Is It Sinful to Gamble on Fantasy Sports?

Ask Pastor John

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 29 October 2018

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Gambling your money — whether at a slot machine or with your fantasy team — is not just unwise. It is sin. Pastor John gives seven reasons why.

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0:00.0	Well, fantasy sports gambling is a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States and a young
0:09.2	man a listener to the podcast who wishes to remain anonymous wrote specifically to ask
0:14.2	about fantasy football gambling.
0:16.4	Hello, Pastor John.
0:17.4	Thank you for the podcast.
0:18.4	I'm a big sports fan and I absolutely love playing fantasy football as a hobby.
0:23.4	I started out playing one free season in an online league, but as of late, I've been playing
0:28.0	daily fantasy sports games on DraftKings and FanDuel, a form of gambling which costs money
0:33.2	and entry fees.
0:34.5	The bets I place are rather modest at 20 to $50 per week.
0:38.9	I have not found a lot of Christian resources on the topic, Pastor John, is modest online
0:43.3	sports gambling like this?
0:45.6	Sinful.
0:46.6	Yes.
0:48.0	I think online gambling in general, little or big is sinful, whether you call it modest
0:56.0	or exorbitant.
0:57.8	And I've got seven reasons at least that I would encourage this young man to rethink
1:06.2	the way he spends his time and his money as a Christian.
1:11.7	And it's the cumulative effect of these seven observations that cause me to say that
1:20.0	what he's doing is sinful.
1:22.9	And of course, he will need to judge according to the scriptures and his conscience because
1:31.9	my words don't make something sinful.
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