Charitable Gambling

by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
July 28, 2006

What is a charitable gambling?

A lot of people like to gamble for charity. In this charitable gambling, a large percentage of money and sometimes whole of the money won by the gamblers are given in the charity for the religious, social or educational purposes. Every person cannot conduct the charitable gambling. a special licence is required to organize charitable gambling. Licence are generally given to the charitable, religious, veterans, or other nonprofit organizations, if it has at least 15 active members and has been in existence for at least three years. Lawful Gambling Control Board regulates charitable gambling, which is a seven-member organization. It not only licenses these organizations but also makes rules for the conduct of gambling.  It is a good cause and a lot of amateur gamblers attend these charitable gambling. In this way the gambler can have the fun of gambling with the noble cause of gabling. Anybody can gamble in the charitable gambling, whenever these institutions invite charitable gambling.

Rules of charitable gambling

There some rules and regulations fixed by the lawful gambling control board for the charitable gambling to prevent the misuse of the charity gambling for the profit motive. Some of the major rules are that players must be atleast 18 years old, charitable gambling must be supervised by a gambling manager appointed by the organization. The checks and credit cards cannot be used in the charitable gambling. The other important rules include odds and house rules must be posted on the premise and gambling workers must be registered with the board and may not gamble at sites where they are working. The last rule has some exceptions.

Is it unethical to raise fund from gambling

There is big debate on the issue whether it is ethical to raise fund from the gambling or not. The gambling is considered as a sin in most of the religion of the world. According to one view it is unethical because you are encouraging the people to gamble for the sake of charity. Another view is that the gambling cannot be regarded as a sin because it is perfectly legal. According to this view there is no harm in using the gambling for the charitable purpose, because it is a noble cause.

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