&gt; Can we just legalize gambling and be done with all this nonsense. Though it clearly has some downsides it has to be like the 144,566,786,335th worst thing that&#x27;s legal and permitted.<p>The problem is that the big Vegas money doesn&#x27;t want it <i>legal</i>.  They want it <i>monopolized</i> with them in charge of the monopoly.