Gambling in the lakes region?

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by jrc

The state will let you put $100 in a slot machine to win a $5 stuffed animal, but if you have a chance to win the $100 back that's illegal?

At the risk of getting massively off-topic, 99% (maybe 100%) of these "vice" laws exist to protect people from themselves, passed by politicians who believe they are the sole keepers of societies morals.

Of course, on the flip side, look at the mess people get themselves into with the gambling that IS legal (stock market, housing market, etc.).

I have to admit, I'm a big fan of Darwinism type politics. I don't really believe in saving the weak from themselves, and think that prostitution, marijuana, gambling, and a host of other currently-illegal things (that I have no personal interest in participating) should be legalized...