Kautilya's Arthashastra 8.3.63

8.3.63

ekeṣāṃ paṇanimitto jayaḥ parājayo vā prāṇiṣu niścetaneṣu vā pakṣadvaidhena prakṛtikopaṃ karoti //

Of gambling and drinking, gambling causes gain or loss of the stakes to one party or other. Even among dumb animals, it splits them into factions and causes provocation. It is specially due to gambling that assemblies and royal confederacies possessing the characteristics of assemblies are split into factions, and are consequently destroyed. The reception of what is condemned is the worst of all evils since it causes incapacity to deal with politics.