Should States Be In The Gambling Business?

Our distressing Governor thinks Kansas should be. I favor making gambling legal with reasonable restrictions. I know it is harmful, but I would rather the government butt out. I find the government lotteries particularly distasteful. At least with private casinos most the money is paid out. Government gambling establishments always take an unethically large cut, and they force those, like myself, for whom gambling is a sin to participate by proxy. More here.