State-sponsored and industrialized gambling (such as in casinos) uses the illusion of winning in order to take money away from the poor. That is one of the reasons why the people hardest hit in any given community are the poor, who are are more prone to become addicted to gambling.
Chemist for uranium nuclear fuels. Sulfur is found in nature as pure element (S) - solid or in colloidal solutions, as gas (H2S) and is also present in many minerals.
Elemental sulfur occurs naturally as the element (native sulfur), but most commonly occurs in combined forms as sulfide and sulfate minerals. Being abundant in native form, sulfur was known in ancient times, being mentioned for its uses in ancient India, ancient Greece, China, and Egypt.ther uses for the element are in matches, insecticides and fungicides. Many sulfur compounds are odoriferous, and the smell of odorized natural gas, skunk scent, grapefruit, and garlic is due to organosulfur compounds. Hydrogen sulfide imparts the characteristic odor to rotting eggs and other biological processes.