Legalized Gambling???

Well... if Ron Sparks, Democrat Governor candidate, has his way it could come to life. On Tuesday Sparks promised to build casino's in the state, with a Riverboat Casino in Selma being a place to begin the process. As we all know this has been the platform for several candidates in the past and due to area in which we live it has fell. Now i'm all for live and let live or whatever, but i've always wondered why people are so against casino's and lotteries. Is it because they have been told to be against it, is it religion, is it the fear of being seen gambling? What ever the reason, people are entitled to their opinion. If it's not affecting me directly(which no details have been released on funding it yet), then what's the big deal with someone spending their own money the way they want? Thoughts?