Considering the percentage in its favor and the length of its purse, it cannot possibly lose.

It is not really gambling; and it does not propose to take any unnecessary risks.

Neither can a state, democratic or otherwise, which believes in its own purpose.

While preserving at times an appearance of impartiality so that its citizens may enjoy for a while a sense of the reality of their private game, it must on the whole make the rules in its own interest.

It must help those men to win who are most capable of using their winnings for the benefit of society.
III CONSTRUCTIVE DISCRIMINATION Assuming, then, that a democracy cannot avoid the constant assertion of national responsibility for the national welfare, an all-important question remains as to the way in which and the purpose for which this interference should be exercised.