Vice industry
# Vice industry

Vice Industry is the illegal or regulated quasi-legal industries of alcohol, tobacco, recreational drugs, gambling, fighting, prostitution, and pornography, and others depending on the social mores of the locus in quo.

A primary argument in favor of authoritarian or theocratic clerical rule, against laissez-faire neoliberalism, its its ability to to engage in morality policing.

## By Country and Jurisdiction

### United States

Gambling in the United States. The Supreme Court struck down previous restrictions on sports betting in 2018. Since then, 36 states have legalized it (26 of which allow mobile betting), with much promotion on college campuses.

## Notes and References

* ↑ "America Has Gone Too Far in Legalizing Vice". MSN. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
