Not at all - my bookie has got christianity winning the right/wrong race at 10 to 1. :-)

This is one of the grey areas where you have to come to a decision for yourself. It has a similar answer to "should a christian smoke/take drugs/smoke marijuana" etc There is no yes or no answer to this in the Bible as per adultery, stealing etc There are, however, principles of behaviour in the Bible, which might give you some guidance. 1. Our purpose on this earth is to glorify God. Does gambling glorify Him or just please ourself? 2.We ought to be self-controlled. That is one of the gifts of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22) Do we have self-control when we gamble, or are we out of control? 3. The Bible talks about drunkenness being a sin (also Galatians 5 , the verse before the one above) because of the bad behaviour associated with it. Gamblers often also behave badly. Is this a good thing for a Christian? Even if it is only a possibility. 4. The Bible says that we are stewards of God's riches. 1Corinthians 4 1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. 2Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. Even though the verses in question do not deal specifically with money, the principle is the same. Are we wasting what God has given us? How best can we use the money entrusted to us by God, to further HIs kingdom? Is our use of the money loaned to us by Him glorifying? 5. We must not cause others to stumble. If there are those around whose faith will be shaken if they see you gambling, then is this glorifying? It is the same thing with alcohol or any other substance that can be abused (even food!) One last thing to consider is: can I do without gambling? If I can't, why not? Same with alcohol, same with Big Macs or whatever. If God is most important in our lives, we should be focussing on what glorifies him, even if it means giving something up.

no christianity is against gambling

I hope not because I'm a Christian but I LOVE Vegas, Reno, AC & any other place with casinos

Read where HE went into HIS FATHER"S HOUSE and overturned the tables. We risk our money and we risk our souls...

I have heard the reason it is not a good thing to do is because it promotes coveting after something that does not belong to you

i believe it is!

Yes. My 2 cents.

God wants us to be a good steward of the money he gives us. We make a living and he has blest us in health to make that money. When we gamble we actually throw it away and I think that is not really being responsible for what he gives us.

I think it is! Not that it doesn't stop many of em from doing it though =).

I dunno if most gamblers care about religious denomination. If they're for Christianity or against it, it doesn't seem to make any difference to them at all! ;-)

I guess the easiest verse would be "I am the Lord your God... Worship no god but me... Do not bow down to any idol or worship it..." Exodus 20:1-5. If the heart desires money, alcohol, sex, drugs, etc. over God, then it is a worship of a false idol. Can money provide fulfillment? Is blowing dough on a machine a a sign of self control? Also: "It is what comes out of a person that makes him unclean. For from the inside, from a person's heart, come the evil ideas which lead him to do immoral things, to rob, kill, commit adultery, be greedy, and do all sorts of evil things; deceit, indecency, jealousy, slander, pride and folly..." Mark 7:20-22 Greed and deceit are at the core of gambling, and are powerful at contorting the soul.

We should be good stewards of the money God gives us. Throwing it away on a "bet" is probably not what God would call good.