What is predatory gambling?
Predatory gambling is the practice of using gambling to prey on human weakness for profit. For-profit gambling, or commercial gambling, is illegal unless granted special legal exemption by the government.1 Casino gambling, the most common form of predatory gambling, differs from other problematic forms, such as social gambling, because it leads to higher rates of addition, promotes organized crime, leads to higher rates of gambling losses, and promotes vices which are sanctioned and protected by the state.
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