Just a short story I will like to tell before the main discussion, I was opportuned to listen on a telephone conversation between a man and a Clergy, what he ask was that if it is right for someone to gamble and won a jackpot, then bring a percentage of the winning to the Clergy, will he accept such as a sacrifice for the growth and developments of the religion? Knowing that the money was gotten from gambling fortune, the Clergy accepted the money but condem gambling.
Well, I am a Muslim and I don't know much about other religions. No matter what religion it is, if that religion forbids gambling, they should not accept any money that comes from gambling and other unethical ways that the religion forbids. If any Clergy or any other religious leaders accept money from gambling or other unethical sources, it is their own mistake, and the religion has nothing to do with it.
The religion forbids gambling, yet most of us gamble because we are not following the religion well. So, it is my own responsibility if I do not follow the instructions of my own religion.