People already gamble away their life’s savings at casinos. Some people will beat the odds, work their butts off, pay off their house, and manage to save enough for a comfortable retirement…just to get a gambling addiction and end up completely broke 5 years into retirement. A fortune built over a lifetime, meant to provide dignity in their silver years, swallowed up and gone in a moment. There is nothing stopping you today from literally gambling yourself into the gutter, and people do it every day.

If it were legal, they would certainly gamble their very lives.