Why is gambling considered "bad"?

[Joerii]

Good question !

I think to a lot of people, gambling is a sign of weakness. A chance to make easy money without "working" for it, and naive because you allways lose in the longrun.

I think relegious groups are against it because there just isn't any virtue in it. Nobody gets any better from it, only the people that own the gambling facility. It's a very selfcentered thing.

The squirel example is wrong though. If the squirel doesn't save his nuts, he has a very real chance of dying. So it's not much of a gamble for him or her.