The important thing is the casino can give employees jobs again after the pandemic, so people can back to work to their jobs. People will have an income as the employee, and they can buy their daily needs. If people can have money and buy their needs, the economy in that city or country will start, and soon, the situations will become stable as before. However, they need to follow the government's rule because we are still in the pandemic.
And if you are talking with online gambling, employees or staff can do their work even at the comfort of their home. So that's a big plus for these employees, they don't need to struggle to commute. Maybe only those critical issues that need physical presence on their office is needed but all the other else, they can pretty much attend remotely.
But if we are concerned about how it affects the economy in general, I think it is more on taxes paid by the sites to the government.
