From: Paul Duca 

in article p593031jq73thl4lgqmr343mbednkv1qes{at}4ax.com, duke at
duckgumbo32{at}cox.net wrote on 3/21/07 5:37 PM:

> On 21 Mar 2007 08:52:20 -0700, "Liam Too"
 wrote:
>
>> 1. Is staking money, knowingly taking the risk of losing it as in
>> gambling, a sin? (Examples are "tounament chess",
"tournament poker",
>> "bridge with entry fees", "bingo", "life,
health and property
>> insurance", "futures market", "stock
market", you name it.)
>>
>> 2. What is your definition of gambling?
>>
>> 3. What is your favorite gambling?
>
> Gambling is not a sin.  When anything, such as gambling or alcohol or food
for
> that matter, so totally consumes someone that they completely disregard their
> responsibilities to family and it becomes a detriment to them and their
needs,
> etc, then it becomes a sin.
>



        Besides, bingo is the only thing that keeps many parishes going...


Paul

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