They were willing to put up with over 50% of national income eaten up in taxes, but politely asking them to not play poker will make them CRAZY.
That’s for older people who are still under some illusion that a congressman cares what they think. The US is governed from the top down. If they cared what people thought, it would be easy to take a poll. Or if they cared what voters thought, they could take a poll of likely voters. The last thing they would do is read letters. They might say they will… but that’s because they’d much rather have regular doofuses writing them letters instead of trying to show up in person. People will be turned away in person. With a letter, they just send one back and pretend that they read your letter.
I’ve seen several people talk about letters they received back from elected officials over the years. (on other forums as well.) The usual complaint is they they are vague and didn’t answer specific questions. Know why? Their page only read enough of your letter to determine the topic, and then sent out their form letter on the topic.
The truth is that there are plenty of much bigger problems than fixing the gambling thing. There were bigger problems before that, but that’s what your representatives chose to work on. Americans will be fat, dumb, and happy until reckless fiscal policies finally cause a collapse. Sleep now in the fire.