's really a complicated discussion for whether gambling is bad and should not be done.

Well, gambling itself is not, but greed is. Which means if you are gambling for a charity lets say, and if you lose your money it goes to charity, and if you win then it still goes to charity and that's it, then I am guessing that it is not going to be a sin, but if you gamble regularly like we do, for money, to earn money, that is greed and that is a sin.

There are 7 deadly sins as we all know and you could put many of them on gambling easily, which shows you that it is a sin. The act itself is not, the feeling of it when you commit the act is the real sin. This is why I am pretty sure that it is a sin in all known religious because it doesn't bring out the best in people, even if not the act, then the emotions.

If you were to follow that part you wouldn't invest in bitcoin, because I feel like we all do it for the love of money :D

IMO we shouldn't be limited by religion. It's role is to make us feel good about our human mistakes and downfalls. It's not meant to make us vulnerable and being afraid to offend GOD is making yourself vulnerable.
Therefore if anything is halal of haram it should only be considered a guidance, not a rule.

Gambling is not really condemned as a sin in Christians but as a Christian, the love of money and the attempts of getting rich quick is always discourage since it will lead to committing crimes in the long run. And since gambling focuses on money and how to gained more of it, so priests and pastors always discourage the people to stay away from gambling as it’s a clear manifestation for the love of money.

Any religion tries to protect people from all sorts of passions. Gambling, although not condemned, can lead a person to sin. A person overwhelmed by greed will not be able to stop in time in the game. This results in various kinds of crimes, whether it is the complete sale of one's property for the sake of continuing the game or an act associated with theft, and maybe even killing other people.
Therefore, all religions teach us meekness, patience, and prudence. I do not think that this list can include participation in gambling.

These are connections and it doesn't indicate gambling. Money is the root for all evils, because when people go behind money they get involved in all things that shouldn't be done. The verse from the book of Timothy fits for everything.

In John 2:16, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!” Does that mean he's against trading.

Of course I am also Muslim. Gambling is Haram in Mluslim Religion. Play gambling is a grave sin in Muslim religion. But I think in another religion like Christian or Jewish etc gambling also Haram and many people think that this is not a good thing who belong to other religion. So I think gambling is also sin in other religion.

To be honest, I don't want to talk about matters involving belief or religion because this is very sensitive. if you try to analyze it from the side of faith, it will not be in line with this discussion. and I think you already know the answer. in essence, if you want to live the Shari'a according to your beliefs. So, all you have to do is stay away from any restrictions that are against your beliefs and it's very simple.

but believe me, any excessive things will always be in conflict and are not recommended with any beliefs.
I don't need to explain it, because I think you can easily understand what I mean. in essence, faith is about the individual and we can not interfere with someone with what he believes.
IMO. if I refer to a belief, then gambling is not justified. however, in this era these types of bets have become part of modern entertainment. Regarding belief, it is a personal matter between me and my God.

It is true that there is no book in the bible that directly talks about gambling. The closest tjat can be said about the bible talking about gambling will be areas it talks about casting lot, covetousness or love for money. That is how we can say it is referred to in the bible because all that has the attribute as gambling which seeks to profit more in monetary term. This is why you do not get a true born again getting involved in gambling.

To be honest, I don't want to talk about this, because matters related to religion or beliefs would be very sensitive to discuss. If possible I would choose to ask questions directly to friends or people who have a religion or belief that will be asked. But OP has opened this topic and many have responded to the questions OP asked. I hope Op can find an answer to what was asked.

You can easily say that because maybe you are not one of them. Some people are very cantered in their religion because it was too sacred more than any other religions out there. People from other religions can betray their religion. It's easy for them to commit a crime and do other unwanted things that are against the bible. Other religion allows gambling but it will still depend on the government because some of them can ban it.

If you are among it then you are safe about the consequences of gambling. Nothing wrong with gambling as long as it is done properly or in moderation. If you play that way, you will only experience its benefits.

I don't see what to gain by discussing such topics and the religions associated with gambling. Any benefits?

If you don't know about other religions' approaches towards gambling, there's a Google search for that.

There will be no right and wrong argument here because we will only stand on what we believe is right. The discussion will just turn into a non-stop exchange of our own religious views. No need to technically put a discussion here related to that.

I'm a Christian but there are many Christian sects and denominations, as a rule, Christians do not support or allow gambling but there is a certain sect that allows it for entertainment purposes, it depends on their interpretation of the Bible and what their spiritual leader's stance, I am part of the Christian sect that does not support excessive gambling but our pastor reminds us that anything excess in gambling is bad and the love of money is the root of all evil, with this we should treat gambling as a form of entertainment.

There's no need to mention any religion, but I'm sure when it comes to an activity that could harm the person doing it, it would be considered a sin, but as far as I know haram is only synonymous with Islam, I apologize if I'm wrong but other religions would use the term sin more.
Gambling is often considered as an activity that can be destructive or detrimental although this is not 100% true because there are gamblers who can carry out their activities responsibly by only considering gambling as an activity for pleasure not for making money and being responsible for only using the money that is allocated for gambling.

Don't know what Jewish think about gambling or see it as sin or not but in some religions as you said Muslim it's treated as Sin because they found it as bad habit but it all depends on how you see it and if you are controlling yourself.The religion practices found it bad because in the early times people use to gamble a lot and due to it we have seen some wars happening and people losing money and family disturbance but in the modern age it as now entertainment for people but depends on gambler if he is having self control.But if you see it as bad following your religion you should stay away from it.

Personally, what you believe is a sin is what condemns you, so it's up to you on this subject matter. However, I can't say for Jews as I am a Christian, and frankly, no church or pastor/evangelist that is truly called by God would encourage you to gamble, yet Christians are still doing this as free will.

Furthermore, I've not seen a bible passage that condemns gambling, but the preachers of the gospel believe that Christians should shun what is addictive, just like alcohol taking and others. This is just the philosophy at which they condemn it.

Jesus Christ never said anything bad about gambling, and Judaism, like Christianity, doesn't oppose games of chance. So, gambling is not a sin, but greed is. "Don't be greedy", that's what religious people say. But it sounds familiar, innit? I keep encountering these very words on various gambling forums, including this one. Gamble for the sake of entertainment, nor for the purpose of profit. And entertainment is nowhere forbidden, neither in Bible nor in Quran.

Religion calls people to follow the righteous path only.  However, it is better for us all people of Islam to stay away from gambling and usury because in Islam these two words are mentioned the most in the Quran.  Here fiat is equivalent to usury because fiat is giving money rather than receiving it.  Quran tells people how to earn honestly and halal and haram are all mentioned in Quran.

yes you are right it's just that the OP asked in the wrong place sometimes not many people want to talk about religion in this forum maybe only a handful of people because of course it is sensitive even though we also know that in Islam there are Haram and Halal laws that must be obeyed and followed to be a good servant obedient to religion

The development of capitalism has slowed down in world history because of this verse. Similar ideas exist in other religions. The negative effect of religions on development and progress has also been for this reason. Otherwise, we know very well the contribution of the church and other religious people to science. Anyway, I don't want to confuse the subject.


Oh, those protestants! :) They have the ability to read the holy books as they wish. :)

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All religions are the teachings of the ancient world. Today's world is another world. We should evaluate the terminology of religions (haram and halal) together with the conditions of the old world. If we do this, everything becomes clearer and more understandable.

in essence all religions will teach what is best for their people and it all comes back to each of them whether gambling is a sin or not.
but for me gambling is just entertainment for some spare time and I also use money that I can afford to lose and not overdo it.
because what I know is that something in excess is not good in any religion.
the most important thing is not to steal or harm other people for the sake of gambling.

When gambling takes hold of you and you have no control over it at all, it might be viewed as a sinful act. No religion will ever support when someone disregards his sole duty as a family man to support and provide for the family just to gamble. Many that have spent their money elsewhere on a gaming house, have gotten addicted to it and lost focus on not taking full responsibility for their family's well-being.

If the entertainment weren't going to have a disastrous effect, it wouldn't be a problem in the long run. But we know that many people who have fallen into gambling do not know where the exit is. So, in the end, it will be a sin if they can't restrain their lust and get tempted by gambling. We humans are required to restrain our passions and not be easily tempted by worldliness. So if that happens, what do you think?

Will matter depend on your outlook on it since you can still commit a sin even if you didn't gamble. But as there's no bad effect you can gain with it I think this is fine and to many people still gamble whatever religion they are, what really most important is how you control yourself since if you are doing it in wrong way then this is how you can commit a big sin.

Scamming other people is Haram according to Islam, but I've seen many muslims scamming other people. I've seen muslims stealing and drinking alcohol.
Giving loans is also Haram, but there's the Islamic banking system called Mudarabah, where the act of giving a loan is bypassed in different ways.
When it comes to the Christian world, the religious rules have very little influence. The laws imposed by the government are more important than the teachings of the Bible or the rules set by the Christian church.
It's more important that gambling is considered legal(and regulated) in many countries around the world(many of them are Christian).
Gambling will always be viewed as something negative and dangerous by the religious people. That's their opinion. They have the right to express their opinions.

I see many people talking about this case and blaming Haram or Halal in different religions since I'm not someone who cares cares about the religions I don't care about being Haram or Halal and I think if someone is good and help you in your life no religion is against it unless the religion was change during all these years by people in the history and they say something is Haram if that's just against what they like, I saw many other cases like this in different religions and we cannot be sure even if the rules are changed by people during these years or not.

Everything is halal to save life.  So gambling is not haram for someone if gambling is his only source of income and he has no other way to live his life.  But gambling cannot be one's only source of income.  It is part of most people's enjoyment and a bad addiction for many . So each religion may have different hadiths for this but as a Muslim I can say according to our Qur'an that gambling is not halal for Muslims.

There are many things that shouldn't be related to religion because it will not tally with each other as many of these religions go against gambling but they won't be responsible for your poverty if you're suffering and yet fan accept your huge donation made from the gambling winnings you've made  as offerings, gambling is as good as it's intendd which is to give joy amd pleasure on gambler's faces as long as they don't involve any unethical dealings together with their gamblings.

I've read about: World Religions view on whether gambling is a sin. (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gamblingsites.org/blog/gambling-sin-worlds-religions-think/amp/),
from sources that I read all religions prohibit gambling and also according to Jewish or Christian priests.
Example:
•What is the Jewish view on gambling? (https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/604309/jewish/What-is-the-Jewish-view-on-gambling.htm)
• A BIBLICAL LOOK AT GAMBLING (https://www.focusonthefamily.com/family-qa/a-biblical-look-at-gambling/)

You can read and see basically gambling is prohibited by the priest of every religion that is officially registered with the government.

Conclusion: the practice of gambling is basically illegal, gambling can damage the morale of every gambling addict.

It's a good question so I won't worry about hurting feelings here. Some people are curious about their religions so asking is the only way to know it.
I don't think it's forbidden in the Christian religion, I am a Christ believer, but I have never read something about gambling in the Bible.
But there something about love of money, that we should think about and it's not just on gambling but in any businesses.
For some reason I don't see many people who doesn't care about money in this era anymore. So, I guess, we are already sinners just because of that, it makes you forget there's a God watching you.

Christian and Islamic teachings are not much different in terms of gambling, both of them strictly prohibit it because it can cause other negative effects on someone

I personally am not too deep into the teachings of my religion (I am a Christian), but I gamble with low intensity and also with small capital, so I think it will be fine for me

When you come to education and related to gamblling and religion, the understanding is one or same method of transmission of knowledge from my understanding, i do understand that education don't have to anything with religion but people misunderstood it with their theory. Gambling is something that have to do with your strategies of understanding the methods or the measure you can use to understand gamblling from your ways.

Well, according to Islam, gambling disassociates people from Allah's way. For instance, when a gambler is determined to play and the time for prayer comes, he wouldn't want to stand up even when it is time for prayers, which is why it is prohibited. However, I believe that gambling was different in the past compared to how it is now. I'm not trying to modernize Muslims, I just think that their practices were different.

I'm a fan of the sport, it will only take me a few minutes to place my bets with a bookmaker following after analysis. After that, whatever happens, is out of my control, and I don't believe it will have an impact on my salat or prayers. Qatar hosted the World Cup this year despite the fact that they are an Islamic nation, even though they are aware that it will encourage gambling, it should be seen as entertainment rather than a sin.

According to Islam, gambling is absolutely forbidden.  It is clearly written in the Qur'an of Islam that you, mankind, earn and eat lawfully and try to live honestly.  But here gambling or casino is very much prohibited according to Islam but if you lend money and take more than you need then such transaction is prohibited according to Islam instead which goes towards haram.  But what we are doing is against Islam because we trade, invest, hold etc. will be legal.

During my research on religions, I learned that gambling is not strictly prohibited in Christianity, but the love of money is described as something to be avoided. In fact, all religions enjoin good and forbid evil. We have to decide from our personal experience whether gambling is a good or a bad thing. If gambling hurts us and our families, I think we shouldn't gamble. We should not gamble with money that should meet our family's food needs. However, if we can control our own limits when gambling, I think it should be okay to gamble. Having fun is also a good activity. If we consider gambling as a fun activity, there will be no problem in my opinion.

It should be a case of individual's standard instead. Religious Leaders too compound their teachings as well, selling out misinterpreted version of which ever religion the represent. If one has to avoid gambling because of religion let is based on what they have researched for themselves and seen enough evidence that their religion is against it other than sit back and wait for a leader make interpretations that could be misinterpreted and misquoted.

The bible never mentioned gambling to be a sin but what most believers don't accept in gambling is betting excessively,  without self controlling,  to some believers it seems to be indecent lifestyle to their faith of believe.

As long you don't love money and don't put it above everything else it's fine to gamble. Balance is needed in everyone's lives. We need money to thrive and achieve a better confortable life. There is no crime or sin in aiming this goal, but we can't sacrifice our values in order to conquer wealthy. That would mean putting money above everything, what is the real sin accordingly to The Bible. Unfortunatelly that is what many people do and end paying a bitter price because of their actions later.

You do not give us a backup in your scripture because gambling have a way that you perform it and it became a full sin that is well known, gamblling is a sin when you have no plan about it or when someone have trying to steal because of gambling, because gamblling from my society people do not regards gambling from what i have noted, so gambling is good for people that is working class and they do gamble as form of leisure.