Episode 138 - Gambling's Bloody Foundations: A Harsh Truth Revealed

The glitz of gambling hides a dark truth. Ever wondered who really profits from your losses? 

Tag someone who's ever gambled! 

Every flash of a jackpot masks the reality: Casinos thrive on the misplaced hopes of everyday people. The allure of winning big blinds us to the fact that every winner is another person's loss.  

Think about it—those extravagant resorts are built on the backs of those who gamble away their life savings. The truth is, the only ones winning are the house and its owners, profiting from pain and desperation. 

This isn’t just a game; it’s a cycle that exploits dreams and destroys lives. 

Let’s change the narrative. Gambling isn’t glamorous—it’s a façade. 

What do you think? 

Transcript

Casino Credit And False Hope

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It's bad enough to take everybody's money. It's even worse to say, you'll be fine. You got this. Your winning is right around the corner. Here's a little line of credit. We got you. No problem. Here's an extra 10 grand, 50 grand, 100 grand, million dollars. That's what they'll offer you. Your winning is right around the corner. You had a bad streak. It's going to change. Come back tomorrow. And then they really have you. They end up murdering both the clientele and the clientele's family. These are casino owners, the ones that everybody thinks are the big shots. They're cold-blooded murderers, knowingly and willingly building their empire on the blood and sorrow of their patrons. Secular society will never tell you about that. They'll never give you that perspective. That's why I'm given a tape. The Trust Factor is the ticket to a bad life. The Trust Factor shows you how to get through the life.

The Vegas Facade Exposed

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Good morning, everybody. It's another beautiful day. Thank you for joining into the Trust Factor Podcast and for watching, subscribing, liking, sharing, commenting. Seems like this subject is one that gets a lot of attention. And for obvious reasons, or sometimes maybe not so obvious reasons, because the world that we live in, when it talks about gambling, when it talks about casinos, what do you think about? You think about Las Vegas. You think about the glamour and the glitz and the lights and the fame and the fortune and all of the high-priced items and Hollywood and all of the glamour that goes with it. But in reality, it is the exact opposite of that. The only people making the money are the ones who keep the lights on over there. The ones who have the ability to build these multi-billion dollar buildings and put every creature comfort you can dream of in every single room and put things in there that you can't even imagine. They're so outlandish that you'll go there just to see these unbelievable sights and shows, right? Where do they get that money from? From the poor people who go there and give away their life savings every single day. They never focus on that part of it. Why? Because people would stop going. The well would dry up. They wouldn't be able to finance Las Vegas anymore. So they don't talk about it. They don't show you that. If they show you anything, it is simply the glitz and the glamour. And the people who have their windfalls, once in a while, they'll give away a little bit of money. And it is a very small portion, a very, very small percentage. And even that they don't want to give away. But they have to give it away. It's the cost of doing business. Giving away that 10% will get them the other 90%. So they have to do it. But when they do it, they highlight those people. They put them out there with the big checks and they get the lights flashing and the bells ringing and the sound of coins dropping. There's no coins, but they get the sounds of coin droppings and hitting metal, right? Why? Because that garners attention, right? And people are around this individual and praising them and lifting them up. So everybody sees that and goes, wow, I could be next. That's me. Guys, be careful. It is the biggest facade you will ever come across, this idea of gambling. It's gonna hit hard. The book is about to throw punches, and it's not gonna hold any back. And then we're gonna get into a conversation around lottery, which may surprise you, but let's get into it.

When Winnings Mean Another Loss

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Listen to this, listen to the language. Gambling is more than problematic on the level of morality. In most cases, one person's winnings are another person's losses. That's the problem. You understand? That's the problem, which begs the question, and we need to differentiate over here, but we'll qualify it a little bit later on. Going to a casino and playing against a large corporation, meaning in a game where it's not one-on-one, or a game like poker, for example, where you're sitting around a table and there's seven, eight, nine guys around you, and you're all playing the game, and you're all playing against people who have faces and names. You know who's taking your money. That is a problematic game. Blackjack has potential for that. Slot machines, not so much. It's owned by the casino. There's no face behind it. There's a corporation behind it. That doesn't excuse it. It doesn't make it right, but it's a different level of problem. The problem that exists, the real big problem, is when you're taking away somebody's hard-earned money. It says there can be no blessing to funds earned from the sorrow of another human being. Think about this. Even if a gambler wins, how can he enjoy the money that was destined for the food and clothing of the loser's family? You've just taken food out of an individual's child's mouth. You're not thinking about that, obviously, because if you were, you wouldn't be at that table. All you're thinking is this is a grown adult. He's sitting at the table, he can afford to sit at this table, he's making decisions, I can't make decisions for him. If he's about to gamble his life away, I'm sitting here ready to take it. Think about that. You're really not thinking that, but that's what's going on. That's the actuality. How can a person with faith consent to make or use money that is tainted in other people's blood and sorrow? That's a heavy hitting line right there, but that's reality. That's not the image you see when you look at Vegas, when you see the Bellagio and the water fountains, when you go to see these unbelievable shows and amazing feats and all this unbelievable glitz and glamour. You don't see that, but that's exactly what's happening. You're benefiting from the blood and sorrow of another person and his family, his wife and his children.

Why Owners Are Called Murderers

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Here's an important idea. I got a comment on this yesterday. The owners and operators of gambling parlors are outright murderers. Somebody sent me a comment saying, hey, Jesse, what do you think about the owners of these establishments? Are they somehow holy? Are they somehow great people? Obviously not. I'm sitting here telling you about how terrible this whole idea of gambling is. How am I going to praise the owners of these establishments? Clearly not. This book is telling you that they're considered murderers. Why? We talked about this. Money is considered blood, according to the Torah. When you take somebody's hard-earned money, especially against their will, you're taking their blood, and somebody cannot live without blood. That's why they're called murderers. Their astronomical profits are the sum of the sorrow of not only those who lose the money in gambling, but their wives and the children who pay the price. The foundation of the Bellagia, of the Venetian, of the Paris, of the Ancor and the Win, and all these other buildings in Vegas are built, their foundation is built on blood and sorrow. What an outlook. Could you imagine walking around thinking that all day long? You wouldn't want to step foot in Vegas. Just by the way, as an aside, there was a big rabbi, and if I'm not mistaken, a Kabbalist, if I'm not mistaken, it was Rabbi Cook, Rough Cook, who was traveling. There's a story about him who was traveling on an airplane, and everything was fine. He was doing great. And suddenly he felt really, really sick for a short period of time. He was definitely ill. You could see on him that he was in a really bad place and they were very nervous. They were going to call for an emergency landing. But not long after, I don't know, 10, 15 minutes later, suddenly it passed. And he felt fine again. And they wondered, what was that episode? Where did it come from? And later on they realized when they looked at the flight map that when he got sick coincided exactly with when they were flying over Las Vegas. It is such a treacherous place. It is built on blood and sorrow and losses. It represents the worst of humanity, but it's painted to represent the best, to make you want to be a part of it. Think about just how powerful these marketing agencies are and the advertising and the and the and the painting and the facade that they can create for us, where they've taken the worst of humanity, that which represents the worst of us, and have made it seem in our eyes as the best. That's how good they are. Listen to this. What's worse? The benevolent owners, the benevolent owners and operators help their clientele by what? Loaning them money so they can lose more than what they actually own. That's the worst part. It's bad enough to take everybody's money. It's even worse to say, you'll be fine. You got this. Your winning is right around the corner. Here's a little line of credit. We got you. You got a house? No problem. You got a car? No problem. You got a job? No problem. Here's an extra 10 grand, 50 grand, 100 grand, million dollars, wherever you're holding, that's what they'll offer you. Here's the money. Go, go play some more. Your winning is right around the corner. It's just a matter of time. You had a bad streak. It's going to change. Come back tomorrow. We got you. And then they really have you. They end up murdering both the clientele and the clientele's family. These are casino owners, the ones that everybody thinks are the big shots, the ones who everybody strives to be like. Let's just walk around behind them, stroking their egos and put them on a pedestal and tell them how wonderful they are. When in reality, they're murderers. They're cold-blooded murderers, knowingly and willingly building their empire on the blood and sorrow of their patrons. Think about that. It's a different perspective. Secular society will never tell you about that. They'll never give you that perspective. That's why I'm given a tape. The conclusion that we must arrive at is that a person who believes that there is a creator that runs the world does not have even the slightest contact with any form of gambling. Now, let's read

The Hunger For Money And Fame

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something very interesting. It says, Why do people gamble in the first place? Two reasons. The two reasons are one and the same. That they want the money and they want the fame, the power, the glamour. That's what they're looking for. And the one, in their mind, brings the other. If only that machine starts ringing, if only they win the big landfall, then they become superheroes, then they become celebrities. It's not only poor people. On the contrary, there are so many wealthy people I know, multi-billionaires many times over, who are retired long ago and they spend so much time in casinos playing big bucks, tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars every time they go. But you say, why? He's already worth hundreds of millions of dollars or tens of millions. What's he doing in a casino? And it goes to show you what the Torah told us a long time ago. Yes, you will marry what's up. He has a hundred, he wants two hundred. It says people leave this world only having achieved half of what they set out to achieve. Meaning to say, I'm worth a million, I need to be worth two. I'm worth a billion, I need to be worth two billion. We're never satisfied with our lot in life. That's the secret to success. So when you see somebody who's worth $50 million sitting in a casino playing $10,000 or $100,000 a hand, you understand that this person is trying to get to $100 million. He's not content with the $50 million. Or he wants to be the winner. He wants to be the celebrity. He wants to be the one that gets the pat on the back to say, you did it. It's all you, my friend. You beat the house. Look at how great you are. You understand? That's how they understand that they made their money. And so they will sit in that casino until they make their winnings. And in the meantime, they'll give it all away. I told you about a friend of mine whose brother-in-law sold his company for over $50 million. And at the end of the day, it went to casinos, it went to drugs, it went to everything in the world, all the material things that they could only dream of when they didn't have money. Suddenly it went there, and in a short few years, they found themselves living in the basement, their daughter's basement, not even able to pay rent to their daughter, who herself was paying rent. See where that goes? We don't hear about these things. They don't make the news. They don't want you to know about these things because it removes the glitz and the glamour that attracts you there.

Lottery Tickets And Buying The Minimum

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Let's step into the world of lottery tickets. I told you the other day that there is a lot to be said. There's a lot of eye-opening signs that if you just look for them, you'll understand the corrupt nature of lottery. But does that mean that you're not allowed to buy lottery tickets? Not necessarily, because remember what we said. When it is a big corporation, when there is no face to the individual who is opposing you whose money you're about to take, it is potentially okay to gamble. So it's okay to buy a lottery ticket. Let's read. You didn't expect that, did you? Why? Because they're not the losses of another person. Big difference. Big difference when somebody sitting across the table from you is giving you over their hard-earned money that they don't want apart from. They don't want you to take their money. They're there to take your money. And so when you end up taking theirs, they're not a fan of yours. And if that's the case, you have a real big problem, not just with the person sitting across from you, but with the big boss who this guy is going to end up crying to. Nevertheless, it says purchasing lottery tickets is not 100% congruent with this concept of Amuna, knowing that my income comes from my creator, and yet I go and buy a lottery ticket. So what's the general rule before I read on? I haven't read on passes. The general rule, and it's one that I live by, and even myself, I'm trying to stop doing this. I'm being completely transparent with you. I buy the minimum. If it's a dollar a line or $5 a line, whatever the minimum is, I buy it. Why? There's an old joke. A guy passes away and goes to heaven after 120 years, and he complains to the creator, I lived the life of a pauper. I didn't have any money. I could have done so many good things. Why didn't you give me the lottery? And God says, I wanted to, but you didn't play. So you need to play. Okay. That is a joke. It's meant to be a joke. But the idea is there. If you want to be able to get that windfall, God doesn't need you to do it through a lottery. He's got many other ways to do it. But there's nothing wrong, according to the Torah, with buying that lottery ticket. The question is, how much are you buying? Are you spending every last dollar on lottery tickets? Are you buying up all the scratching wins? Are you sitting in that convenience store day and night, putting all your hard-earned money into these little lotteries because the casino's too far away? Because then it's one and the same. You have no amuna. You don't know where your income is coming from. You don't have a relationship with your creator. If you're saying, I want to give an opportunity for me to be able to win the big jackpot through a lottery, I'm going to buy the minimum, okay. Again, not a hundred percent kosher, but something that you can get away with doing and saying, okay, I only buy the minimum. It's an open door to be able to get that. But in reality, stay away. Let's talk about it for a second because I thought about this the other day.

Jackpots Privacy And A Rigged Feeling

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Just think, why is it that every lottery in the world, no matter where you go, the big jackpot can be upwards of a billion dollars in the US. Powerballs, a billion dollars, hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars. Do you know what second price is? Second place prize is maybe, maybe a hundred thousand dollars. Third place prize, ten thousand, twelve thousand dollars. It goes from hundreds of millions or a billion to next to nothing. Life-changing, earth-shattering money to money that will go in seconds. Why? Why is that the case? Why not take a billion dollars and spread it out between a hundred different winners or ten different winners? There's a reason behind that. Do you know what the reason is? There are many. Number one reason is the same reason that they don't make those winners' names public. Why don't they make their names public? Oh, privacy issues. Really, privacy issues. You'd think that if you told anybody who was ready to win that billion dollar Powerball that in return for that billion dollars they needed to make their name public, you'd think they would say, no, no, no, no, it's not for me. Every single human being on planet Earth would say, give me the billion, put my name in my mugshot all over the world. Tomorrow I change my name and I move somewhere new. No, no, no, it's privacy reasons. We concern, we're caring about the person who won the money. Sell that to somebody else. The reason is because then they can control very clearly who wins that money. They don't want you to know who won the money for obvious reasons, not because they care. We've established over and over again that they don't care. The last thing that they do is care. Suddenly they care about a person's privacy, they care about their privacy. They don't want you to know who wins. And for good reason. That's just one reason. That's just one clear indication for you and I to look at and say, this lottery is a scam. There's more, and we'll continue with them tomorrow.

Closing Thoughts And Listener Challenge

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