I write for a sports website which advertises a betting company on its homepage and also at the bottom of every article (including the ones that I write). I really enjoy my job but am concerned that whether working for a company that promotes gambling (indeed the betting company helps to indirectly pay part of my wages) would be considered sinful?<\/p>\n
Please advise me as to what I should do – should I quit my job altogether for example?<\/p>\n
Thanks for the help, your website has already been very helpful to me.<\/p>\n\t
In a sense, you are being hired to write articles. What is done with those articles is pretty much out of your control and what outfits the company that purchases your articles chooses to accept as advertisers are also out of your control. So I won’t call this sinful but does make things difficult as far as the example you want to leave for others. I suppose you would find it hard to get an article published on why gambling in sports is wrong.<\/p>\n
What I would suggest doing is start scouting out other places to sell your articles. Find sites that have a better advertising policy and see if they need a sports writer. Hopefully, it won’t take you long to land a better position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: I write for a sports website which advertises a betting company on its homepage and also at the bottom of every article (including the ones that I write). I really enjoy my job but am concerned that whether working for a company that promotes gambling (indeed the betting company helps to indirectly pay part…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[105,815,353,659,104],"class_list":["post-31544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-employment","tag-gambling","tag-influence","tag-jobs","tag-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43630,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-i-stay-in-a-game-that-involves-betting-on-a-fantasy-football-league\/","url_meta":{"origin":31544,"position":0},"title":"Should I stay in a game that involves betting on a fantasy football league?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi Jeffrey, I have a question for you regarding a gambling situation I'm struggling to decide on. One of my friends has a fantasy basketball league with ESPN.com where people can have basketball teams with particular players from the NBA and they compete based on stats and points to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":87216,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-someone-work-for-a-company-that-is-involved-in-alcohol-and-gambling\/","url_meta":{"origin":31544,"position":1},"title":"Should someone work for a company that is involved in alcohol and gambling?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi Jeffrey, I hope all is well with you. I would appreciate your thoughts about a company's activities and the Bible's guidance on working for that company. The company in question is a large retailer that does much good for society by providing food and other items at low\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54038,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-i-stop-using-social-media-that-advertises-abortions\/","url_meta":{"origin":31544,"position":2},"title":"Should I stop using social media that advertises abortions?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I was on Instagram and saw an ad for Planned Parenthood. it made me so mad! I immediately reported it as offensive. But should I just stop using it altogether? Would it be wrong for me to make a post about why abortion is evil? I'm a woman and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26187,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-advisable-to-be-involved-in-bitcoin-or-cryptocurrency\/","url_meta":{"origin":31544,"position":3},"title":"Is it advisable to be involved in bitcoin or cryptocurrency?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi, Please I want to make an inquiry on bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and the like. As a Christian, is it advisable to be involved in these? Answer: Cryptocurrencies are electronic funds. They do not represent anything in the real world, such as a stock of gold somewhere. They are not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30990,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-article-on-gambling-is-one-of-the-most-helpful-i-ever-read\/","url_meta":{"origin":31544,"position":4},"title":"The article on gambling is one of the most helpful I ever read.","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Just wanted to say thank you for the article,\u00a0Is Gambling Sinful?, by T. Sean Sullivan on your website. One of the most helpful I have ever read! Answer: I am glad to hear the site is being useful to you.","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28419,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-problem-with-gambling\/","url_meta":{"origin":31544,"position":5},"title":"The Problem with Gambling","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"by Matthew W. Bassford In April of last year, the state legislature of Tennessee legalized online betting on sports. In November of this year, four online sportsbooks were approved to operate in Tennessee for the first time. Not surprisingly, since that time, we've been bombarded with ads trying to entice\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gambling-300x199.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}