Analyst: "Covid-19 Could Spur More States to Legalize Online Casino"

[cryptoaddictchie]

Do you agree the government will legalize online gambling? If yes, will traditional (land) casinos survive?

They can legalize it considering the profit the can earn from it. As the value speaks, government will likely do legalization of it. Compared to traditional casino, these online gambling sites are also an advantage for those who are not social type of person. Some usually dont want to go to casino and play due to their insecurity that some might think they arent on their league. Well just an observation when I am going there. ( sometime)

People looking for entertainment and in this time of covid this online site for gambling are the best approach for gamblers whose hands are already itchy.

[plvbob0070]

I don't think that this will make some governments legalize online gambling. Well, this situation actually gives an opportunity for online gambling to get recognized but it doesn't mean that they will legalize it. It's just that more gamblers shifted to online because they have no choice, and this is their only option if they badly want to gamble. It's still hard for the government to monitor every action of online casinos than the traditional one. More illegal gambling activities can happen. 

And if ever, it does not mean that online will replace a traditional one because there are still a lot of gamblers who prefer physical casinos. I think after this pandemic and virus issue, gamblers will be back going to casinos.

[Casdinyard]

I don't think that this will make some governments legalize online gambling. Well, this situation actually gives an opportunity for online gambling to get recognized but it doesn't mean that they will legalize it. It's just that more gamblers shifted to online because they have no choice, and this is their only option if they badly want to gamble. It's still hard for the government to monitor every action of online casinos than the traditional one. More illegal gambling activities can happen. 

Pretty good observation, why would people going to put online casino in talks amidst the global pandemic? First and foremost, online gambling is just an alternative for real time gambling, it does not contain any difference between real time gambling but only the fact that you are playing comfortably any where. Aside, every government now is focusing on what matters the most now since we are having a huge problem.

And if ever, it does not mean that online will replace a traditional one because there are still a lot of gamblers who prefer physical casinos. I think after this pandemic and virus issue, gamblers will be back going to casinos.

Absolutely, the experience on both casinos is different and most of people will really choose the physical casinos over online casinos.

[bitbunnny]

Well, to be honest I wasn't aware that in so many countries online casinos are not legalized. Of countries, government like any way to get money for their budgets and if this crisis lasts for longer time they will have no choice.  Like in many other aspects of our lives virtual space and new technologies are the solution.

[dothebeats]

Seeing that they need to recoup some of that money that they gave away, there is a possibility that the government goes through this route. I mean, essentially the economy is on a standstill and nothing is really producing profits right now for taxes except online gambling casinos. Some states are considering reopening despite the fact that the situation is still gravely delicate and dangerous. Online gambling poses no risk for social contact and is really a convenient way to gamble and take profits. Perhaps the governments would look into it, but I doubt that they will fully support it 100% just because of the situation at hand.

[20kevin20]

Wait, so there are some states out there that consider online gambling illegal? It's the first time I am ever hearing this. Interesting one.

I don't think it's a great idea to legalize online gambling if it has been considered illegal in a certain state. The main reason is that online gambling in these times could be catastrophic: one who has enough money to survive this pandemic could lose it in no time, especially if they are a newbie to luck games.

I understand that casinos are profitable. But in pandemics, wars or other hard times.. let's at least not extend the possibility of people losing/spending their money to one man only. It's happened for enough already anyways.

Physical casino owners wouldn't be at an extended loss if online casinos remain illegal in those states.

[el kaka22]

Shouldn't it depend on the games that is allowed? I still think that games that are player versus player should be legal everywhere in the world with the rule that house is responsible for all the wrong doing, like if a player cheats or threatens of whatever, all of that is houses responsibility, aside from that player versus player is not rigged and a clean thing, like poker for example, sportsbook could be considered player versus player as well because those odds are given by how much a team is wagered on, if you play on real madrid versus getafe and for some reason people all start to wager on getafe, maybe the bookie will have to change his odds as well, so it can be sort of a player versus player.

The whole world is going towards online, I doubt it would make sense to try to stop it because we all know they are not going to be able to soon.

[Yudhisthir]

Don't know about governments asking it's people to gamble but people would certainly be much more attracted to online gambling in such circumstances. There are no clear future and people have very less thing to keep them entertained. Both of which makes gambling less risky and preferable.

[mu_enrico]

Shouldn't it depend on the games that is allowed? I still think that games that are player versus player should be legal everywhere in the world with the rule that house is responsible for all the wrong doing, like if a player cheats or threatens of whatever, all of that is houses responsibility, aside from that player versus player is not rigged and a clean thing, like poker for example, sportsbook could be considered player versus player as well because those odds are given by how much a team is wagered on, if you play on real madrid versus getafe and for some reason people all start to wager on getafe, maybe the bookie will have to change his odds as well, so it can be sort of a player versus player.

Yes, the law based on whether it's a skill game or chance game. Even though online poker (PvP one, not vs casino) would remove some skills like face reading, bluffing, and stuff, I think it's still a skill game. Maybe, it's just too popular and pressured by big operators to make it unlawful (at state level). But for casino hold'em (and variants), it's still debatable AFAIK, regarding the significance of skill in the game. Anyway, people generaly don't care about online gambling prohibition at individual level. But, legal status can still beneficial to expand the market.

[pakhitheboss]

Don't know about governments asking it's people to gamble but people would certainly be much more attracted to online gambling in such circumstances. There are no clear future and people have very less thing to keep them entertained. Both of which makes gambling less risky and preferable.

Actually the government will be doing it. They will need funds to activate the economy and the best way to do so is by allowing people to gamble more and tax them.

Countries that are affected by the virus will take minimum six month to a year again to restart the economy, so things will change a lot in coming days.

[Casdinyard]

Don't know about governments asking it's people to gamble but people would certainly be much more attracted to online gambling in such circumstances. There are no clear future and people have very less thing to keep them entertained. Both of which makes gambling less risky and preferable.

For those people who want to save time on traveling for example a 10 kilometer distance from home to physical casino, then they might consider online gambling rather than going everyday for 10 kilometer travel distance. But for people who does want a real casino experience, those who are motivated with such noise in the casino, any distance is not a problem. However in times like this? Online gambling is booming due to the fact that we are in a state of lock down or quarantine, so I guess the only left choice if you want to gamble is the online.

[arwin100]

Don't know about governments asking it's people to gamble but people would certainly be much more attracted to online gambling in such circumstances. There are no clear future and people have very less thing to keep them entertained. Both of which makes gambling less risky and preferable.

For those people who want to save time on traveling for example a 10 kilometer distance from home to physical casino, then they might consider online gambling rather than going everyday for 10 kilometer travel distance. But for people who does want a real casino experience, those who are motivated with such noise in the casino, any distance is not a problem. However in times like this? Online gambling is booming due to the fact that we are in a state of lock down or quarantine, so I guess the only left choice if you want to gamble is the online.

Online casino is time saver since they can make the games instant at your house but the scenery and real impact of playing in real life is really different  and the intensity of games is so high compare to online gambling, but as of now we don't have a choice really since we cannot get out on our house and for sure the traffic on online casino got even more higher this days.

But I don't think by this it can make more states legalize the online gambling since in other hand this is still illegal and every state wants to protect their citizen from gambling addiction.

[mu_enrico]

But I don't think by this it can make more states legalize the online gambling since in other hand this is still illegal and every state wants to protect their citizen from gambling addiction.

I understand if the argument is about games like dice, roulette, slots, etc. when people can play non-stop and get in a self-destruct mode. However, for sports betting, the argument then becomes weak since most people (IMO) only bet on their favorite team or big matches. The case of PASPA is about preventing scandals AFAIK, so it's weak.

[Wexnident]

Legalizing online casinos both have merits and demerits and honestly, just like what others have mostly said, it could disrupt the economy of a country since their money basically goes to a foreign country, which is honestly not favorable in terms of the development of their own countries. Still, there is a chance for a select few to actually become legalized, somehow like a central power. One that could basically prevent the said problem, though I don't really know much about it to preach it.

Additionally, I doubt offline gambling would disappear. It's a pretty big part of a country and I doubt they'd just goo up and disappear because of the sudden spur of online gamblers. Sides, it is what you have said already, the spur was caused by Covid-19. People literally have nothing to do, so why not gamble right? Then what if a vaccine was made? People would turn back to their jobs and a majority of those new online gamblers would probably leave. I'd guess only a minority would actually retain their gambling tendencies.

[Lorence.xD]

I think that is a good thing but in my opinion, legalization of more online casinos tend to create more competition which in turn cause people to play at different sites, I know that Las Vegas has a lot of casinos but I think that is not the case here for online casinos because there are still few people (if we compare it to real casino players) that are playing and knows about online casino, I ain't against legalization but the problem here is that we should first make more public relations so that we can let in more players that will in turn if it reaches a peak number of people then they will naturally find more variety and in turn new casinos will pop up for the demand, to sum it up, we need to increase demand before the supply.

[AniviaBtc]

Regarding traditional Casinos, they should continue their activities once the Covid19 is controlled. Some many employees and businesses benefit from its activities and it is an important piece in the development of the tourism sector.

But you still didn't answer the question above, buddy.

Do you agree the government will legalize online gambling? If yes, will traditional (land) casinos survive?

What's your answer @verita1?


Well. In my opinion, traditional casinos will survive because they have already had regular visitors (gamblers). Moreover, some of them are established casinos with great popularity. So, I believe the legalization of online gambling seems to not have big impacts on them. In addition, traditional casinos have something different than online gambling. You won't see crowded people, magnificent building, and play directly on the games on online gambling.

This will become the best time for the online gambling casinos to become more popular and I know that this gambling platforms will really benefit this pandemic. But hopefully, this pandemic ends as soon as possible so that there are people who can maintain the importance of our traditional casinos.

Loyalty to a traditional casinos are really important because this pandemic is only temporary and not for a long lasting gambling experience.

After this Covid-19 virus, everything will go back to normal, so most probably, people will go back on the things that they are used to in gambling because it is much fun playing a game with your friends and you can socialized inside a casino to lessen the stress brought by the gambling.

Government should legalize on line gambling so that people who wants to be entertained and gamble should have a platform where they can reduce their stress and enjoy this quarantine in their houses. It will probably make them stay inside the house more.

[swogerino]

I think the governments are too busy figuring out which are the best next steps in the fight against Corona Virus.
I don’t think they are concerned about what is going on in casinos and least they are thinking to legalize online casinos in this moment.I don’t think the situation will impact such decision and I think it is not going to happen.

[erep]

Do you agree the government will legalize online gambling? If yes, will traditional (land) casinos survive?

The increase in the economy amid a pandemic crisis does not make the government instantaneously legalize online gambling. This discussion may be the main subject of discussion in the economic debate so that the government more considers online gambling. But in the next few months, online gambling also does not get a certificate of legality because it must discuss many things before the legality is announced.

Traditional (offline) gambling will remain eternal. You know the conventional gambling system in small places continues.

[crwth]

Great opportunity for the people who are pushing the buttons with regards to legalizing online gambling. These would solidify the dominance of the popular casinos when they get the place of operations sanctioned. Then people would start to go and gamble more into their online casino and dominance again.

It wouldn't be possible to replace the land-based casinos because it's already there and is built. I'm not sure they would be willing to give up on the building and what they have achieved so far. The possible thing is that they would venture out into online gambling, and with their experience, I think it would be easy on their part.

An addition to my thoughts. I think there's a bias towards the online gambling platforms because no one can go to the land-based. What I'm saying is is that, since we need to stay at home, that's where our opinion lies. Let's see once this is finished and discuss again.

[onrise]

Don't know about governments asking it's people to gamble but people would certainly be much more attracted to online gambling in such circumstances. There are no clear future and people have very less thing to keep them entertained. Both of which makes gambling less risky and preferable.

For countries where gambling is illegal would continue the same way and do not think could bring any change because then it would be like when online is legal so why not make it legal for casinos to operate as well. And for countries where it is legal and if online is not legal those can think of making it legal as it would generate revenue for the government at this point of time.