Over the past week The Economist has been conducting a debate on whether government should have no restrictions on gambling. Stop Predatory Gambling was invited to make the case against the proposition. Here are the opening statements, the rebuttal statements and the closing statements which were posted this morning.
MIT’s Natasha Schull posted an excellent analysis about what distinguishes slot machine play from other gambling activities. There are also some very good arguments posted in the Comments section for each stage of the debate.