District Court, D. New Jersey October 21, 2016, CIVIL NO. 14-2283(NLH/AMD) (Marina District Development Co. v. Ivey)

OPINION

HILLMAN, District Judge

Every breaking wave on the shore

Tells the next one “there’ll be one more”

Every gambler knows that to lose

Is what you’re really therefor1

As a general matter, gambling is illegal. This is because the law considers gambling malum per se, a function of the age-old belief, arising perhaps from Judeo-Chris-tian doctrine, that gambling is an immoral vice.