The state I live in use to not allow gambling (as of a few months ago it's allowed a lottery in the state) but you won't find a casino or anything like that unless it's on a Native American Indian Reservation. The reason for this is because of 2 things:
1. It's in "The South" meaning it's one of the southern states of America.
2. For the longest time it was an unspoken belief that the reason gambling wasn't allowed was a religious one since the state is part of the "Bible Belt" which is a group of states (mostly southern states) that has or had a reputation of being EXTREMELY religious about a back in the 1800's.
Back then in the 1800s it was believed that gambling was a sin. My state is one of the absolute last of the Bible Belt states to allow gambling (in this case the lottery) to come into the state legally for that reason. The law is so new we don't even have casinos in the state yet unless (like I said earlier) it's on a Native American Indian reservation.
