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> "God" and religion also aren't particularly interested in gambling, or it would have been forbidden in those holy books.

The Quran, which id consider among those as a "Holy book" condemns gambling pretty outright multiple times.

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To add a high level context, Islam forbids gambling and interest bearing loans (Riba) because they're considered taking people's money unjustly. Allah says in the Quran: "O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful." 5:90 "...But Allah has permitted trade [buying and selling] and has forbidden interest..." 2:275

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