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I'm personally leaning towards gambling ban, but I can give a few excuses not to: * Gambling won't disappear completely, but will move underground (creating ma
by hifromwork 2y ago
I'm personally leaning towards gambling ban, but I can give a few excuses not to:
* Gambling won't disappear completely, but will move underground (creating mafias), or at least people will gamble online illegally (depriving country of tax revenue)
* Not every gambling leads to ruin, just like alcohol drinking is not always alcoholism. At policing the way people have fun is indeed a complex issue.
* There are forms of gambling that can't be regulated easily. One (unfortunately) form of gambling common recently is making insane bets in the stock market (see WallStreetBets subreddit, for example). It's even tax advantaged, compared to regular gambling.
* Making gambling illegal may make it harder for gambling addicts to find the help they need.