I asked you to formulate the principle of truthfulness.

Let's use the principle of justice formulated by Patanjali in the 2nd century BC. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сатья - It means inner truthfulness, honesty in everything: (in thoughts, words, deeds), the unconditional fulfillment of one's promises and obligations. One should not confuse truthfulness with the "ultimate truth" that one blurts out to another person out of a desire to offend. For example, a girl might ask: "Am I fat?" and smile stupidly. Maybe she is actually fat, but if you have to say it in accordance with the principle of truthfulness, then: firstly, you will worsen her mood and self-esteem (and thus violate another principle of Patanjali - ahimsa), secondly, you will make a lifelong enemy, and thirdly, you will get hit on the head with a purse. This ancient and very perfect system of ethical relations has several important principles, and you still need to learn how to apply them. In some countries, this is done from childhood, but currently, full adherence to these principles is difficult, since social standards have declined.

Instead, you gave a long text, which contains only one reference related to this so-called principle, a reference without a formulation of the principle itself.

Well, the principle is formulated above, and now the question is - why do we need it? Let them twist their bodies like mindless children in India or somewhere else, and we live in a real, harsh world - what is the point of this principle of truthfulness and Patanjali in general? Nevertheless, the application of these principles (including asanas or the physical part) allows you to achieve significant results with minimal costs, i.e., the efficiency is high. These principles are observed (not everyone and not fully, of course) to maintain physical fitness, rejuvenation, stress relief, increased concentration of the mind and performance, etc. http://www.ecology.md/section.php?section=health&id=9553#.U_dc-pNASz8 D.A. Medvedev knows and practices the principles of Patanjali quite well. Funny, isn't it? Of course, he lies in every other sentence on TV. But if you tell people the whole truth, there would be anarchy and chaos in our country, because most people are not ready for the truth and are not ready to take responsibility for their situation.
This is still far from our game of heroes for money, but we are discussing the principle itself.

Have you become a cultist?

I have the right, I'm already 18, cultism is a profitable business))) I want to create a cell on the forum. By the way, I didn't know that Lazarev was a cultist - his books are in every bookstore.

When you write:
"I quote - "It is estimated that in the United States alone, there are about ten million people addicted to gambling,"

In the USA, according to R. Volberg (1996), the number of "problem gamblers" - addictive gamblers, so addicted to slot machines that their lives are completely subordinate to this passion - reaches 5% of the population. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CB%F3%E4%EE%EC%E0%ED%E8%FF

So, does that mean there are 100 million gamblers in the USA? The population of the USA as of May 16, 2014 was 317.8 million people. In 2008, it was about 305 million. As of February 2008, 153,374,000 people were economically active (including the unemployed). Someone, apparently, is lying...

If we calculate based on Volberg's study and take 5% as the norm, then it is slightly more than 15 million people. I think we need to add those who specifically go to gambling zones like Vegas from other countries. And this is only slot machines, and the study is a bit outdated - now it may be more than 5%.

In the conditions of modern capitalism, gambling establishments are a unique financial regulator. On the one hand, this is a huge industry, these are jobs, these are salaries, these are revenues to the budget.

Well, there are no questions here. Jobs are needed. At the same time, we need to legalize prostitution, drug sales (a powerful regulator with a built-in system of natural selection) and allow the sale of weapons - by the way, I am in favor of legalizing weapons, but taking into account all the other legalizations, this will turn the country into the "Wild West".

The author of the article, a certain Phil Johnson, forgets to take the next logical step: if we follow Christian positions, or rather the positions of Christian dogmas, then the monetary system itself should be completely and completely destroyed, and not its individual aspects (such as gambling).

This is a distortion, because not all activities, as it is said in the "dogmas", lead to greed. If a person earns money, supports his family, and cares for loved ones and society as a whole, this is a good thing and is encouraged in any ethical tradition. But if money becomes the main thing in activity, then sin appears, and this is condemned.

And when epic fails or epic victories happen in Heroes (without any bets)? Isn't that gambling? What about football? And everything else? And it turns out that any game that gives us emotions is gambling by definition.

In my opinion, gambling and playing for money are different things. Playing for money implies a mechanism of exploitation with the aim of taking money from another party. Emotions arise in any game, but when money is added, this game turns into a gambling game.
In general, this is a deep topic for reflection. The most important thing is to rely on time-tested principles and change the paradigm of views in accordance with these principles