gambling
Why faith leaders lost the battle against online sports betting
By Bob Smietana — February 5, 2024
(RNS) — Legalized sports gambling now represents billions of dollars. Faith leaders in the few holdout states know the odds are against stopping it.
The Hanukkah dreidel and America’s gambling problem
By Joshua Hammerman — December 15, 2022
(RNS) — Religious institutions were not prepared for the gambling explosion. We need to catch up.
Priest says he gambled $380K raised for Iraqi refugees
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 29, 2016
(RNS) The Canadian priest confessed that funds for sponsoring mideast refugees had instead vanished in vice, his bishop told the Toronto Star.
Sports gambling gets a moral pass from most Americans
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 22, 2016
(RNS) But Americans have contradictory views: Most say wagering on sports is not immoral, but nearly half say it should be illegal.
Wagering on a new pope? You bet!
By Natalie DiBlasio — March 1, 2013
(RNS) Betting on the new pope takes off internationally, including "Sweet Sistine" brackets.
What won, what lost on 2012 state ballot measures
By Jeanie Groh — November 7, 2012
(RNS) Here's a quick tour of selected state ballot measures from the 2012 elections. By Jeanie Groh.
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