General Washington in 1776: "All Officers, non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers are positively forbid playing at Cards, and other Games of Chance; At this time of public distress, men may find enough to do..without abandoning themselves to vice and immorality."
George Washington on gambling: 'This is a vice which is productive of every possible evil...It is the child of Avarice—the brother of inequity—& father of Mischief—It has been the Ruin of many worthy familys—the loss of many a mans honor—& the cause of Suicide"