I'm also not looking forward to see gambling be banned but I am inclined to that the government could create heavy regulations and implementations to reduce the addiction and other related to it and to protect the minors from these activities.
Like you, I had the same ideas, but by thinking carefully about some of them, I find that there is a complex question that will be asked about what strict measures that the state can impose to reduce the phenomenon of addiction to gambling or to prevent children from doing this activity. I know that it will be contrary to everything that the state should not interfere in, but the urban decision is the only way to achieve these goals as quickly as possible. 
Topic: [Discussion] Should Gambling be Banned? - page 9. (Read 2880 times)
It shouldn't be banned because even if they ban it, people are still going to gamble, but this time illegally. This puts a lot of risks to both the players and the operators. Crime will rise. People will put themselves in danger to gamble. Money laundering will increase more than usual and the illegal casinos will have full power over the players. The casino can do whatever they want and no one can stop them. Keep it legal, let the government tax them a lot. Win-win situation for everyone here.
Most likely gonna be the case. I myself can testify to that. There are a lot of prohibited small time gambling activities around our country. One of the most popular one is the illegal cock fighting, card games, and other street gambling.
When I say street gambling, few examples of that are flipping coin, spider matches, and quick 3 card games. These are all prohibited as they don't have the license to operate. But, these people are going nuts about it and they actually created their own hide outs just to perform these gambling activities without getting noticed by the authorities.
So, with these examples I can't imagine if these big time casinos are banned, how much more could they cause?
It shouldn't be banned because even if they ban it, people are still going to gamble, but this time illegally. This puts a lot of risks to both the players and the operators. Crime will rise. People will put themselves in danger to gamble. Money laundering will increase more than usual and the illegal casinos will have full power over the players. The casino can do whatever they want and no one can stop them. Keep it legal, let the government tax them a lot. Win-win situation for everyone here.
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I think the better approach is that instead of complete prohibition, strict regulations must be implemented in order to protect gamblers, who are addicted,
I guess the reason behind the bans is because it's hard to regulate the industry in preventing addicts from taking advantage of the gambling. How do you know a gambler is an addict when someone can basically sit at the comfort of there house nowadays to play bets online without having to go to physical casino as in the old days. A caring government knows that gambling does no good to the economy of their state.
It's unhealthy when your citizens are addicts, hardly will that country be productive and be moving forward so to prevent that from been the norm, countries are resulting in banning the activity as that can only be the solution. Assuming there was a means in which gambling doesn't get ban but can be controlled to prevent addicts form taking advantage of it then it'll be done.
Well, it depends on in which country you live. I am living in a country in which Gambling is prohibited and banned. So, it has been usual for me to see this regulation. But, we can still do online gambling moreover right now, there are many crypto online gambling that can make ease us to gamble.
Btw, related to the gambling ban because of the risks of loss, well, these are the pros and cons of gambling that will never be separated. gambling whenever and wherever will have both, between the loss and winning. If someone is addicted to gambling, this means that he may not be able to control and manage his funds and also the risks. This is more to personal conditions although there are many gamblers who are addicted. That is why before gambling, we must make sure that we do it for a certain purpose, using free money, independent of finances, and not being stress
Btw, related to the gambling ban because of the risks of loss, well, these are the pros and cons of gambling that will never be separated. gambling whenever and wherever will have both, between the loss and winning. If someone is addicted to gambling, this means that he may not be able to control and manage his funds and also the risks. This is more to personal conditions although there are many gamblers who are addicted. That is why before gambling, we must make sure that we do it for a certain purpose, using free money, independent of finances, and not being stress
It might look funny, but it striked in my mind. Why don't we have a gambling insurance. This means a premium to be spend every month. Through this one can be availed with two claims per year. Here the user needs to list the sites he use. When the person goes for claim, the data regarding the loss will be collected by the insurance company and provides with the insurance amount. Many won't like this, because of the privacy issues.
^ Because probably in my opinion gambling is not all related to money/finance. It supposedly gambling for fun that only gambling an amount of money that you can afford to lose. Why do you continue to gamble if you don't have money if your money cannot afford to lose?That sounds really fun and I think no one will have this gambling insurance company service, however, you can take a loan if you really want to gamble against your urge but that is a different story here.
To OP, gambling should not ban because gambling is not a source of income and not a threat of financial if you know how to control yourself, gambling is for fun nothing else.
It might look funny, but it striked in my mind. Why don't we have a gambling insurance. This means a premium to be spend every month. Through this one can be availed with two claims per year. Here the user needs to list the sites he use. When the person goes for claim, the data regarding the loss will be collected by the insurance company and provides with the insurance amount. Many won't like this, because of the privacy issues.
There's no need to ban gambling, the risk will be happened with gamblers. The gamblers itself who have decided whether they wanna take the risk by gambling their money or not. If someone agreed with it and he knows about the risk. Im sure that if any gamblers know about what they will got and what they will lost in gambling. The regulation is a bit better instead of banning it. There are so many pros and cons in gambling but i do believe you know that if that was coming from the various people.
How good and bad gambling is actually rely with the gamblers itself.
How good and bad gambling is actually rely with the gamblers itself.
I see no reason to ban gambling in the strict sense, because it is something that we like and it is not harmful to anyone by itself. However, it is true that there are some people who may get addicted or have problems controlling themselves so not banning it does not mean not regulating it and nor not allowing for options for individuals to opt out or ask the gambling sites not to accept them. But as said, individually.
I think the better approach is that instead of complete prohibition, strict regulations must be implemented in order to protect gamblers, who are addicted, in attempting to delve into such activity. There must be at least some sort of balance and middle ground on preventing gamblers from gambling too much and protecting the financial freedom and rights of gambling business owners from yielding profit.
Though this may be easier said than done, this is the only compromise that the government must take if they really want to help gamblers overcome their addiction.
Let us first agree that gambling is a personal freedom that should not be prohibited for any reason within a legal framework, even if it is harmful in one way or another. Just like smoking and drinking alcohol, both are harmful, but the legislator has no right to pass laws prohibiting these practices because they simply fall under the issue of personal status. But there are two important points if the ban takes place, and they are firstly about preventing children from entering this field, which is an early age to enter into such a situation, and secondly, it is to reduce cases of addiction that lead to the death of individuals, just as it happens with legislation that prevents drug consumption and their trafficking.
If the government will take a huge step to ban gambling, they are also trying to get the local operating casinos out of business which could help the economy as the taxes are frankly big enough and also, that will mean that they are disabling the people to have its freedom and that will be a little personal. Just imagine if America or UK will suddenly ban all gambling activities, the economy will surely be affected because of that.I'm also not looking forward to see gambling be banned but I am inclined to that the government could create heavy regulations and implementations to reduce the addiction and other related to it and to protect the minors from these activities.
If we are talking about banning online casinos, then we should consider all risky things where a person could lose money... For example it could be stock or cryptocurrency exchanges, poker, dice, bookmakers, lotteries... All of these things have about the same effect on a person and are habit-forming. It seems to me that it can never be closed down because it brings in huge amounts of money... If the world were fair, they would have banned the sale of alcohol and cigarettes long ago...
We could go farther with this and ban every bad purchase a person can make. After all buying a very old and rusty car in hope of repairing and selling it for more is a gamble. Getting into a relationship is a gamble because she could cheat you and run with all your money. Lending money to people is a gamble, they can run away with it and never pay it back.
Life is a gamble. Banning gambling is pretty dumb if you ask me. If you ban gambling sites people will meet up and play cards or bet on football matches anyway.
I see no reason to ban gambling in the strict sense, because it is something that we like and it is not harmful to anyone by itself. However, it is true that there are some people who may get addicted or have problems controlling themselves so not banning it does not mean not regulating it and nor not allowing for options for individuals to opt out or ask the gambling sites not to accept them. But as said, individually.
But KYC has its own pros and cons but when the subject is about hindering minors from doing these kind of activities, then KYC is somewhat useful but for adults, doing KYC will be a risky thing to do because every detail will be used in the illegal transactions or dark web if the site will be hacked (hopefully not). Personally, I also don't support banning online gambling but I think they could do more useful and safer regulation aside from that risky KYC.
read my post again, I am not saying that they should require KYC when registering(I understand the risk of KYC), I am saying, aside from regulating casinos they should also spread awareness regarding the dangers of gambling and teach people about being a responsible gambler since KYC isn't enough. If someone is worried about some hacker selling his information on the darknet then he should start worrying now, since there are lots of government sites that were accessed by hackers retrieving their citizen DATA. I don't mind the implementation of KYC which is for Casino protection and at the same time with the responsible gambling act, they need these data to access player information for possible aid if that person got addicted to gambling activity. As stated I am pro-gambling and I hate when the religious sector cries out that gambling is bad but uses lottery or raffles to fund their religious activity.
Gambling is already not allowed in a number of countries, but how do you want to ban that completely and then also control it? I think that's a hopeless job to be honest. As a player, if you live in a country where gambling is prohibited, it is quite easy to play with Crypto and using a VPN on a gambling site that does not ask for a KYC and the ban is quite easy to get around. There are countries such as Spain where online gambling is not allowed but where you have many local shops where you can gamble. Also quite strange of course that it is allowed there and banned online.
But KYC has its own pros and cons but when the subject is about hindering minors from doing these kind of activities, then KYC is somewhat useful but for adults, doing KYC will be a risky thing to do because every detail will be used in the illegal transactions or dark web if the site will be hacked (hopefully not). Personally, I also don't support banning online gambling but I think they could do more useful and safer regulation aside from that risky KYC.
read my post again, I am not saying that they should require KYC when registering(I understand the risk of KYC), I am saying, aside from regulating casinos they should also spread awareness regarding the dangers of gambling and teach people about being a responsible gambler since KYC isn't enough. 
Gambling is not at the previous level. It is now called as Industry. Most of the countries in the world have casinos or gambling places. Moreover, the government is getting huge revenue from this industry every year. It is said that if you are not addicted to gambling then it will not cause any problem. But if not, your life may turn into unbearable. That is why it is always said to consider gambling as a means of entertainment. Thousands of people now find their employment in the gambling industry. Gambling is not a modern invention it is running form the old age. So it is not possible to ban.
Gambling is legal in many countries and it's bringing so much revenue to the states. Also where it is not legal people are getting benefited So - this is not an easy thing to ban gambling. Neither it is possible anyway!
Gambling is not at the previous level. It is now called as Industry. Most of the countries in the world have casinos or gambling places. Moreover, the government is getting huge revenue from this industry every year. It is said that if you are not addicted to gambling then it will not cause any problem. But if not, your life may turn into unbearable. That is why it is always said to consider gambling as a means of entertainment. Thousands of people now find their employment in the gambling industry. Gambling is not a modern invention it is running form the old age. So it is not possible to ban.
Aside from government income, gambling is also useful for mental health if used properly. As entertainment, it relieves a lot of stress after a long hour of work. For people who need social activity, a gambling Casino is also a good place to interact with friends and meet new friends. So we will miss something like that if gambling is banned, so no for gambling ban.
Gambling is not at the previous level. It is now called as Industry. Most of the countries in the world have casinos or gambling places. Moreover, the government is getting huge revenue from this industry every year. It is said that if you are not addicted to gambling then it will not cause any problem. But if not, your life may turn into unbearable. That is why it is always said to consider gambling as a means of entertainment. Thousands of people now find their employment in the gambling industry. Gambling is not a modern invention it is running form the old age. So it is not possible to ban.
If we are talking about banning online casinos, then we should consider all risky things where a person could lose money... For example it could be stock or cryptocurrency exchanges, poker, dice, bookmakers, lotteries... All of these things have about the same effect on a person and are habit-forming. It seems to me that it can never be closed down because it brings in huge amounts of money... If the world were fair, they would have banned the sale of alcohol and cigarettes long ago...
Nowadays we always have two choices and these are the good and the bad, the forbidden and the not forbidden. But often people what is forbidden and bad is what we always do whether we gamble or not. And then about your question, maybe if I am an expert gambler and often win at gambling, I would always wish that gambling would not be banned here in our country. So in real life, if I'm the only one to follow, it's okay to stop gambling or not.
Gambling is just entertainment it should not be banned, there are people who have problems with gambling but the majority are actually enjoying gambling. It's fun if you are responsible, and it's not or it will ruin your life if you don't gamble responsibly, so hopefully, we get the point here. Jump to: