Sure no one wants to admit it, but you give them your money and in minutes or hours or days all your can be gone. When I play poker its the same thing. Either at a friends house, club or river boat. ZORN REPLY. … state sells scratch tickets, and churches raise money through bingo, it’s kind of late to question whether gambling is moral. In my state (Washington), there’s poker and blackjack tables in bowling alleys but the only place to play slots is on the reservations . …