CASINO

I strictly condemn its construction and ultimately the hardships it will cause in Singapore. I know that some people will have a job and make a living by working at the casino but with one more casino on the world, it offer more places for the gamblers to gamble and more people will start to gamble. It is a losing situation because although there are people getting jobs, there are people who are losing their jobs by gambling. Money may not necessarily be earned from the casino. It may be earned from tourism or other places not necessarily from casino. My parents said that With the casino, people will think that gambling is alright and legal so they they will start to addict to gambling even more seriously. The NPR said "and there are signs the economic downturn is spreading to the gambling industry." Hence, it shows that casino is not good to be built and make money from. Hence, I strictly condemn its construction and ultimately the hardships it will cause in Singapore.

LOTTERIES

I think I do not support lotteries. This is because the lotteries are waste of money and energy. Lotteries are just another form of gambling because people who buy lotteries are betting their money and when they did not buy the correct number, they will not be getting their money back. This is similar to gambling. However gambler spent more money than buying lotteries. My parents said, "However, buying lotteries is a habit so you will become addicted to it. Hence, you will buy more lotteries after you win or not win so the money lost is accumulated and in total the money lost by buying lotteries is quite a lot too." The "Battling back from Gambling Addiction" said that Jonny W. says he lost almost everything to a gambling addiction — his wife, his money, and the life he once knew. Hence, I think that buying lotteries is similar to gambling which is not good. The money used to buy lotteries can be used to buy a lot of other things, such as food, clothes or daily necessities. Hence I think that buying lotteries is a waste of money and should be condemned.

Comparison between poems

In the first poem,Tom Beatty is a lawyer who try to bet and thinks that gambling is not good as the percentage of winning is very low and if you lose, you cannot get back the money and have to leave the room.

The second poem is about the people in the casino wanting to win back their money.
"the blazing desire to win back,
To take revenge, to bring back
The nerves, the time, the brain
And all that was spent in vain." shows that the energy and money spent by gamblers are useless.

The third poem is about a man who spent his only one dollar coin on gambling and now he had nothing.

The first poem is from the lawyer's point of view, while the second and the third poems are from the gamblers' point of view.