Question: "Does the Bahai prohibition of gambling and lotteries forbid games of every description?"
‘Abdu’l-Baha answered: "No, some games are innocent, and if pursued for pastime there is no harm. But there is danger that pastime may degenerate into waste of time. Waste of time is not acceptable in the Cause of God. But recreation which may improve the bodily powers, as exercise, is desirable."
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of Abdul-Baha: 'A Heavenly Vista'; Star of the West, vol. 8, no. 2, April 9, 1917)