Gambling is a very generic term that refers to any activity where one makes a guess, sometimes it is educated, and wagers something on the outcome. Some people say that you gamble each day when you drive down the street. What are you wagering? You are wagering the safety of your self that you will make it to work without getting injured or killed while driving down the road. Others gamble in the stock market, planning that the investments that they make will be worth more than when they bought them. In this case the wager is money. There are friendly wagers, that can result in little more than a congratulations to the winner and there are other wagers that can result in a return of millions of dollars, such as the case of state lotteries.
When people hear the term gambling it often conjures the idea of the casino, for others a game of Friday night poker. Others consider scratch tickets in a gas station, or an internet gambling site that they like. There are more things to gamble on than one could discuss in a lifetime. Regardless of how you feel about casinos and wagering your money, we all take chances everyday. Some might say that every choice we make is a wager on the outcome. Or that with every choice we are wagering for more happiness, or sustaining happiness in our life. So, regardless if gambling your money should be legal or not, remember, we all take chances, everyday of our lives.