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Gambling rings (https://alexaanswers.amazon.com/question/65P8l1K7e6YEUS360Ht4hX) are high-risk and high-reward operations that take advantage of market demand and turn it in their favor. Their modus operandi thrives on secrecy and they are involved in organizing all sorts of gambling games - slots, poker, blackjack, sports bet etc.Although the law enforcement agencies are doing their best, it is still a lot of work trying to crackdown on these rings. Gambling rings are illegal and people who are caught may either pay a huge fine or serve jail time.

I want to believe that so many people who patronize these gambling rings may have lost a lot of money or scammed and there is nothing they can do about it. And one of the reasons why people may even choose to patronize these gambling rings aside the high rewards is because gambling is banned in their society.

However I am thinking that if gambling is legalized, we would see a drastic reduction (not total elimination) in the operations of these rings. My reasons are that their activities will be carried out in a fair and transparent manner such that cases of frauds and scams will be eliminated as there will be proper mechanisms in place to prevent and protect the gamblers.

Do you think that there is a role that gambling legalization will play in reducing the activities of gambling rings?

First of all there is no real need to go in these illegal gambling rings as in Internet now there is an opportunity for anyone who wants to play and with crypto this is even easier.I have heard a lot of bad things about these illegal rings and no I am not talking about being scammed as that is mainstream in these rings,I have even seen stories of people who had kill one person who kept winning at poker so these are truly dangerous and legalizing the gambling will not help much as these rings entice users by offering higher rewards than normal casinos.

It is user and gambler awareness that should be the real medicine for people to stop going to such places and risk their lives there.

Yes, most likely. Even if a country, state, or province legalizes casinos, there will still be a minority group of racketeers who will take advantage of the taxless underground businesses. Regardless of how the government handles the situation, there will still be bad actors who will find ways to bypass any legal issues.

The real problem here is not the gambling rings itself, but how casinos are being advertised openly to the public and how easy it is for children to be exposed from such marketing campaigns. And perhaps the government's lack of control mechanism to prevent people from being addicted to gambling that could eventually lead to debt.

The easier it is for the consumer to gamble, the less likely they will need/want to frequent illegal operations. Why risk jail or a huge fine playing somewhere it's not legal if you can go up the road to a legal establishment and play? Of course that is also assuming the legal establishment is fair to the players.

You should use quote tags or quote signs when you copy/paste a text from another source.

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Even though this seems like minor plagiarism it is still plagiarism and you might get reported for this. I googled the first sentence and there are many websites that use the exact same sentence and they all copy paste this from each other but that doesn't mean you can do the same thing here.

Just saying.

Thanks you for the heads up. However if you noticed the the first two words "Gambling Rings" is embedded in a hyperlink which leads you to the website you have pointed out. Move your cursor on it and see that it is in blue.

Anyways, thank you once again. Next time, I will state the link expressly at the end.

Definitely. I see no reason why illegal activity would exist if the said activity was allowed in the first place, albeit with rules and laws enforced on it. Regardless of the limitations placed on it, it still is a matter of fact that the activity is completely legal already. In the first place, I reckon with it being legal, people wouldn't necessarily risk being fined for doing it illegally. They could possibly just register it themselves as a legal business.

There'd probably be a few more who would still do it, but it might be because the entity behind casinos is supposed to be only owned by the government or something similar, kind of not giving them a chance. I highly doubt they'd get much of a customer base though which makes the idea itself kind of not worth it.

Definitely, not only that it will be a win win situation for the government and the gamblers, by legalizing it the government can impose and collect taxes from the legalized gambling organizations and the gamblers can file a complaint to authorities to mediate on their behalf.
Gambling rings used to be very rampant in our country we have an illegal lottery and it is done guerilla type sometimes in a remote place where they held their draw, only the gambling lord makes a lot of money from this, if they legalize gambling the government is the one that will benefit.

I saw the link. That's how I found out the website in the first place. The thing is, there isn't anything to separate the copy/paste text from the rest of the text which makes it look like you are also the author of the first sentence which isn't true.

Like I said It is not a big deal to me but someone picky with this stuff might use it against you.

These illegal rings can be incredibly dangerous, and stories of violence are not uncommon. However, even if gambling is legalized, there will always be a group of people who will try to take advantage of it for their own gain. It's up to the government to enforce laws and regulations to prevent these bad actors from exploiting the system. Legalizing gambling can also bring in more revenue for the government, and provide a safer and more regulated environment for gamblers. In the end, it's a win-win situation for everyone involved, except for criminals.

yes, you can't deny that legalizing gambling will reduce illegal gambling rings, especially in rich city areas, but then again, despite gambling being legal I am certain that government will require anyone to have a casino/gambling permit before they can operate a casino, and casino permits can be quite expensive. the illegal underground casino I usually see in the past are just some run-down secret rooms with very few gambling machines (usually Video Karera (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/video_karera)) and people playing either mahjong or some popular local card games and from the looks of it, I doubt they can afford a gambling permit.

If the government legalizes one illegal activity, maybe another illegal activity also wants to be legalized and will demand the government to legalize it too. But if it's a casino that wants to be legalized, I guess it will depend on the regulations on gambling itself. If gambling is banned in that country, the casino can't ask for the casino to be legalized either. It would probably be better if the casino stayed on the illegal side and operated underground especially if the owner had some influence in the illegal business circles. But although gambling is legalized in many countries, it does not guarantee that it can eliminate fraud because it depends on the casino itself. If the casino really intends to cheat its customers, they do not have to have a legal license from the government.

You could have made a distinction in your enquiry regarding those countries that have legalized gambling system and those that have not legalized it and not to ask a general question like every country is in an unlegalized gambling environment.

However to your question, IMO I don't think legalizing gambling will stop gambling rings or those who try to benefit illegally by deceiving bettors on their reputation. We have had questionable gambling casinos even in this forum existing side by side with legalized casinos.

Scammers will always find ways to beat the legal system. To create a strong law against scammers to punish and prosecute them when proven on their attrocity will help but yet won't stop gambling rings.

In societies with very strict rules forbidding gambling activities, It is expected that the activities of gambling rings will be thriving especially in those societies where gambling was a thing at some point before its declaration as illegal. It is not an activity that people will consider to just stop because their government has asked them to, many might turn to gambling rings. If gambling is legalized in such places, these people will no longer see any need to patronize these secret gambling rings where they are unable to report whatever happens to them. They will prefer the casino's and gambling places that will want to operate in line with government policies. Gambling legalization will reduce gambling rings.

I think that's a good idea, especially in countries where it's not really against their religion.

Gambling is not bad in general, as long as we gamble responsibly and with proper education. Legalizing it will help gamblers to be responsible and they will know that they should only risk what they can afford to lose. In our country, some forms of gambling are regulated while others are banned, but some operators do not stop and instead run illegal gambling sites, and there are still people who patronize them.

Therefore, legalizing them may be a better option.

At times like this were there are many ways to do gambling it is unnecessary now to try casinos that are not operating legally, we have options to choose what casino we will play with or if it’s prohibited in that country some still find ways to do it thru online gambling. Though it is better if gambling will be legal to avoid people having  violations but government should be strict in implementation or in reminding their people to avoid too much addiction on it. In my country when there are news that affects people too much that causes harm to the players there are laws implemented that will eliminate that specific game to avoid more damage.

Gambling is legal in my country for over a decade now and yet you can still see a lot of illegal gambling activities so technically, this one can't totally be limited not unless the government will strictly implement their policy especially with a higher punishment once get caught.

The problem as well is if you have corrupt officials who are also organizing such illegal activities, making it legal doesn't necessary mean no more illegal gambling, you might reduce it at first but eventually they will grow again probably in some area.

It's too obvious when gambling is legalized it will minimize gambling rings or cheating, because the rules will be more tougher and it's need a well understanding to find the loophole.

It's the mistake from the user who want to accuse if the @OP is plagiarism, this is nothing new anymore when someone hide his source and want to make anything he posted is come from him. I'd say it's fall on grey area, but it doesn't deserve to get banned.

I agree with you, however, we have to keep in mind not everyone has access to internet, especially elders who don't dominate technology, so they still resort to illegal gambling services when living in countries where the activity is forbidden by authorities. It would be totally positive for these people if gambling were legalized by the local governments and it would also have a powerful impact on the weakening of gambling rings, although I don't think they can completely disappear.

If illegal there is a risk of getting fined and going to jail, if it is legal you can play freely and openly and gambling platforms can promote their platform openly.
For the government more revenues, for gambling profits more profit and expansion, and for gamblers will not have to play secretly and can complain to the right agency when cheated.
We all want legality in all our actions we'll have peace of mind and nothing to worry about being charged in court.

Either the government legalizes gambling or not people will always abuse a setup system, forbthe fact that we have a large number of gamblers with everyone competing to make winning from a casino and some begin to device means to cheat abd byepass the process to the normal protocol, we have to consider that gambling is also decentralized in the sense that no single authority in charge of every gambling activities, so anyone can decided on coming in with something new to offer gamblers irrespective of the circumstances attached.

Gambling rings are more like a hidden set of high rollers who align together in a secret location to stake bets, their locations are difficult to find, so a person who doesn't have a link or a member of their ring or clique may not ever find this place. So legalizing gambling won't help gambling rings since these shot-callers are evading tax. Indeed, many people run to such services because gambling is illegal in their country, but that doesn't out rule the fact that gambling rings don't exist in countries where gambling activities are not frowned at by the government. If the security agencies can't locate or stop them, then it'll be hard to reduce gambling rings. Though a few of them are being apprehended, but the high profits made from the business is adding more flair the business.

Hmmm I think in some countries, gambling is legal. Take for example here in our country gambling is legal as long as it is regulated by the government and they are paying taxes often with no sign of violating any law then it is legal but then most of the people here still go to illegal gambling because it only needs small amount of money and sometimes you will get big in return. Gambling rings or some gambling gangs rules illegal gambling sometimes also legal ones. We cannot control every single one of them.

If the government can regulate all casinos, let alone make them legal, at least the government can get additional revenue from many of these casinos. But by legalizing gambling, the government must also be prepared to deal with other problems because that could trigger more people to play gambling, even though the government has explained that gambling can be addictive.

And maybe the government can tighten the rules even more if they finally legalize gambling in their country. And the government must also supervise every casino properly so that there is no cheating on the part of the casino and immediately impose penalties if they are caught cheating their customers.

This is the usual target of every greedy gamblers and an organization that works as scam group, they are trying to avoid the system security by committing illegal transactions, fortunately most of the site now are really secured and they have protocols on how they can handle such abuser. As I've said, legalizing gambling will not guarantee anything but if the government want's to regulate gambling they should start it by legalizing this one and set-aside the opinions of the others for the sake of the security of the public.

As I am from one countries that banned gambling except sports betting (Türkiye). Here are some gambling rings mainly in rich but underlooked households. They mostly look like coffee/tea houses where people are playing backgammon or just regular cards. But I know that they run gambling as well. When you legalize gambling, gamblers would prefer to go regulated ones because they will feel safer. That's why I am completely supporting idea of legal gambling. Its good for community. We should keep in mind that criminal activity should be avoided for better experience.

The fact that gambling ring is illegal, the implementation of gambling legalities will surely reduce this kind of activity but not completely shut them down.  There will be always people who wanted to earn money in illegal way because it brings double or triple the profit than the legalized one since they don't need to pay for licenses and taxes and they don't operate under any regulation so these people can cheat their players/gamblers easily.

Certainly legalizing gambling activities will eliminate the illegal gambling operators so the users can experience the fair gambling and feeling secured about their bets and reward. Some countries made gambling as illegal for various reasons especially their religion is against it for example in most Islamic countries gambling is completely banned which lead to the underground operators and their own terms and conditions which highly favorable for them.

Not sure if this will be very effective though, in our country there are still gambling rings around and although some of the games are legalized, they are players who opt to still play or even bet on this illegal bookies.

So it is still better if their is a police that will implement because they are going to be part of the solution. But if the police themselves gives protection to this illegal dens and others, I think it will be hard to reduced this gambling rings.

Legalize it, (!?), it is not the way out, since even in Las Vegas they are prohibited.

So, you wonder how it is possible, but it exist!
secret "parties" are known to be organized, e.g.  private poker games, the type of game is irrelevant, so, they exist anywhere and can be very luxurious or very gloomy.

There are people who, regardless of their social and economic status, want that type of gambling or environment  undistinguished room ("rings").

And there it is legal, it is the city of bets/ gambler.

One of the reasons why people tend to break the law and do illegal gambling is because of too many restrictions. If the government will reduce the legalization of gambling, gamblers will surely choose to play legally and will do fair play.
In some countries, some people are doing underground gambling because of gambling restrictions in the area. We have to be mindful that gamblers will always find ways to bet and play so allowing them to play legally will also reduce the risk of commiting with illegal gambling.

I don't think it will. Gambling rings exist not because they aren't legal but because there are people who frequent their rings and gamble. Legalizing gambling within their country may urge some of these operators to get licensed so they can operate in broad daylight, just as how Bingo in the Philippines was banned back then but was since legalized and allowed to operate albeit with proper license. Still, you'll see that there are places especially in the rural areas who operate secretly and has allowed people to gamble. So to put it simply, the illegal gambling scheme will remain unfazed or indifferent towards the legalization of their games, some of them may see this is as an opportunity to go legal and therefore take licenses, but the rest of the industry will go about their daily grind as per usual routine.

They'll remain to be there, although of course there will be limitations on their movements as the government will be on the lookout for such gambling rings to take down. There will always be patrons supporting illegal gambling rings, even if the government already supports legal gambling platforms in the area. Sometimes it's due to tradition or habit, but for the most part it's because they believe they have better chances of winning on these casinos compared to the legal ones that are surveyed and audited by the government.

It'll be a long journey ahead, but considering that places like Macau and Vegas exist, it's not impossible that the legalization of gambling (with limitations, of course) happens in the near future.

Gambling legalisation will rather increase gambling rings than reducing it because it will give gambling rings more hands to take more advantages of high of market demands. Regardless of the consequences of their act. In communities where gambling are banned, there is a higher tendencies that gambling rings will take advantage of that. So i think is will be difficult if not impossible for gambling legalisation to reduce or stop gambling rings.

Obviously, running a legal gambling operation will make business owners comfortable that everything is complying with the law. Easy also to market their service anywhere since nothing to hide shady things from the public. Legalization will also make way for these gambling operators to face some penalties if they do some sh*t to their clients and customers.

With the legalization of gambling, the government can take taxes from these gambling operators and be part of the country's revenue source.

Illegal activities can never be totally eliminated as there are always operators who don't want to comply with the law for selfish reasons but there is no doubt that the legalization of gambling will minimize and slow down their progress.

There will always be black market even if legalization will take place.
Because there are some people who still want to launder their money, and they won't play in the legal sites.
I believe, legalization will give the government a very good source of income, however, it won't stop from other people not to use the black market.
It may possibly reduce those who are operating under the table but it won't get rid of them. There will always be one organization that will operate away from government protocols.

When we talked about illegal gambling activities being reduced, then we can expect that to happen once gambling legalization takes place as long as the law will be implemented strictly and with strong teeth. Legalization is necessary for gambling businesses, for gamblers not to patronize illegal gambling. Gamblers will also have the assurance that they are safe when gambling only on a legal gambling service.

I don't want to be involved in illegal gambling as I want my gambling experience freely as I want without worrying that I will face legal problems. Being legal to is my basis before using any gambling site that I considered playing with.

Implementation would really be the key on here on which i do agree on what you have said that it should really be strictly implemented and there's should be no exemptions and would totally be following

 on what are those laws and regulations which would really be needing to be followed but im not really that shocked nor get surprised if ever there would be still those special treatment if we do speak about those people who do have financial capacity and on position or does have power to have those advantages.

This is why this type of problem isnt something that could really be resolved out and would continue out to exist.

Just like in any other illegal activity, the strong implementation of legalization will reduce the number of services that are running in the shadow. In gambling, it's really important to have strong legalization to redirect people to only choosing legal operations allowed by the government.

If possible, heavy sanctions should be imposed on those who will attempt to operate illegal gambling operations.

I hope that way, illegal gambling activity will be minimized and will serve as a discouragement as afraid to face the consequences.

What is the need for using a service that have got more and more risk with a higher reward on the amount risked. We've got trusted platforms that gives access to each and every game and other casino games. Apart from the online services you've got best land based casinos. Good is to use those than thinking of legalizing.

In the past when bookies were much dependent for all the gambling needs such activities had their usage. Now they're no more into usage as gambling is much user friendly and with trust one can have some good time spent and entertained.

Normally in all areas of life, the legality of a phenomenon makes it's run smoothly in all ramifications within  it's society that it operate. Since it has to operate under specific guidelines and conditions acceptable. Places where this gambling rings thrive so we'll are societies that have strong policies against gambling activities, and these illicit gambling operators takes the risk of existing in such an environment and uses it as an opportunity to take advantage of gamblers that patronize their illicit act.

The best is for government to legalize these gambling platforms allowing them to operate under license act that have to regulate their body. This will even make sense as gamblers will be aware of their customer's right and when it is trampled upon or taken advantage of. This will really reduce certain gambling rings.

For straight people, there is no need but for people who wanted to launder money, this illegal gambling rings is a good platform to do that thing.  Since the platform is illegal, it will not report any money laundering activities that happen on its platform.  Aside from that there are always unsuspecting player got lured into this kind of platform.  So people who wanted to profit and don't want to get taxed will do this illegal activity.

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If there is a strong implementation of the law, illegal activities will naturally dwindle down.  So it won't be a surprise if there is a strong implementation of legalization, these gambling ring will be suppressed.

Even with legalization, nothing can stop these gambling rings and other types of gambling places where punters can place their bets.

Although there could be a significant changes and differences but as I've said, no matter what legalization will bring. There will always be those people that would like to build up their own gambling rings and it won't stop as long as there are people that goes to them.

Culprits will always find a way to stay away from being monitored by the authorities.

The good thing is, gambling being legalized will reduce the operations of the gambling rings as also you have mentioned too. The legalization should also involve people that keep supporting illegal gambling despite the fact that it's illegal.

The more number of established successful operations by the authorities to take down illegal gambling activities while at the same, responsible people that are part of running the said illegal gambling will be caught and jailed, is a good step towards the whole elimination bit by bit.

It can reduce the illegal activities once the law enforcement hardly implement this one because if its just a law, many can still abuse that and continue their illegal activities. Rewarding those who will report illegal activities can also be a big help because for sure many will get attracted to that reward money.

Anyway, gambling is also legal in my country yet the law enforcement is not that strict because you can still gamble illegal games, legally because of our old tradition during wake.

The purpose of legalization is to reduce illegal gambling activity in the first place, right?

It now depends if these gambling rings will cooperate with the government and will turn into legit gambling owners that will follow the law. Not just it will reduce the activities of gambling rings but it will help to boost the market industry of gambling and that will be good for the country.

Illegal gambling won't be totally eliminated though because of some factors especially if these are being protected by a higher corrupt government official or top-ranked uniform personnel but as long as the government keeps shutting down those, illegal gambling activities should be reduced.

I share in your opinion @Op.
When something is made legal for all in a society, people don't lose money trying to access such a service, simply because, everybody knows the service exists and also knows the legal way of accessing it without being scammed.

But when an activity/service is banned in a society, legal means of accessing such a service is automatically closed from the people, those who wish to access such services will have no choice but to resort to the illegal way, and this illegal way sure would have scammers and fraudsters lurking around, looking for people to swindle off their hard earned money.

So I believe that, if gambling is made legal for all, the issue of scam through gambling rings will greatly be reduced to it's barest minimum.

Of course they will try to hide if not their operation will be shutdown and the people behind will be arrested.  Unless the illegal activity have some high official backing them.


But legalization of gambling does not assure that these illegal activities will completely shutdown.  It will surely decline in number but there will still some who will try to bypass authority and keep on doing illegal activities such as Gambling Rings.

When a gambling gets legalized from the government, of course, you have to be prepared with gambler data that will be owned by the government, there is no privacy and gambling site users are required to deposit KYC in order to access gambling features. The pros and cons of this legalization will emerge. But positively legalizing gambling will reduce fraudulent practices that are often carried out on gambling sites such as money laundering practices that are common and make scammers free to erase their fraudulent tracks with gambling sites. The government also gets a share of the gambling profits by imposing taxes, so government revenue will increase.
But in some governments gambling really cannot be legalized for certain reasons and that is absolute.

They'll somewhat play a role but I wouldn't count on them reducing the activities as much because like you've said they can never be eliminated for good.

Overall though it's still good to have gambling regulators that can help so they can keep tabs on these gambling places and make sure they don't get away in case they go south.

Nobody would go to these gambling rings even if gambling is banned in their jurisdiction. People who can't gamble in their country according to the law of that country, can use VPN to bypass the country based issues, and only choose some non-KYC gambling websites (nowadays, there are enough sites that allow gamblers to play at their websites without KYC) so there comes least risk of getting caught even if you gamble. By saying "caught", I never want to convey that doing illegal activities is good because ultimately, if it's not allowed at your place then it's actually illegal for you to gamble. However, that's the best I can do instead of risking my identity to go and play with these gambling rings which is actually run by either criminals or mafias where we risk our life both side, as if we don't get caught by the police, we risk our life in the hands of these criminals who may either kill us or misuse our identity (if the gambler is too stupid to share his personal details with them).

I believe so!

There are many advantages in legalizing gambling in any country in the world and on this issue of clandestinity there would also be a very large impact because, among others, it would be possible to punish those who exploit gambling inappropriately. In addition to the corruption of police officers and other officials who exercise power over clandestine gambling houses. Considerably increase tax collection in order to invest in security and investigative intelligence against clandestine games that exploit players and also generate jobs and income for people, formalizing business and reducing people's attraction to doing things illegally.

Yes it can be reduce because of the consequences you can face if you opted to gamble in such activity, but not totally eliminated since some illegal operators will continue what they used probably because of the huge profit.

Anyway, if you're a gambler, why risk playing in illegal gambling if there's many option already to gamble conveniently? Online casinos are already popular and you can gamble anywhere as long as there's a gadget. These gambling rings can be eliminated if no gamblers will patronize such activity.

Without a doubt illegal casino operations can be reduced significantly if gambling is legalized and regulated at a country, but those illegal operations will not disappear completely and that is because they can offer competitions that you cannot find at regular casinos as they are not popular enough for casinos to include them or they are illegal, so as much as we may dislike it there will always be some gamblers which will be interested in gambling there.

I too share in the opinion as well, the government don't realize that they're doing more harm than good when they banned things that are widely used by their citizens. Instead of banning they could have controlled how that thing is been used through legalization. Some gamblers would even stop gambling since it's now legal and doesn't give the the high risk feeling.

Is just like with drugs, many peoples that abuse it do so because it's illegal, you won't see people wanting to do things that are legal because it doesn't have any risk to it. Legalization of gambling will not only reduced the Gambling rings but might even reduced the rate at which people gamble.

Yes definitely, having a legal framework is a good protection for any gambler. That is why I don't like outright bans from the government, it would be much better to tightly regulate the gambling industry instead of banning it. Because there will always be people who will go around the ban. Just because something is illegal doesn't mean people won't do it. I only gamble in countries where casinos are allowed and never had any contact with a gambling ring. For me personally the risk would be to big that something goes wrong. What if you win big and they refuse to pay out the winnings? There is nothing we can do, the police or courts won't help us. Legalising the gambling industry is the best way.

Illegal casinos will continue to operate even though most casinos have received legality from the government. But I agree that it is better to play in a legalized casino than to endure playing in an illegal casino because we can avoid problems that might arise later. In addition, illegal casinos may be supervised more. It is also possible that the government will seal or close the casino and arrest all gamblers who play gambling in the casino. Instead of having such an experience, we better avoid it before it's too late. But the government has to communicate with all parties before they legalize casinos because this has consequences for gamblers.

I mostly blame those that are patronizing the illegal rings, even more than the government and those rings themselves. If you patronize illegality, then what are you?

They thrive with patronage and they could be defeated without patronage. Government has a responsibility for this but it's a collective responsibility in my thought. I will never make the mistake of gambling at a casino that is not duly registered and even regulated.

This has helped me to avoid empowering the wrong people and patronizing illegality in society.

What strive demands in gambling always result from the incompetence of the government, that been said. Now, when the citizens see anything that gives quick money, they always give it all and hence, these gambling rings take the advantage of it and explore society as a result. When government fails to provide jobs and creative mediums for talented and skilled people, trust me, they cannot swive away from gambling, this is the same pressure we have in my country, the only difference between these rings and the ones here is that they are well coordinated and people don't value casino games but they will wager any amount for sportsbooks.

Gambling rings can be reduced to the barest minimum but there is a need to protect the people so they wouldn't get carried away by those high returns and they should increase regulatory sanctions against these bad casinos who promised high returns with high risk.

Some of the reasons why gambling is still illegal is because most government fear the result or adverse effect of gambling addiction on their economy and population in general.
As it is illegal, most of those who play in these regions do so in restricted manner for fear of being apprehended by government policing agents. It is this restriction that also sees age limit strictly upheld in such places.
I doubt the countries who legally operate gambling centres, have such rings and it would be crime to operate one as they legally operate gambling centres.

If gambling is already legalized, there is no need for an illegal gambling anymore however there are gambling operators who can still be considered as illegal if they don't get a permit or license to operate. They do this because maybe processing one will take time and can cost them more money.

Also, these people already have bad record and they will get busted for this if the government will do a background check about it. Gambling itself is not decentralized but if it was a crypto based gambling site then it is possible but gamblers must be careful with this as some can label their casino a decentralized or web3 and still ask for a KYC later on. I already saw some casinos like this.

some operators go to the route of not licensing their site for reasons like, they don't want to pay the fees or they don't want to disclose their documents to the government or they don't want to go thru the process. whatever it is, if it is physical casino, hard to operate without a license as the authorities will always come knocking at your door. easier when it comes to online casinos because they can easily disappear without a trace. this is the dilemma of most gamblers when it comes to online casinos. if it is new and no reputation yet, you can't trust your funds as they can confiscate your fund without reason. you will always find a fly-by-night online casino. but in terms of physical casinos, hard to find unregistered one as it is hard to operate continuously without being seen by authorities.

I don't think it will completely stop gambling rings, for this illegal operators, it's part of their life, it's business, it's where they go and make money. So regardless if their government will legalized gambling, they are going to continue with it. And there are gamblers that can't completely to to legal sport bookies, maybe it's very far from them, they are not that confident to go, they just have small amounts to bet and so they are somewhat "shy" about it etc, etc. So there are a lot of reasons why individuals are still going to patronized illegal gambling rings. And as far as I know, like here in our country, we have this kind of illegal lottery, and what this group to is to target individuals but going to the gamblers house, so it is very convenience for them to bet and if they won, their money is going to be delivered too without any hassle on their part. And then the middleman will have some sort of cuts from that winnings.