Why should the gambling age be lowered to 18?
It’s real simple: 1) The gambling age is ALREADY 18. You can buy lottery tickets at 18, which is gambling. Some states offer card rooms for people aged 18. Some states have horse race betting at 18. So you are not arguing to make a radical change merely make the law logical. 2) If gambling is harmful to those under 21, explain why 48 states have lottery ticket sales. 3) If you are a legal adult, old enough to buy a home, get married, have children, vote, serve the country, own a gun, be in the military and have a machine gun, and buy cigarettes, why should be you banned from gambling? As a legal adult, isn’t it your right to decide how you spend your money? 4) Gambling is a cash cow for the government. The more people gamble, the more tax is collected, without having to force people to pay more tax. 5) Almost every country in the world that has gambling has the age limit of 18. Are we really going to argue that unlike all the other 18 year olds around the world, American 18-21 year old
