Isiterere:
getting more confused with different people's opinion here.



cc:Tbaba1234
Is it a sin for a Muslim to work for a betting company; as a customer care agent?


ALL IZZ WELL

adahgold:
It is not a sin to me,I make alot of money from sport gambling,for example I bought my muscle from it,do u how much I make every week? I have helped many people from that money. See I did not steal anybody's money so how is it a sin let me tell you guys life is a gamble as a whole...

tbaba1234:


The remuneration will come from the proceeds of gambling.

Prohibited...

0micheal735:
Its a sin cus dey Lord said in the 10th commandment thy shall not convert thy neighbours goods...

eleojo23:
Some things are not spelt out as sin in the Bible but from the effect those things have on your life spiritually or physically, you can know whether it would be pleasing to God or not.
It looks harmless and even enticing to go into betting (which is a form of gambling), but the problem is that you get addicted to it with time and it can take the place of God in your life because it will become your top priority.

Here is a case posted on this forum by someone last year. He says:
"My friend is very addicted to football betting. He spends most of his income on sports betting and he does not win. He is so addicted to it that he can spend his last penny on it. Many times he has confided in me that he will stop it but he still goes on to try it again and lose all his money. He is always broke and does not feed well. The sports betting is destroying his life. He wishes to stop and cut his losses. But he does not know how to overcome the urge. His family and loved ones don't know he is passing through it. How can I help him stop the sports betting because it's ruining his life."

From this story, you can ask yourself: Would God be pleased with this kind of life? Would He want you to waste your resources/money like that? Would it bring glory to His name? The answer to these questions is in the negative.

Therefore, as someone who wants to have a pleasing life before God, you should not go into it. Don't say 'I will do it just once" because that once will lead to another one until you are deep in it and your case will become like that of the man in the example above who I'm sure also started with the mind that he will do it just a few times.

NB: I'm specifically answering the OP's question on betting. The title on the front page has made the topic broader by using the word gambling.

waistaa:
What sort of gambling are you talking about because life decisions can be seen as gambling,you going to buy products to resell aint it gambling coz you wan to make more money to meet up with necessary things,my people say "ana eji ego achu ego" ( you use money to get money). My dear let's live our life the way we (by conscience) feel is good and stop invoking what doesn't concern us.thank you

lomprico:

Tell that to yo billionaire n millionare pastors.

lomprico:

Tell that to yo billionaire n millionare pastors.

bxcode:

Life is only a gamble when you choose to leave your creator behind and pilot your life affairs on ya own, but if Jesus is the TRUE pilot of ya life, your life is far from being a gamble.

smoothpapuzy:
I have been educated on the gains of venturing into the world of betting. I mean, the cash is cool for I saw a dude today that won 95k with a 100 naira ticket.
I don't want to displease God so please I need your advice. Is it a sin to bet?

dammywapes:
I like your comment.

ISBLIAC:

The government loses money everytime you collect your salary...you're gaining and the government is losing.

goodgood2:
Clearly, you don't have the Holy Spirit in you. Anyway, let me help you out: Thou shall not covet.

viczing:


Aw advice any1 not to venture into betting, am in it and I regretted ever starting and I find it hard 2e quit, it's a sin cos theirs a spirit behind it

Revolva:


With such type of over religious mind Oga I no think say u go fir be millionaire...ok wtf bettin is everywhere in the world.. ok let's assume u bet n win a mega cash and go to church for tithe or offerin will the pastore reject it....all ye religious muguns

nairabetguru:


There is a difference btw sports trading and gambling

slap1:
You render a service to the government, don't you? It's like saying you lose money by going to shoprite. Why not?

ISBLIAC:

you go through the pain of picking the odds,then you stake...is that a form of service?

Bae026:
Game

Let me educate some of us (nairalanders) that have little or no idea on this betting tingy.

Life is gambling. Work is gambling, Falling in love/dating these are all gambling. Almost everything we indulge into happens to be gambling.

Now as a graduate, university, HND etc...you are entitled to using your head in all you do.

My story!
I earn 40k in my present work place, I live with friends...Lagos isn't friendly with transportation, feeding etc. So, I put 100/200..and I earn 60k in two days with loads of data usage/time consumption/ maximum calculations etc.. and someone is saying IT'S a SIN

Send your congratulatory messages... I won yesterday again and again.

slap1:
Yes it's a sin. How do you think the person whose loss becomes your gain would feel?

As a Christian, should your gain come from someone's loss, sadness, regret and misfortune? When you gamble, you're actually praying for someone to lose money. (E good?)

Think about it.
Exodus 20 vs 17
"Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns."

tempem:




Don't even patronize a church....



Get that In ya brain.

femi4:
You didn't know maybe he's lost 100k in the past before winning 95k now.

Oya do the maths 95-100= -5k

Is that profit or loss?

lomprico:

What of if he won d 100k b4 winning the 95k?
Oya calculate ur own 100+95 =195k

Now is that a profit or a hammering?

femi4:
The chances that this will happen is less than 5%. You can ask those that played it

lomprico:

And we have 1001 betting coys everywhere?