A..
"many" in option means that there is possibility for existence of a country or state where gambling is legal.


D
bet on sports then gambling
NO police then bet on sports

=> No police equals gambling.

rb90 wrote:Betting on sports, even for small stakes among friends, is a form of gambling. Therefore, no police officer should ever bet on sports.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the conclusion that no police officer should ever bet on sports?

A.Gambling is illegal in many states and countries.

B.Some people who bet on sports are convicted criminals.

C.People who bet on sports sometimes can ill afford to lose the amounts they wager.

D.No police officer should ever gamble.

E.Many philosophers consider gambling to be immoral.


The answer is D and not A as i thought.The explaination is as follows:
A) This does not provide support for the conclusion that no police officer should ever bet on sports. Some police officers are in places where gambling is legal.
..Now doesnt "in many states and countries" cover the " Some police officers are in places where gambling is legal" part?
Please help

Hi outreach,

Can you please explain again, i didnt understood the explanation properly, and still not able to digest the OA.

Thanks

Betting = gambling
Police is not suppose to bet, this will satisfy only when no police is suppose to gamble.

Therefore, D is correct.

Hope this helps!!!

I am confused with the word "should". is it ok for strengthening?

IMO D

This question has a little bit of an LSAT-flavor to it.

On a question like this on the LSAT we would use a transitive math property sort of a set up

This is what we know.

Evidence: Betting on Sports ---> gambling.

Conclusion that we need to reach: Police officers ----> should not bet on sports.

So you see that we already know that betting on sports is gambling. If we can just say that police officers should not gamble then we can say that they should not bet on sports.

Answer choice D makes it quite clear that they should not gamble so that is the one.

Let's recap. If the answer choice D is correct then police officers should not gamble and the stimulus tells us that sports betting is gambling so we reach our conclusion that police officers ---> should not bet on sports.

LalaB - "should" is an appropriate word in strengthen when the conclusion has a should in it. So for that reason D is really the best choice here. We actually need the should in order to reach our "should" conclusion.

Hope it helps...

David