are betting and gambling national evils ?

Spend less time on Yahoo Answers and more time studying - academic dishonesty is an evil of national magnitude!

Read about the problems in cricket due to the illegal betting that goes on, read about the British way of betting on everything and if you can, read about Mahabharat (the Indian Epic) where Dharmaraja (Yudhishtira) loses his kingdom and the personal liberty of himself, his brothers and his wife, thus leading them into bondage and later a big war. Use these to illustrate your arguments in favor of an yes to the question. At the same time, balance your answer by describing how betting and gambling can be fun for many people and how it supports many jobs and even the economies of a few countries and a few states, giving examples of Monaco, Las Vegas and Goa in India etc.

betting and gamblings are national evils. no doubt they brings in high revenues for the nation but on the other hands they will also cause alot of society's problems like: broken families, homeless child, gambling addicts, nation will be named as a "gambling" nation?, more thefts problems will occurred.

These are greatest evil to our nation.

of coarse not.