Topic: Importance of Gambling to the society - page 22. (Read 2826 times)

Everything has changed with internet and online gambling, especially crypto casinos. Now everyone from any country can gamble at casinos even if it's forbidden in their countries. He just need to use an encrypted DNS or a VPN to circumvent the local barriers usually. That's why many countries or states choose to allow them. For example in US more and more states allow online and land-based casino and bookmakers while they were mostly Indian territories privileges. And Japan is now about to build one of the biggest casino of Asia, while they were prohibited before. 

One of the most significant societal benefits of gaming. The most recent casino has the ability to generate new tax revenue for the government (direct effect). It can also create a desirable business climate and improve the quality of life in the area where it is located. Furthermore, the building's construction can have a positive environmental impact by contributing in the preservation or enhancement of local natural resources such as waterways and parks. Because of this, many people find gambling enticing. When you beat the casino's odds, the prizes from its games are your primary motivator. It's no surprise that many people enjoy this type of activities.

I believe one of the perks of gambling is the entertainment value. Because gambling is pleasurable and frequently results in life-changing experiences if you win in casinos,So, when you look closely, gaming has a lot of beneficial benefits. However, in order to live a balanced life while gambling, it is critical to keep your gambling in check at all times. The chance to gamble alone has numerous advantages. Its financial success allows people to use it as a stepping stone to other types of career. It enables people to generate additional revenue by playing in casinos while also having pleasure.

for countries that legalize gambling there may still be a lot of benefits generated by gambling as you said but unfortunately in some parts of the country that prohibit gambling it does not have any benefits. like my country currently actually prohibits gambling in any form but confusion occurs in this country because even though it is banned there are still lots of people here who still gamble even some gambling is protected by the authorities only not directly and maybe some people here know what I mean.

on the one hand, until now there has been no history such as the benefits of gambling for the people here, its just that there are several people I know who are professional gamblers who won big wins after that decided to unite tolerance for the better, such as building places of worship for Muslims and Christians though the person is Muslim but he wants to use his big win to be of little use to others and also every time he gets a victory he donates food to some poor people who have a poor life too.
all i know the benefits of gambling in my part unlike the part of the country which has more benefits.

Gambling to a society may more than compensate for joblessness to those citizens who don't either have jobs, aren't qualified to have a job or simply don't want to work.
To add icing on the cake, is the brilliance behind online gambling. At least we all know that the vices that is done by those who come together to gamble, is a direct influence from the kind of people one gambles physically with.
Online gambling solved the fear that a physical gambling centre held for many years, also with the kind of features available now, one can gamble safe, withdraw mid-line, can gamble at any time or as a hobby during spare time.

I'm also agreeing with the op that gambling has helped and still helping the youths in the society. In my locality gambling has reduced crimes very well. Because government can provide jobs for the youth to engaged themselves in offices and other governmental works so those who can play bet use the opportunity to busy themselves in the casino halls and forget crime in the process and there sometimes they win and loss and argue among themselves in all days. If there is no gambling in the society, crime would have been legalized in the society by those guys just because of the way crime would have been that is why I am saying this. As it is said, both the government and the youths are benefiting from gambling.

I don't think there's an inherent "benefit" that people could avail from the existence of gambling. In fact I'd argue that gambling isn't a good thing and is something that realistically came from the greed of men. The fact that we're wishing for an opportunity to earn more money without the heavy work that comes with it is a testament to the fact that it's something that didn't come from great things. Biblically gambling is something that is abhorred by multiple religions. Countries left and right had imposed gambling bans, if this is something that you're expecting to have a benefit or something, look for something else bro cause you'll be severely disappointed.

I think we knew that this isn't a great industry morally and despite this, we still played and gambled. I can't really vouch for any reason besides greed but yeah.

How I look at this industry is that somehow it really helps the government earn some income to assist other government projects.
Just a very good example was during the pandemic. Gambling industry (online) was one of the few industries which continued their services.
And so it was one of the industries that augmented the income of the government while they were finding ways to recover in this crisis.
As we can't discard this industry as it has been with the humanity since time immemorial, just see the positive side of it and you won't see much of its negative impact to others. Besides, it is the gamblers themselves that are making this negative because of their addiction and other stunts.

I'm from Nigeria, and in the northern part of the country where i live, gambling is greatly discouraged due to religious beliefs though some people choose to ignore this and continue to gamble.

What country are you from, by the way?

That’s how the government brainwashed the society with their taxes. 
Well, somehow its true especially in my country where we fully depend on collection of taxes. The other benefit is gambling can be a stress reliever especially if you are seeking for entertainment only and losing money is ok for you. Pros and cons are always there, you just have to look for a more good reason why you gamble.

Basically those of us who are active on the gambling board have gone through various discussions related to gambling itself. both from the negative side and from the positive side. for sure, there will always be pros and cons in every discussion we have. but most importantly, constructive discussion and mutual respect.

Referring to the content in this thread, it would be natural if many topics contain negative things. whether it's related to gambling addiction, or topics that corner the casinos that we have here. of course we will not experience confusion, because after all we are quite active here and are used to such things. after all, everyone is free to have an opinion as they think. most importantly, do not violate the rules that apply in the community. referring to what you said, actually we have a thread that discusses the positive side of gambling. either in terms of health, or everything related to positive things related to gambling. one of them, you have said in this thread. and even if there are those who still think gambling is negative, no one can blame them. because after all, they have rights.

For me personally, to be honest I don't really think about such things as you tell me. most importantly, the benefits for myself personally. because if I refer to what you said, just let the parties and authorities involved in it carry out these activities. in fact the benefits that I get from the gambling sessions that I do, I can have fun with this hobby, regardless of winning or losing. at least, I can entertain myself on the sidelines after being busy with work routine activities. Another benefit is that after work I still gather with my family at home, I can even have fun betting sessions. but after all, the negative side cannot be lost from the name of gambling.

Pretty bad move to justify the existence of gambling with taxes. Nobody likes taxes 
It seems to me that the benefits of gambling are entertainment - since people are ready to spend a lot of money on this (I mean the total turnover of money in the industry), then they are satisfied with the resulting product. When consumers are satisfied, this is the benefit.

This is not a great argument. If we just want to earn taxes out of anything, why don't legalize recreational drugs and tax them heavily just the way we do ciggerates. I think as we are developing as a society we are moving towards a healthier and responsible society and no matter how much we say, gambling cannot be justified as a good thing for society. Yes It's fun but definitely not a good thing, simple reason is because it's easy to get addicted to it and lose everything.

^ Some argue that the design of certain gambling activities, such as electronic gaming machines or online betting platforms, can be more addictive and risky than traditional forms of gambling. This can lead to financial hardships, relationship problems, and mental health issues for those affected. I think relying only on the national lottery for funding sports can create uncertainties in the financing, as lottery revenues can fluctuate and may not always be consistent, in fact, these legal gambling can help online casinos will survibe.

By nature anything that is very much disadvantage still has some iota of advantage.
But I cannot boldly vouch for gambling that it has some advantages. Even if we can really count the benefits of gambling to the society its disadvantage overweight the advantage to a gteater heights. So the advantage is no longer meaningful.
Some of the advantages of gambling can be:
1. Generation of tax from casinos
2. Generation from registration and regulation.
3. Casino providing employment and more

This is the prod and cons of gambling, yes the government received a lot of taxed from them but if you will look down to the casinos, those taxes are came from the addicted gambler who are not suffering from a lot of stress and might become one of the beneficiary of those government free hospitals.

Well, business is business and we cannot fully blame casinos for every addicted gambler since its our choice in the first place. In my country, business tycoons are fighting for the ownership of their casinos, it looks like they are more greedy compare to the gamblers.

In my country legal gambling activities helps a lot of charity and at the same time help the government to fund infrastructure development.  They are also one of the huge source of the government funds.

In an individual experience, I believe gambling helps in bonding people.  Comradery and friendship are form between two strangers because of the common interest, that is enjoying gambling activities.  In personal benefit, gambling  like poker, blackjack and other skill based gambling games, helps in cognitive stimulation.

It is only a citizen of a country with bad governance that would say that gambling is only beneficial to government than society, in a civilised country with good governance taxes generated from   casinos and lotteries are used in development of their society by and used for the maintenance of school, and several other sectors including health, of course gambling has it's effect on people who refused to apply the risk management of it but it's also has it benefits as well because people use it as a means of having fun, it has provide financial stability to many people, bring good connections between people in casinos, used as a  means of job opportunities like people working in casinos and traditional betting shops, we shouldn't just write off gambling state only the effect of it to the society without considering the benefits, however some government has tried in helping it's citizens from falling victims to the addictions by setting a ban on gambling activities for it's citizens and benefiting from taxes that aids the development of the country.

In my country, the government benefits from the proceeds of the national lottery to fund sports, especially football championships for all levels. This is why sports enthusiasts are encouraged to participate in buying lottery tickets!!!
From my perspective, the reliance on revenues from the national lottery raises concerns, as it may not have a substantial positive impact on society. It would be worth exploring alternative funding sources for sports and other social initiatives. For instance, governments could focus on promoting businesses that contribute to community development or invest in educational programs that foster healthier lifestyles. By redirecting resources toward sustainable and socially responsible endeavors, we can create a more robust and healthier society for everyone.

If we do speak about benefits then it would really be just the same on each country which it would really be like this;

1.Huge revenue or taxation
2.Charitable acts and application
3.Entertainment/Leisure

For some places, they might really be that prohibiting their citizens to play despite on letting those gambling business lurks around which we do really understand on why government is really that
looking into their citizens towards gambling activity engagement on which i dont see anything wrong.If they do able to generate revenue despite on prohibiting their citizens which does simply shows
that they are still getting that traction and recognition in other places on why they do still have that kind of demand.

We cant really just blame out the community on why we would be always having that negative impression towards gambling because of the chances on gambling addiction on which it isnt really that something new
and not really a shocking thing. Lots of people had devastated out their lives because of addiction but come to think that these things are really that according into their own decisions towards gambling
engagement and since these are just businesses then its just normal that they would be giving out their offering to the masses.

Gambling specifically charity sweepstakes has been playing a big role in our society for a long time now. Since I was a little kid, it's already known for helping the poorest of the poor sector especially in the medication and scholarship program for the less fortunate members of the community.
Many might see gambling as a negative thing but it has also been helping a lot of people in other ways too. Not all gambling companies do the same but I'm glad that there are still a few especially local companies that share a small portion for charities. We know that it isn't their responsibility but it shows that gambling could still be a helping hand to less fortunate in some other ways.