Sorry but absolute stupidity is you ask me, i have searched my inner self from top to bottom, and i still have not been able to find anything interesting about cockfighting, what exactly is so special about watching cocks fight?
For instance, when it comes to sports like football, handball, volleyball, table tennis, race and so on, this games all involve human participation and this alone makes it very interesting to watch and even bet on, but coming back to cockfighting, I do not see this as a form of sports since there are no humans involved aside from those watching, the cocks that are fighting don't even have any idea that they are being watched, what exactly is in this to enjoy?
Anyways, many people have made so much money that they utterly do not know what else to do with it, it is only those in this category that will invest their time and money in supposed games like cockfighting, especially as you have mentioned, government people that don't have to work really hard to earn money.
The same goes for me. My late father loved cockfighting and he even took care of a lot of roosters, from feeding them right to making them drink vitamins and some training against another rooster where they are wearing gloves instead of the blade so that they will be stronger when the big night comes. Not for me. I don't understand the joy of it. Maybe I don't like people using animals to enjoy murder as a sport while putting money on it.
I'd rather stick with human fighting sports because it's rare that people die with it. Like UFC.
Even when the online series of cockfighting became a trend here in our country, I never had the urge to bet on it and I don't really understand why. I guess I should be glad that I didn't because I have seen a lot of my friends who lost a lot of money on that type of gambling.
Anyway, as long as the government will use the money for the improvement of the city then I guess it's okay for me. As a gambler we should be responsible and they are old enough to know if they are losing more money in this sport.