What? States make buckets of money from gambling. They typically claimed it was "for education" but money is fungible and our other taxes never went down, so anything it offsets in one budget just leaves more money for other budgets.
The real reason they can do it is they (the state) have a monopoly on violence and you don't.
Read my second sentence again.
The real reason they can do it is they (the state) have a monopoly on violence and you don't.