Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by akphilip99(m): 7:22am On Oct 09, 2019 |
sheffy87: Sweet win tonight again
B93ateprrrqsa-1188026
79k won
Congratulations man,,, more green to you always. 1 Like |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Fucklove(m): 7:40am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Yellowgarri: do you still need it? so sorry my phone went off. Ma nepa No bro. Thanks |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Fucklove(m): 7:46am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Frankiss44:
If you nor beg you go die? You be amajiri for your former life? Even when people dey sleep you dey beg.. Na to find plate for you na remain oh ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) 1 Like |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Yellowgarri: 8:01am On Oct 09, 2019 |
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Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Lordsnipper: 8:19am On Oct 09, 2019 |
yehmy: see sense of entitlement FUU I agree, but one day all this rubbish will end. I am just saying my feelings. I rather he told me no than give me false promise in a bid to entertain himself |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Lordsnipper: 8:20am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Zontage:
Childish! Dude was using me to have fun rather than him to tell me no hence the outburst. So no regrets brother |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Nobody: 8:41am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Chiefheywhy: STARTS 10TH AND ENDS ON THE 13TH.
2118 European Championship, Qualification
Poland - North Macedonia
1 1.32
1268 European Championship, Qualification
Norway - Spain
2 1.52
1747 European Championship, Qualification
Iceland - France
2 1.47
1271 International Friendly Games
Venezuela - Bolivia
1 1.43
2105 European Championship, Qualification
Hungary - Azerbaijan
1 1.24
1800 European Championship, Qualification
Liechtenstein - Armenia
2 1.25
8191 International Friendly Games
Brazil - Senegal
1 1.40
1743 European Championship, Qualification
Czech Republic - England
2 1.44
3123 European Championship, Qualification
Croatia - Hungary
1 1.35
1764 European Championship, Qualification
Faroe Islands - Romania
2 1.23
2704 European Championship, Qualification
Russia - Scotland
1 1.52
1746 European Championship, Qualification
Turkey - Albania
1 1.45
1918 World Cup Qualification, AFC
Kyrgyzstan - Myanmar
1 1.38
1744 European Championship, Qualification
Portugal - Luxembourg
Over(2.5) 1.30
1288 European Championship, Qualification
Malta - Sweden
Over(2.5) 1.48
2104 European Championship, Qualification
Belarus - Netherlands
Over(2.5) 1.52
1435 World Cup Qualification, AFC
United Arab Emirates - Indonesia
Over(2.5) 1.44
1046 European Championship, Qualification
Ukraine - Lithuania
(0:1) 1 H 1.28
1801 European Championship, Qualification
Italy - Greece
(0:1) 1 H 1.62
3093 European Championship, Qualification
Netherlands - Northern Ireland
(0:1) 1 H 1.53
Total Odds : 889.30
Stake : N350
Win(Bonus inclusive) : 560,261
BOOKING : Z3XZPJF2
GOODLUCK!
BBNAIJA don finish u don get time for bet abi |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by iykofias(m): 8:50am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Bahrain - Azerbaijan
X/X 4.30 |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by chidiezeh(m): 8:52am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Punter: *checks H2H and last 5 matches*
2-0 0-1 3-0 0-0 1-0
Punter: *Picks No Goal-Goal*
First Half 23mins' - 2-1 12 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by losprince(m): 8:59am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Z3XYZVFQ |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Nobody: 9:02am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Good morning my people How you doing Are you feeling ookaaay? Still your boi locust, Ex chairman, Board of crumbees. When I remember how my throne was usurped, I shake my head violently. To think he wasn't even remorseful ![undecided](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/undecided.png) 1 Like |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Nobody: 9:29am On Oct 09, 2019 |
losprince: Z3XYZVFQ Based on research? To U0.5 B917ATESQAWRPC-5832761 at 13 odds ...betting is evil |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by colyx1(m): 9:38am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Tolu121: Colyx1 drop coupon code
We don't need booking number
We don't trust you B957ATESSTCWAP-1548442 ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Imustreturn(m): 9:42am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Fund your bet accounts.
Legit funder noni |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Shezkid: 9:50am On Oct 09, 2019 |
chidiezeh: Punter: *checks H2H and last 5 matches*
2-0 0-1 3-0 0-0 1-0
Punter: *Picks No Goal-Goal*
First Half 23mins' - 2-1 #Copied 1 Like |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by yehmy(m): 9:50am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Lordsnipper:
I agree, but one day all this rubbish will end. I am just saying my feelings. I rather he told me no than give me false promise in a bid to entertain himself You don't know if he had better plans for you that night |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Cocolatti(m): 10:01am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Tolu121: how can greece win Italy? That's Handicap betting, that 0:1 you saw means he's giving Greece one goal ahead. This means that Italy will beat Greece by 2 goals or more |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by losprince(m): 10:02am On Oct 09, 2019 |
makeitsoon:
Based on research?
To U0.5 B917ATESQAWRPC-5832761 at 13 odds
...betting is evil I looked at the stats if that counts ![undecided](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/undecided.png) I like your approach good luck. ![cool](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cool.png) |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by BLWeb: 10:10am On Oct 09, 2019 |
losprince:
I looked at the stats if that counts I like your approach good luck. ![cool](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cool.png) betting is disastrous, one day at a time. |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by BLWeb: 10:20am On Oct 09, 2019 |
There are at least five reasons why our Church leaders have urged us to avoid gambling and to fight this evil practice in our communities.
First, gambling weakens the ethics of work, industry, thrift, and service—the foundation of national prosperity—by holding out the seductive lure of something for nothing. By the same token, gambling encourages idleness, with all of its resulting bad effects for society.
President Joseph F. Smith, sixth president of the Church, gave this emphasis to the importance of the ethic of work in the gospel of Jesus Christ:
“We do not feel that it is possible for men to be really good and faithful Christian people unless they can also be good, faithful, honest and industrious people. Therefore, we preach the gospel of economy, the gospel of sobriety. We preach that the idler shall not eat the bread of the laborer, and that the idler is not entitled to an inheritance in Zion.”6
President Stephen L Richards of the First Presidency (1879–1959) said that gambling “proceeds upon the assumption that one has to lose for another to gain.” He then declared that the element of chance in gambling leads those who indulge in it to believe that chance is the controlling and dominant influence in life. “And so obsessed do some people become with it that they cannot contemplate or think of any other way in which to increase their means and their income except by taking the chance that gambling affords.”7
A second evil of gambling is that it promotes greed and covetousness and inevitably involves and encourages the base practice of overreaching and taking from one’s neighbor. A Methodist minister, Lycurgus M. Starkey, Jr., of the St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri, concluded an attack on gambling with words that every Latter-day Saint should recognize as familiar doctrine:
“The good Christian’s love of neighbor will stand against every practice which hinders the growth of the human spirit toward the likeness of Christ or which breaks down the structures of justice in society. The Christian will himself refrain from gambling and from publicly endorsing it in any form, realizing that gambling is detrimental to the purpose of life as revealed in Jesus Christ.”8
A third evil of gambling is its tendency to corrupt the participant. We are all familiar with cases in which trusted employees have ruined their lives and brought disgrace and tragedy upon themselves and their families by stealing their employer’s money. All too often the sordid story is traceable to a desperate attempt to pay gambling debts or to finance further gambling activities.
The temptations of the gambler are such that persons in responsible positions in government and private industry will not hire or retain as employees those who are known to gamble. In recounting the undesirable side effects of gambling, mention must also be made of the fact that gambling is often accompanied by indulgence in alcohol and other vices.
A fourth disadvantage, one cited by persons not concerned with the moral effects of gambling, is the extraordinary waste of time involved in it. Those who while away their hours gambling frequently do so to the neglect of family and work.
Time wasted in gambling becomes more significant when we reflect that many persons who indulge in gambling become addicted to it. The late Elder Richard L. Evans of the Council of the Twelve (1906–1971) made this statement:
“The spirit of gambling is a progressive thing. Usually it begins modestly; and then, like many other hazardous habits, it often grows beyond control. At best it wastes time and produces nothing. At worst it becomes a ruinous obsession and fosters false living by encouraging the futile belief that we can continually get something for nothing.”9
The fifth and final condemnation of gambling follows from other disadvantages already discussed. Whenever we as Latter-day Saints engage in any kind of conduct that is inconsistent with the companionship of the Spirit of the Lord, we pay an enormous price. Left without the sustaining influence of that Spirit, we are vulnerable to temptation, prone to criticize, and subject to being tossed to and fro and buffeted by the forces of the world and the works of the evil one.
There can be no question that gambling dulls the spiritual sensitivities of those who participate in it. In that terrible effect we may identify gambling’s most far-reaching and evil influence. Elder John A. Widtsoe of the Council of the Twelve (1872–1952) gave vivid expression to this thought:
“They who gamble, who walk with chance, suffer degeneration of character; they become spiritually flabby; they end as enemies of a wholesome society. A gambling den, however beautifully housed, is the ugliest place on earth. The tense participants live in a silence broken only, over the tables, by the swish of the wings of darkness. There is an ever-present brooding spirit of horror of an unknown evil. It is the devil’s own home.”10
What I have said about gambling should be understood to include playing cards for money, betting on horses and athletic contests (including office pools on the world series), casino gambling in all its forms, lotteries, raffles, bingo for money, and dice.
I further suggest that the same spirit of gambling, the same reckless wagering on the chance turn of events, characterizes some forms of investments. The same evils that attend a throw of the dice for money can attend the person who casually puts his money on a highly speculative stock or commodity investment. I know of no better test in this area than that suggested by President Joseph F. Smith, who remarked:
“The element of chance enters very largely into everything we undertake, and it should be remembered that the spirit in which we do things decides very largely whether we are gambling or are entering into legitimate business enterprises.”11 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by adudu208(m): 10:21am On Oct 09, 2019 |
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Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by greenalwaz: 10:27am On Oct 09, 2019 |
BLWeb: There are at least five reasons why our Church leaders have urged us to avoid gambling and to fight this evil practice in our communities.
First, gambling weakens the ethics of work, industry, thrift, and service—the foundation of national prosperity—by holding out the seductive lure of something for nothing. By the same token, gambling encourages idleness, with all of its resulting bad effects for society.
President Joseph F. Smith, sixth president of the Church, gave this emphasis to the importance of the ethic of work in the gospel of Jesus Christ:
“We do not feel that it is possible for men to be really good and faithful Christian people unless they can also be good, faithful, honest and industrious people. Therefore, we preach the gospel of economy, the gospel of sobriety. We preach that the idler shall not eat the bread of the laborer, and that the idler is not entitled to an inheritance in Zion.”6
President Stephen L Richards of the First Presidency (1879–1959) said that gambling “proceeds upon the assumption that one has to lose for another to gain.” He then declared that the element of chance in gambling leads those who indulge in it to believe that chance is the controlling and dominant influence in life. “And so obsessed do some people become with it that they cannot contemplate or think of any other way in which to increase their means and their income except by taking the chance that gambling affords.”7
A second evil of gambling is that it promotes greed and covetousness and inevitably involves and encourages the base practice of overreaching and taking from one’s neighbor. A Methodist minister, Lycurgus M. Starkey, Jr., of the St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri, concluded an attack on gambling with words that every Latter-day Saint should recognize as familiar doctrine:
“The good Christian’s love of neighbor will stand against every practice which hinders the growth of the human spirit toward the likeness of Christ or which breaks down the structures of justice in society. The Christian will himself refrain from gambling and from publicly endorsing it in any form, realizing that gambling is detrimental to the purpose of life as revealed in Jesus Christ.”8
A third evil of gambling is its tendency to corrupt the participant. We are all familiar with cases in which trusted employees have ruined their lives and brought disgrace and tragedy upon themselves and their families by stealing their employer’s money. All too often the sordid story is traceable to a desperate attempt to pay gambling debts or to finance further gambling activities.
The temptations of the gambler are such that persons in responsible positions in government and private industry will not hire or retain as employees those who are known to gamble. In recounting the undesirable side effects of gambling, mention must also be made of the fact that gambling is often accompanied by indulgence in alcohol and other vices.
A fourth disadvantage, one cited by persons not concerned with the moral effects of gambling, is the extraordinary waste of time involved in it. Those who while away their hours gambling frequently do so to the neglect of family and work.
Time wasted in gambling becomes more significant when we reflect that many persons who indulge in gambling become addicted to it. The late Elder Richard L. Evans of the Council of the Twelve (1906–1971) made this statement:
“The spirit of gambling is a progressive thing. Usually it begins modestly; and then, like many other hazardous habits, it often grows beyond control. At best it wastes time and produces nothing. At worst it becomes a ruinous obsession and fosters false living by encouraging the futile belief that we can continually get something for nothing.”9
The fifth and final condemnation of gambling follows from other disadvantages already discussed. Whenever we as Latter-day Saints engage in any kind of conduct that is inconsistent with the companionship of the Spirit of the Lord, we pay an enormous price. Left without the sustaining influence of that Spirit, we are vulnerable to temptation, prone to criticize, and subject to being tossed to and fro and buffeted by the forces of the world and the works of the evil one.
There can be no question that gambling dulls the spiritual sensitivities of those who participate in it. In that terrible effect we may identify gambling’s most far-reaching and evil influence. Elder John A. Widtsoe of the Council of the Twelve (1872–1952) gave vivid expression to this thought:
“They who gamble, who walk with chance, suffer degeneration of character; they become spiritually flabby; they end as enemies of a wholesome society. A gambling den, however beautifully housed, is the ugliest place on earth. The tense participants live in a silence broken only, over the tables, by the swish of the wings of darkness. There is an ever-present brooding spirit of horror of an unknown evil. It is the devil’s own home.”10
What I have said about gambling should be understood to include playing cards for money, betting on horses and athletic contests (including office pools on the world series), casino gambling in all its forms, lotteries, raffles, bingo for money, and dice.
I further suggest that the same spirit of gambling, the same reckless wagering on the chance turn of events, characterizes some forms of investments. The same evils that attend a throw of the dice for money can attend the person who casually puts his money on a highly speculative stock or commodity investment. I know of no better test in this area than that suggested by President Joseph F. Smith, who remarked:
“The element of chance enters very largely into everything we undertake, and it should be remembered that the spirit in which we do things decides very largely whether we are gambling or are entering into legitimate business enterprises.”11 Interesting, thks |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by psalmurai(m): 10:28am On Oct 09, 2019 |
67'Kaya - Mendiola FC 1991 4:1 inplay
Play over 7.5 1.7 odd
Philippine |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Yemike(m): 10:28am On Oct 09, 2019 |
BLWeb: There are at least five reasons why our Church leaders have urged us to avoid gambling and to fight this evil practice in our communities.
First, gambling weakens the ethics of work, industry, thrift, and service—the foundation of national prosperity—by holding out the seductive lure of something for nothing. By the same token, gambling encourages idleness, with all of its resulting bad effects for society.
President Joseph F. Smith, sixth president of the Church, gave this emphasis to the importance of the ethic of work in the gospel of Jesus Christ:
“We do not feel that it is possible for men to be really good and faithful Christian people unless they can also be good, faithful, honest and industrious people. Therefore, we preach the gospel of economy, the gospel of sobriety. We preach that the idler shall not eat the bread of the laborer, and that the idler is not entitled to an inheritance in Zion.”6
President Stephen L Richards of the First Presidency (1879–1959) said that gambling “proceeds upon the assumption that one has to lose for another to gain.” He then declared that the element of chance in gambling leads those who indulge in it to believe that chance is the controlling and dominant influence in life. “And so obsessed do some people become with it that they cannot contemplate or think of any other way in which to increase their means and their income except by taking the chance that gambling affords.”7
A second evil of gambling is that it promotes greed and covetousness and inevitably involves and encourages the base practice of overreaching and taking from one’s neighbor. A Methodist minister, Lycurgus M. Starkey, Jr., of the St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri, concluded an attack on gambling with words that every Latter-day Saint should recognize as familiar doctrine:
“The good Christian’s love of neighbor will stand against every practice which hinders the growth of the human spirit toward the likeness of Christ or which breaks down the structures of justice in society. The Christian will himself refrain from gambling and from publicly endorsing it in any form, realizing that gambling is detrimental to the purpose of life as revealed in Jesus Christ.”8
A third evil of gambling is its tendency to corrupt the participant. We are all familiar with cases in which trusted employees have ruined their lives and brought disgrace and tragedy upon themselves and their families by stealing their employer’s money. All too often the sordid story is traceable to a desperate attempt to pay gambling debts or to finance further gambling activities.
The temptations of the gambler are such that persons in responsible positions in government and private industry will not hire or retain as employees those who are known to gamble. In recounting the undesirable side effects of gambling, mention must also be made of the fact that gambling is often accompanied by indulgence in alcohol and other vices.
A fourth disadvantage, one cited by persons not concerned with the moral effects of gambling, is the extraordinary waste of time involved in it. Those who while away their hours gambling frequently do so to the neglect of family and work.
Time wasted in gambling becomes more significant when we reflect that many persons who indulge in gambling become addicted to it. The late Elder Richard L. Evans of the Council of the Twelve (1906–1971) made this statement:
“The spirit of gambling is a progressive thing. Usually it begins modestly; and then, like many other hazardous habits, it often grows beyond control. At best it wastes time and produces nothing. At worst it becomes a ruinous obsession and fosters false living by encouraging the futile belief that we can continually get something for nothing.”9
The fifth and final condemnation of gambling follows from other disadvantages already discussed. Whenever we as Latter-day Saints engage in any kind of conduct that is inconsistent with the companionship of the Spirit of the Lord, we pay an enormous price. Left without the sustaining influence of that Spirit, we are vulnerable to temptation, prone to criticize, and subject to being tossed to and fro and buffeted by the forces of the world and the works of the evil one.
There can be no question that gambling dulls the spiritual sensitivities of those who participate in it. In that terrible effect we may identify gambling’s most far-reaching and evil influence. Elder John A. Widtsoe of the Council of the Twelve (1872–1952) gave vivid expression to this thought:
“They who gamble, who walk with chance, suffer degeneration of character; they become spiritually flabby; they end as enemies of a wholesome society. A gambling den, however beautifully housed, is the ugliest place on earth. The tense participants live in a silence broken only, over the tables, by the swish of the wings of darkness. There is an ever-present brooding spirit of horror of an unknown evil. It is the devil’s own home.”10
What I have said about gambling should be understood to include playing cards for money, betting on horses and athletic contests (including office pools on the world series), casino gambling in all its forms, lotteries, raffles, bingo for money, and dice.
I further suggest that the same spirit of gambling, the same reckless wagering on the chance turn of events, characterizes some forms of investments. The same evils that attend a throw of the dice for money can attend the person who casually puts his money on a highly speculative stock or commodity investment. I know of no better test in this area than that suggested by President Joseph F. Smith, who remarked:
“The element of chance enters very largely into everything we undertake, and it should be remembered that the spirit in which we do things decides very largely whether we are gambling or are entering into legitimate business enterprises.”11 Are you done? Even God and Satan dey gamble on top our lives. 3 Likes |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Nobody: 10:38am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Fucklove: Botafogo vs figueirense.
X was 2.93
Away got penalty and missed to make sure the fixed game click. Stupid league
I watched the match. He blew the penalty kick into throw-in. E pain me o |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by eunisam: 10:43am On Oct 09, 2019 |
ihedioramma: Please give me code of this game i can't bet it . Are you on facebook? No sir. Search around you will see my number then whatsapp me to join the 49million project. Everything is free. |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Fucklove(m): 10:52am On Oct 09, 2019 |
locust:
I watched the match. He blew the penalty kick into throw-in. E pain me o The match was fixed |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by KAPOVee: 11:17am On Oct 09, 2019 |
iykofias: Bahrain - Azerbaijan X/X 4.30
Confidence level? |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by SanLorrenzo(m): 11:28am On Oct 09, 2019 |
eunisam:
No sir.
Search around you will see my number then whatsapp me to join the 49million project. Everything is free. Whatsapp link pls |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Lordsnipper: 11:29am On Oct 09, 2019 |
yehmy: You don't know if he had better plans for you that night Well that's a lesson learnt,my ATM has problems that's why I actually begged.we will all be millionaires in the end |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by wiseone28: 11:36am On Oct 09, 2019 |
[s] BLWeb: There are at least five reasons why our Church leaders have urged us to avoid gambling and to fight this evil practice in our communities.
First, gambling weakens the ethics of work, industry, thrift, and service—the foundation of national prosperity—by holding out the seductive lure of something for nothing. By the same token, gambling encourages idleness, with all of its resulting bad effects for society.
President Joseph F. Smith, sixth president of the Church, gave this emphasis to the importance of the ethic of work in the gospel of Jesus Christ:
“We do not feel that it is possible for men to be really good and faithful Christian people unless they can also be good, faithful, honest and industrious people. Therefore, we preach the gospel of economy, the gospel of sobriety. We preach that the idler shall not eat the bread of the laborer, and that the idler is not entitled to an inheritance in Zion.”6
President Stephen L Richards of the First Presidency (1879–1959) said that gambling “proceeds upon the assumption that one has to lose for another to gain.” He then declared that the element of chance in gambling leads those who indulge in it to believe that chance is the controlling and dominant influence in life. “And so obsessed do some people become with it that they cannot contemplate or think of any other way in which to increase their means and their income except by taking the chance that gambling affords.”7
A second evil of gambling is that it promotes greed and covetousness and inevitably involves and encourages the base practice of overreaching and taking from one’s neighbor. A Methodist minister, Lycurgus M. Starkey, Jr., of the St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri, concluded an attack on gambling with words that every Latter-day Saint should recognize as familiar doctrine:
“The good Christian’s love of neighbor will stand against every practice which hinders the growth of the human spirit toward the likeness of Christ or which breaks down the structures of justice in society. The Christian will himself refrain from gambling and from publicly endorsing it in any form, realizing that gambling is detrimental to the purpose of life as revealed in Jesus Christ.”8
A third evil of gambling is its tendency to corrupt the participant. We are all familiar with cases in which trusted employees have ruined their lives and brought disgrace and tragedy upon themselves and their families by stealing their employer’s money. All too often the sordid story is traceable to a desperate attempt to pay gambling debts or to finance further gambling activities.
The temptations of the gambler are such that persons in responsible positions in government and private industry will not hire or retain as employees those who are known to gamble. In recounting the undesirable side effects of gambling, mention must also be made of the fact that gambling is often accompanied by indulgence in alcohol and other vices.
A fourth disadvantage, one cited by persons not concerned with the moral effects of gambling, is the extraordinary waste of time involved in it. Those who while away their hours gambling frequently do so to the neglect of family and work.
Time wasted in gambling becomes more significant when we reflect that many persons who indulge in gambling become addicted to it. The late Elder Richard L. Evans of the Council of the Twelve (1906–1971) made this statement:
“The spirit of gambling is a progressive thing. Usually it begins modestly; and then, like many other hazardous habits, it often grows beyond control. At best it wastes time and produces nothing. At worst it becomes a ruinous obsession and fosters false living by encouraging the futile belief that we can continually get something for nothing.”9
The fifth and final condemnation of gambling follows from other disadvantages already discussed. Whenever we as Latter-day Saints engage in any kind of conduct that is inconsistent with the companionship of the Spirit of the Lord, we pay an enormous price. Left without the sustaining influence of that Spirit, we are vulnerable to temptation, prone to criticize, and subject to being tossed to and fro and buffeted by the forces of the world and the works of the evil one.
There can be no question that gambling dulls the spiritual sensitivities of those who participate in it. In that terrible effect we may identify gambling’s most far-reaching and evil influence. Elder John A. Widtsoe of the Council of the Twelve (1872–1952) gave vivid expression to this thought:
“They who gamble, who walk with chance, suffer degeneration of character; they become spiritually flabby; they end as enemies of a wholesome society. A gambling den, however beautifully housed, is the ugliest place on earth. The tense participants live in a silence broken only, over the tables, by the swish of the wings of darkness. There is an ever-present brooding spirit of horror of an unknown evil. It is the devil’s own home.”10
What I have said about gambling should be understood to include playing cards for money, betting on horses and athletic contests (including office pools on the world series), casino gambling in all its forms, lotteries, raffles, bingo for money, and dice.
I further suggest that the same spirit of gambling, the same reckless wagering on the chance turn of events, characterizes some forms of investments. The same evils that attend a throw of the dice for money can attend the person who casually puts his money on a highly speculative stock or commodity investment. I know of no better test in this area than that suggested by President Joseph F. Smith, who remarked:
“The element of chance enters very largely into everything we undertake, and it should be remembered that the spirit in which we do things decides very largely whether we are gambling or are entering into legitimate business enterprises.”11 [/s] provide good jobs you will see gambling reduced 1 Like |
Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 13 by Fucklove(m): 11:57am On Oct 09, 2019 |
Played Goffin david win agaisnt kukushkin but it's like kukushin reitred. What will happen to the bet please? Will it be settled as won and lastly, cashout is no longer showing on that ticket again. Thanks |