Why Religions Ban Gambling

There seems to be some confusion as to why religions ban gambling among their people.The trite answer is because it just is or perhaps because it leads to addiction and the almost certain loss of one's money and perhaps family.This no doubt happens but there is another reason which of course is unmentioned and a little deeper but nonetheless true.It is the synthesis of our experience both in the real world and in the world of human psychology.One thing which is known almost to a certainty is that if you gamble long enough you will lose and the greater the losses the greater the chances that prayers to God will follow.The problem is religious "leaders" know your prayers will go unanswered and the tumbling dice will fall where they will your prayers notwithstanding.This has surely happened many times through the centuries in yet there is not one case of a single person winning consistently because of prayer.So what is the use in believing in a God who can't even change the roll of dice or the turn of a card or where a roulette wheel stops? So better to ban gambling outright and say that message comes from God and call it a sin before anyone asks any embarrasing questions.A pre-emptive strike on any thorny inquiries from the more thoughtful in the flock. If this is the real reason to ban gambling and it seems logical then religious people are the most hypocritical people on the face of the earth. If religious people really believed in God they would ask him to let them win and they would give all the money to charity instead of laying a guilt trip on everyone to hand over some loot.This should be an easy job for God and a satisfying way to get money from evil gambling houses to give to his favorite charity since he does'nt seem to be very good with money anyway.