To download a printable version of this transcript, click here.
 
 
iQuestions Faculty, Dr. David Eckman 
 
 
Question: 
 
What is the problem with gambling? 
 
Answer: 
 
The problem with gambling can be illustrated by the average age of 
the problem gambler, the average age that the problem gambler 
starts. It’s the age of twelve.  
 
When a human being is at his most impulsive, that’s when people get 
into gambling. The problem with gambling is that it’s the chasing of 
the immature high. 
 
We are designed to learn how to manage and conquer life— but what 
gambling does is that it teaches people that they can do an end-run on 
life, do an end-run on learning the skills and the responsibilities that 
go with life.  
 
Gambling is a superstitious belief that luck and fortune is more 
important than skill and intelligence. Simple reality is God and life 
demand that we get the skills to learn how to manage reality in a 
healthy way. Gambling is the absolute direct opposite of that, and 
that’s why it should be avoided.  
 
To download a printable version of this transcript, click here.