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ENGLISH BISHOPS IDEA OF GAMBLING Addressing the clergy of his diocese some time back in England on the gambling and betting ques ¬ tion iJIshop Magee said There is no sin in rac ¬ ing or betting any more than there is sin in drink ¬ ing excessive betting is sin just as excessive drink ¬ ing is sin Without denying that gambling may be injurious the bishop proceeded to give a definition of betting which It would be difficult to improve upon What asked his lordship is bettingV It Is simply the buying of chances A man either pays or promises to pay a certain sum of money upon the chance of a certain event happening whether it is a horse running in a race a card of a certain color turning up or the rising and falling of stocks does not matter If a man says I will bet you five shillings that it will not rain tomor ¬ row I think it would take a long time to prove from the bible that that man was guilty of a sin
