Evaluation:
Published: 24.09.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'In Defense of Gambling', 1.
  • Essays 'In Defense of Gambling', 2.
Extract

A curious thing about gambling in America is that it is extremely popular, yet has a bad reputation--and I don't mean the unsavory way in which gambling licenses are awarded . I am talking about the moral realm, as witnessed in the clucking over William Bennett's expensive habit. Casinoland's high rollers are perceived as inhabiting a zone somewhere between immoral and diseased, and have great difficulty defending themselves. Yet in their own lives most Americans demand ever more gambling opportunities.…

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