"I know they are against gambling, but without gambling this city would die."

The commission won't (and can't) take any grand stand against gambling.

"We're sitting here in what is probably the Mormon capital of the world and let me tell you they are dead-set against gambling," he said.

Despite the government's public statements against gambling, more than half of this space was for a long time occupied by casinos.

Second, the plan clearly violates the state's laws against gambling.

That lesson may be at the root of my lifelong passion against gambling.

That was a time when few politicians would take aim at the traditional American taboo against gambling.

The song haram for instance, warns against both drugs and gambling.

In other words, happy people decide against gambling, since they would not want to undermine the happy feeling.

The later 20th century saw a relaxing of national sentiments against gambling.