Betting on horse racing is a pernicious disease. It hath
been seen in Europe what distress this hath caused. Thousands have become
afflicted and distraught. The friends of God must engage in work which is
lawful and attracteth blessings, so that God's aid and bounty may always
surround them.”
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet, quoted in a letter of the
Universal House of Justice to a National Spiritual Assembly, June 20, 1972:
Extracts Concerning Gambling, Lotteries and Raffles, a compilation of the
Universal House of Justice; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)
