How much will gambling be integrated into American society?

I saw yesterday that Delaware is thinking of legalizing betting on pro and college sports. There’s a little trick—you can’t just bet on the outcome of the game, but, because they require every bet to contain an element of chance, you also have to bet on the outcome of a coin toss. Gimme the celts and heads, straight up. I don’t know if people really say that, since I don’t gamble, but it sounds cool.

This gave me the vision of a future where politicians are even more spineless than they are now (I know, hard to believe), and taxes are outlawed completely, and government is funded entirely through gambling. In fact, it becomes your citizenly duty to gamble, and every gamble must include a coin toss, and there is a master coin tosser, who is demonstrably incorruptible who tosses the magic coin once a year. This is the toss on which so many futures ride.

But seriously, how far can it go? How far do you think it will go? Would you rather see politician raise taxes than to rely more on gambling? Or are you happy to let your government be financed on the backs of those poor slobs who are addicted to the flop?