Gambling, “Yes” or “No.” As far as the regarding Texas was concerned, lottery gambling was considered braking the law up until the mid 1980s when the lottery was allowed. I had always thought that it was ironic that the state of texas decided that gambling was OK if you you gambled on your state controlled sweepstakes. My question has always been “Why was lottery gambling illegal in the first instance?” What was the point of making gambling against the law? Were you protecting us from losing, or being scammed out of our hard-earned money? Do not think hav…