Importance of Gambling to the society

[danherbias07]

Taxes. I guess that's the big part of it.
Recently, a cockpit was built near my residence and I was asking myself why would they build a gambling place first more than a school for the education of the children.
Now, I actually understand it. We are not yet a big city and we are actually in a developing phase so the local government would need funds first to pay for the other facilities that will be built near our residents.
At first, I was actually mad about what they did because I thought this will be bad for the people near it, but when I saw lots of rich people parking their cars near the cockpit, that added to my understanding of how much they will make after building it.
My expectation is after a year, the local government will start projects for the benefit of the people around it.

[gabbie2010]

This board has a lot of topic that comprises with the negativity about gambling addiction. Let’s change it for now to support the casino we are promoting here.

Gambling is important to the society because it provides huge taxes that government use on hospitals, infrastructure and other projects to help its citizens. Monacco country is popular with their casino but they don't allow its citizen to play. This shows how important gambling in their country because they still allowed to operate it even though they don't want citizens to be involved.

In our country, Our lottery use the proceeds to donate on the health center that provides free health service to our citizens.

Even if gambling commonly view as negative by commoner. Many didn't notice how big is the contribution of gambling to the society.


Reference for this topic: https://harbert.auburn.edu/binaries/documents/center-for-ethical-organizational-cultures/debate_issues/gambling.pdf


What is the benefits of gambling to your society?

Gambling had brought some sort of sought succour In some countries where there is a high rate of unemployed youths they mostly bet on soccer matches though gamble with small amount of money to earn some decent profits for their basic needs and upkeep.
Furthermore many gambling companies employed workers directly and indirect some workers are programmers, graphic designers, agents etc there are sizeable numbers gambling companies who paid for advertisement in TV and Radio thus keeping those media organization running from the income generated from them as well taxes paid to the government all these are some importance of gambling, however it's very important to gamble responsibly by gambling with the amount of money we can afford to lose.

[ethereumhunter]

It seems that the benefits of gambling to society are not as much as the disadvantages because many people still gamble to win money. The people here still don't have good control so they can't stop before their money runs out. Most of them keep gambling as long as there is money in their hands and only stop when they have run out of all the money and walk away with all that curse in their mouths. But some still can still smile after playing even though they lose because they know that gambling is not a place to make money. They are the ones who can accept the concept of gambling as entertainment.

[Jawhead999]

It seems that the benefits of gambling to society are not as much as the disadvantages because many people still gamble to win money. The people here still don't have good control so they can't stop before their money runs out. Most of them keep gambling as long as there is money in their hands and only stop when they have run out of all the money and walk away with all that curse in their mouths. But some still can still smile after playing even though they lose because they know that gambling is not a place to make money. They are the ones who can accept the concept of gambling as entertainment.

That disadvantage is caused due to the poor people's fault, not the casino.

The advantage of casino is make the government can make more money from the rich because the rich can afford to lose bigger amount than the middle or poor people. The money that lose by the rich is used to give donation for the poor to reduce poverty.

[crwth]

There are probably people who doesn't know how much the taxes are going to the government from casinos but that's not the problem. The definite PROBLEM that we see and observe due to gambling are the people who have no control over it. Even if you try to make it show how much it does to the society, the minute detail that it does to people, the small things that lead them to do evil stuff or some harmful stuff to the close people to them are the problem. It has pros/cons like everything else.

[Docnaster]

Gambling makes you relax. Smoking, banging girls, drinking alcohol also make you relax. Relaxing is a good thing. Otherwise you will go crazy and do crazy things. Nobody wants that shit. The government don't want it too. Because of that in most countries gambling is legal. Computer games are also have a similar effect on people. They keep the young people busy and it is a good thing. If these people weren't playing games, some of them would do drugs and nobody wants that too.

After reading your post above I laughed because I know the reasons you gave above are forced nd not natural. Why such things  as banging  girls, smoking and drinking alcohol can be legal I'm your country and a means to live a happy life. In some other countries these things are not allowed to be practiced. It all depends on different governments and their laws and cultures.
Saying that gambling keep young people busy not to go into drug makes it look like gambling addiction is a haven to drug addiction. But it is not so. Both are menace to the society.

[Yogee]

Taxes is probably not the best defense for Casinos since the money spent by players in this establishment will go to other businesses so the money will keep circulating even if the casino doesn't exist in the area. That means Government will still continue to collect taxes regardless. It's also possible that Casinos even have better tax benefits or exemptions compared to regular businesses. If Casinos becomes a main attraction for foreigners then that's better.

[Blitzboy]

Taxes. I guess that's the big part of it.
Recently, a cockpit was built near my residence and I was asking myself why would they build a gambling place first more than a school for the education of the children.
Now, I actually understand it. We are not yet a big city and we are actually in a developing phase so the local government would need funds first to pay for the other facilities that will be built near our residents.
At first, I was actually mad about what they did because I thought this will be bad for the people near it, but when I saw lots of rich people parking their cars near the cockpit, that added to my understanding of how much they will make after building it.
My expectation is after a year, the local government will start projects for the benefit of the people around it.

Taxes and the cockpit issue are both valid points that you make. After all, its all about the government, money, and stuff. So the cockpit beside your home is basically a way to raise money for necessities for cities like schools. Not that schools arent essential, but priorities must be set in order, and as you well know, money doesn't grow on trees.

You were upset, and its quite understandable given that gambling and cockpits arent typically associated with positive communal activities. However, the vehicles of the wealthy convey a narrative. And perhaps greater things will come to your area in a year, like parks or schools or something similar. Its kind of like, "Wait and see" and "Hope for the Best," you know?

[Jossque]

Although gambling carries a great risk, as you said, there are actually some taxes levied by the state here for the player. We can say that even the income tax taken from here contributes a lot, because you may not get exactly the amount you earn because you have to pay an income tax to the state, which of course varies from country to country, but we can say that countries that receive this tax provide more income. Although the validity of betting is still debated in most countries, we can say that the size of the money spinning here is perhaps not spinning anywhere, because people cannot easily quit gambling addiction. Although I know how to stop myself, I sometimes feel sad when I see some gambling addicts playing as if they are losing their last money.

[Gozie51]

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.

Opportunity to gamble will not be seen as the reason that crime will reduce. Employment is what I know that is advocated to push down the rate of crime and not gambling. In fact most times gambling environment is where bad boys meet to plan next move. Crime rate is increasing generally because government has not provided enabling environment for self employment and employment opportunities. Those who gamble may not gamble if they had alternative.

[AmoreJaz]

There are probably people who doesn't know how much the taxes are going to the government from casinos but that's not the problem. The definite PROBLEM that we see and observe due to gambling are the people who have no control over it. Even if you try to make it show how much it does to the society, the minute detail that it does to people, the small things that lead them to do evil stuff or some harmful stuff to the close people to them are the problem. It has pros/cons like everything else.

we can't deny the fact that those pros and cons really do exist. and remember, everything that is too much will lead to abuse, and the abuse can easily cause so much trouble to any person.
the importance of gambling industry in the community will always be there, but of course, there will be negative side of it for those gamblers who are degens on this activity and don't know when to stop.

[Kakmakr]

In my country .. "gambling" are the cow that are milked for "bribes" / "kickbacks" and corruption. The casinos have to pay to get operating licenses from the government and these government officials are milking them to award it. 

They also dictate what companies gets the tenders for the projects that are funded by these casinos and it is usually friends and families of these officials. 

[aioc]

What is the benefits of gambling to your society?

Taxes for the government to sustain the economy's needs and entertainment for people who want to seek the thrill and the risk of betting on gambling, gambling is not for everybody but there are some sectors of society where there only means of getting entertainment is through gambling so the government legalizes gambling because the taxes these casinos are giving is good and they create jobs and create establishments around these casinos.

[YOSHIE]

What is the benefits of gambling to your society?

Maybe we should be aware of it, not all countries have a beautiful moment in the gambling industry, maybe we are aware of the frequency of losses and profits in gambling, In my understanding, the country of Monaco gambling is fine, but I don't think it's good for a Muslim-majority country, maybe we won't find people who are properly enforced in gambling.

We are aware and must admit that the tax from gambling is indeed very large, unfortunately many are misused by irresponsible persons, in my country the people are very happy to use illegal gambling, tax free, we don't really believe gambling revenue is used as you mentioned, maybe your country is good at managing it, but not in mine.

[panjul07]

What is the benefits of gambling to your society?

Although gambling is considered as criminal activity, but there are many gamblers in my country both in online and offline.
The benefits that I can see from gambling is about giving opportunity for some people to make money by being lottery sellers.
There is 2-3 men in my village who work as lottery sellers and their income can be considered as more than others.
Other benefit maybe related to social connection, some people like to gamble (card game) with others in a group and in this situation they are having fun although some people lose their money but they can smile and laugh together while playing the card game.

[qwertyup23]

What is the benefits of gambling to your society?

In the Philippines, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation totalled a record-breaking revenue of p17 billion pesos on the first quarter of 2023, which is 42.8% more compared last year.¹

With this, gambling revenue is responsible for majority of the annual revenue the government earns annually. This helps the government in the assistance of any expenditure in order to fully utilize and build infrastructures for the country. While gambling may have detrimental effects to people, we cannot deny the fact that it also supports the government in its activities and enables the latter to use such resources for the use of its citizens.

1 https://www.pagcor.ph/press-releases/pagcors-P17.70-billion-haul-for-1st-quarter-sparks-50.59-percent-surge-in-contri-to-nation-build.php#:~:text=THE%20Philippine%20Amusement%20and%20Gaming,the%20same%20period%20last%20year.

[piebeyb]

What is the benefits of gambling to your society?

Taxes for the government to sustain the economy's needs and entertainment for people who want to seek the thrill and the risk of betting on gambling, gambling is not for everybody but there are some sectors of society where there only means of getting entertainment is through gambling so the government legalizes gambling because the taxes these casinos are giving is good and they create jobs and create establishments around these casinos.

Yes, it's true that gambling was legalized in the city of my country, but at that time, maybe a lot of rich people played gambling, so they could get big taxes for the government to build cities into big cities, but unfortunately, a few years ago, the government announced that gambling was illegal, so it was difficult to get income from taxes. them even though it can also be put to good use.

Apart from that, it can also provide income for entrepreneurs to build next to a casino, such as a hotel or bar, so that they can benefit, but still, when the government banned it, I'm sure it was a decision that had been carefully thought out, not only related to religious prohibitions, but maybe also to prevent the effects of addiction in the lower middle class, besides gambling, there are benefits as well as bad effects that we must be aware of.

[Agbe]

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.

Opportunity to gamble will not be seen as the reason that crime will reduce. Employment is what I know that is advocated to push down the rate of crime and not gambling. In fact most times gambling environment is where bad boys meet to plan next move. Crime rate is increasing generally because government has not provided enabling environment for self employment and employment opportunities. Those who gamble may not gamble if they had alternative.

Gambling will not reduce even though there is employment for the youth, it might even increase the amount to stake but crime itself will slidely reduce. Government is the cause of crime and government loves crime. Why government is the cause of crime? Those who went to school and thinking that after schooling they secure good jobs to start life just like their white counterparts but irony slapped them in their thoughts on their faces they became street boys and girls struggling to survive. Enter places that ordinarily they would not enter, gambling to survive. And why government love crime? Government picks bad boys to become bodyguards from gambling places and sometimes use them in election dumped them after the election. And they would go back again so crime becomes a perpetual problem in the society. Government is not ready to eliminate crime in the society because they part of the crimes.

[Dunamisx]

This board has a lot of topic that comprises with the negativity about gambling addiction. Let’s change it for now to support the casino we are promoting here.

Once it comes to gambling discussion, i don't expect anyone giving information that could not tally with the actual point of discussion or be one sided because at the end of the day, you will discover that from member's comment as reply on each gambling discussion threads, those that replies aren't members promoting the organization involved to be precise in most cases, I've personally observed this myself.

Gambling is important to the society because it provides huge taxes that government use on hospitals, infrastructure and other projects to help its citizens.

Also know that gambling is not the major sources to tax revenue received in the society, there are many sectors in the economy that pays tax and the funds are returned back to the community for development and other approved assistance government renders to the people.

Even if gambling commonly view as negative by commoner. Many didn't notice how big is the contribution of gambling to the society.

Government also common-eye gambling despite they derive some benefits from it and make it appears a bad thing we do to gamble, yet they offer them an operating license, know that government can never disclose this to you or the public on their financial income through tax income generation.

What is the benefits of gambling to your society?

It brings people together and helps i creating i lively atmosphere of fun, then present other opportunities for the people to secure job in the society.

[Die_empty]

What is the benefits of gambling to your society?

Entertainment is a well-known benefit of gambling in my country. One of the best fun centers that can give you some level of entertainment in in-house gambling. You will have the best sports analysis because fans of different clubs meet at these gambling houses and you will be exposed to different arguments. Some people also derive joy from online games that keep them entertained.

Gambling also helps to create employment. Most online and offline casinos employ personnel that work with them directly or indirectly. There are also professional or full full-time gamers in my country. Although seeing gambling as a full-time job is not proper, most of them are highly skillful and they live on their gambling gains.

As others have highlighted the government of my nation relies on gambling to raise funds to carry out developmental projects. The money released from licensing, tax, and other fees are important sources of income for the government.