As our industry grows, it becomes an easier target. Now, at least one member of the main-stream media has labeled the lottery as predatory gambling. And, in what could not be considered actual gambling news, another member was willing to go as far as to call sports betting operators “idiots”. But do these claims have any merit? Or is it just the usual industry opponents with their usual negative rhetoric? To be sure, some people simply don’t like gambling. And within that group of haters there are several types. There are the ones who don’t enjoy the activity themselves, but…