And again I would exhort you that ye would come unto Christ, and lay hold upon every good gift, and touch not the evil gift, nor the unclean thing. - Moro. 10:30.
"I have always believed, my brethren, that gambling is not legitimate business," said Elder Stephen L Richards, then first counselor in the First Presidency, in October 1958 conference. "I have always believed that legitimate business contemplates a fair exchange of services for services or property, or property for property, in which exchange both parties benefit. I have always believed that any attempts to bet something for nothing, to take undue chances, is not only attended with demoralization of business integrity, but often with great tragedy."
