Seems like it should be a mortal sin or something.
Also - the "Doge of Venice" ? What are the odds.
Also - the "Doge of Venice" ? What are the odds.
While technically speaking it doesn’t take a bull to be a mortal sin, discretion and a well formed conscience matters here. There’s also a huge difference between $10 among friends, and $20,000 among cardinals or princes. The original prohibition was most likely to prevent the latter.
for that shouldn't it be damaging to somebody or to your own soul? How would betting damage your soul?
I suppose the logic is something like "creating and holding the kind of cynical distance from momentous world events that would allow you to gamble on them weakens your connection to god's creation and therefor god himself."