We must be careful in deciding what to do with issues that aren’t expressly forbidden or approved in the Bible.

By the second number I was out of the game. I compared the numbers on my ticket with the ones drawn on TV. The check was already in the mail! Dad and I raced home to watch the drawing on TV. We have just enough time to get to the “7-11” and buy a lottery ticket before the lottery ends at 10:00 p.m.” As I recall, it was one of those power ball lotteries worth at least half a billion dollars. I grabbed my dad and said, “This is a sign from God.

In the third game I rolled another Yahtzee. In the second game I rolled another Yahtzee! 3,125 to 1 again! The odds of rolling five dice with the same number at the same time are 3,125 to 1. Rolling five dice with the same number at the same time is called a “Yahtzee” and is worth fifty points. The goal is to roll more good poker hands than anyone else. Our family was playing Yahtzee, which is a lot like poker, only you play with dice instead of with cards. Dear Roger, Is it a sin for a Christian to purchase a lottery ticket? Sincerely, Tĭear T, Once upon a time I played the lottery-just once, just one ticket.

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