Gambling is not something unknown to Hindus, Hindus spend whole night playing various types of gambling during the eve of Diwali. The examples are Draupadi by Pandava and Urvashi by Indra. It was not just money, property, cow or horses which were put at stake during the play but even humans especially wives were also staked in gambling. Agni Purana chapter 91 has a superstitious ritual of making gambling board and throwing dice to know the future. Gambling in India is much older than the Mahabharata period, one can find mention of gambling in Vedas also. Whenever we imagine Hinduism and Gambling the first thing that comes to our mind is the Mahabharata episode with Shakuni holding dice in his hand. But this evil has sanctions in the Hindu religion. Gambling makes one believe in luck rather than hard work, people resort to gambling as a short cut way to gain wealth. Gambling is a vice which leads to loss of one’s wealth, brings destruction to family and it also leads to various other evils.
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