Gambling Is Legal In Our Country But if You Promote It Online You'll Go To Jail?

[Ever-young]

That's a quite strange law because they are allowing gambling casinos and outlets to work without any restriction but when someone talks about it they will get penalized. If they really don't like gambling then they should take proper actions against the casinos and those lotto outlets, however, i they don't want to do that then they should allow citizens to talk about betting.

On the other side, they are attempting to keep people from talking about gambling. So, it appears that there is some discrepancy in their approach to this by drawing a clear line between "promoting" gambling and "discussing" it. For example, the government may enable people to share their gambling experiences, both positive and unpleasant. However, they may restrict persons from advertising or inciting gambling. This would allow individuals to discuss their experiences while simultaneously limiting the development of gambling addiction. Allow consumers to make educated judgments about whether or not to bet, without fully outlawing marketing.

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[SamReomo]

This would allow individuals to discuss their experiences while simultaneously limiting the development of gambling addiction.

I don't think that their intention is to stop gambling addiction because if they allow the citizens to gamble on casinos then they aren't giving much priority to addiction. I think their main motive behind promoting gambling is to stop majority of the citizens from knowing about gambling.

They could also do that because they might don't want young population, especially the students to take part in gambling activities. We all know that the students that become addicted to gambling could ruin their educational career and if majority of youngsters become addicts then such country can face hard times.

[Ever-young]

This would allow individuals to discuss their experiences while simultaneously limiting the development of gambling addiction.

I don't think that their intention is to stop gambling addiction because if they allow the citizens to gamble on casinos then they aren't giving much priority to addiction. I think their main motive behind promoting gambling is to stop majority of the citizens from knowing about gambling.

They could also do that because they might don't want young population, especially the students to take part in gambling activities. We all know that the students that become addicted to gambling could ruin their educational career and if majority of youngsters become addicts then such country can face hard times.

Yeah, government has several and different reasons why they'd decide to legalize gambling in the country. One of the major reasons would be to generate tax revenue or possibly for the purpose of promoting tourism. But this also has its disadvantages on the citizens,  gambling is so addictive and gambling addiction can have serious consequences on individuals, especially the inexperienced, naive and minors who do not really understand how gambling really works. So it's up to the government to also consider the possible negative effects of legalizing gambling and not just the potential benefits.

[Lanatsa]

This would allow individuals to discuss their experiences while simultaneously limiting the development of gambling addiction.

I don't think that their intention is to stop gambling addiction because if they allow the citizens to gamble on casinos then they aren't giving much priority to addiction. I think their main motive behind promoting gambling is to stop majority of the citizens from knowing about gambling.

They could also do that because they might don't want young population, especially the students to take part in gambling activities. We all know that the students that become addicted to gambling could ruin their educational career and if majority of youngsters become addicts then such country can face hard times.

Yeah, government has several and different reasons why they'd decide to legalize gambling in the country. One of the major reasons would be to generate tax revenue or possibly for the purpose of promoting tourism. But this also has its disadvantages on the citizens,  gambling is so addictive and gambling addiction can have serious consequences on individuals, especially the inexperienced, naive and minors who do not really understand how gambling really works. So it's up to the government to also consider the possible negative effects of legalizing gambling and not just the potential benefits.

When it comes to tax then gambling business would really be giving out that huge numbers but it would really be depending on how much revenue that they could make but we know that once a certain gambling casino would be that operating
and becomes big then we could really be able to tell that it is really that generating income or money on which it would really be just that understandable that government would really be giving out that kind of importance but well
each country does have their own jurisdiction when it comes to things on where they would neither be banning it or would be allowing it. In regarding about into the situation or condition stated on OP about banning some ads
or those winnings from gamblers or publicly that boasting it out on which it would really be putting you up in trouble is something that contradictory.

Somewhat it is really that obvious that the government is really that trying out to suppress possible gambling addiction into its citizens on which we know that once these winnings would be aired or published out
then it would really be that creating that kind of interest for people to play gambling and we do know that once addiction kicks in then it would really be imposing another potential problem on which
government would really be some heachache.

[Ever-young]

This would allow individuals to discuss their experiences while simultaneously limiting the development of gambling addiction.

I don't think that their intention is to stop gambling addiction because if they allow the citizens to gamble on casinos then they aren't giving much priority to addiction. I think their main motive behind promoting gambling is to stop majority of the citizens from knowing about gambling.

They could also do that because they might don't want young population, especially the students to take part in gambling activities. We all know that the students that become addicted to gambling could ruin their educational career and if majority of youngsters become addicts then such country can face hard times.

Yeah, government has several and different reasons why they'd decide to legalize gambling in the country. One of the major reasons would be to generate tax revenue or possibly for the purpose of promoting tourism. But this also has its disadvantages on the citizens,  gambling is so addictive and gambling addiction can have serious consequences on individuals, especially the inexperienced, naive and minors who do not really understand how gambling really works. So it's up to the government to also consider the possible negative effects of legalizing gambling and not just the potential benefits.

When it comes to tax then gambling business would really be giving out that huge numbers but it would really be depending on how much revenue that they could make but we know that once a certain gambling casino would be that operating
and becomes big then we could really be able to tell that it is really that generating income or money on which it would really be just that understandable that government would really be giving out that kind of importance but well
each country does have their own jurisdiction when it comes to things on where they would neither be banning it or would be allowing it. In regarding about into the situation or condition stated on OP about banning some ads
or those winnings from gamblers or publicly that boasting it out on which it would really be putting you up in trouble is something that contradictory.

It's true that each country do have their own laws and regulations concerning gambling. And yes it can be really contradictory and complicated at the same time when they try to actually publicize gambling wins and at the same time also trying to ban gambling ads. It's indeed a very complicated situation and a tricky balance for the government to strike, especially when it has to do with online gambling where the regulations are even more difficult to implement. Due to how tricky and complicated this situation can be, most countries have completely placed a ban on gambling while some other countries still believe they can regulate it by employing some measures. Like requiring licenses from online gambling sites or imposing of taxes on winnings.

[shasan]

It's true that each country do have their own laws and regulations concerning gambling. And yes it can be really contradictory and complicated at the same time when they try to actually publicize gambling wins and at the same time also trying to ban gambling ads. It's indeed a very complicated situation and a tricky balance for the government to strike, especially when it has to do with online gambling where the regulations are even more difficult to implement. Due to how tricky and complicated this situation can be, most countries have completely placed a ban on gambling while some other countries still believe they can regulate it by employing some measures. Like requiring licenses from online gambling sites or imposing of taxes on winnings.

It is true that different countries has different laws and regulations but the rule of the country of the OP is too contradictory and I relay hate this type of law cause the country supports gambling but they do not support promoting it. If they can't support promoting then they should stop supporting gambling.

[oktana]

I think they are seeing the damage caused by the promotion of gambling content and hence the ban. It could be children who see these content, people losing too much money in gambling, or anything that is just not right. You can’t blame the government for the decision because I believe that they are doing what they see to be best. It’s good they didn’t ban it so people will get the message and it wouldn’t seem like it was an aggressive attack on gambling .

[Iroh]

So now, what's the essence of going to casinos to play and when you win,you can't rejoice or share it to others.
We'll I think is a way they try to minimize the population of individuals going into gambling and ending becoming big time addicts.probabky they are trying hard to erace the high rate of gambling in the society.

You could always share you wins with friends and family. But promoting it online is what’s frowned upon. I do agree that the law is kinda strange as you could freely gamble but can’t openly talk about in and in a way, help promote it online.
Like you noted, they’re probably trying hard to curtail the increasing number of gamblers in the country and the rate of irresponsibility that comes with it. The rate of minors being exposed to gambling online is alarming and perhaps that’s why the law was proposed.

[Bravut]

That's s very sensitive step taken by the government of your country and isn't wierd. Gambling sites, centres can be present but that mean they can't take measures to curtail  the spread of  Gambling in the country of which such is one of the measures.

I think this would help reduce the number of citizens that would participate, I love this. Most persons would have gotten interest after seeing post of winnings and hearing enticing words and benefits during promotions which in reality isn't easy as said. This is also safeguarding underage 🔞 from been expose to gambling at an early stage.

I would have loved if my country also initiated this measure, though all country aren't the same and have different policies. You don't many that would have gotten involved and lose much, those leading to debt and financial instability and issues.
My concern is; That the casinos and gambling companies (sites) don't have influencers and promoters in your country? If they don't this would have great impact in reaching potential clients thus affecting there revenue generation in your country.
   
 

[HelliumZ]

I think they are seeing the damage caused by the promotion of gambling content and hence the ban. It could be children who see these content, people losing too much money in gambling, or anything that is just not right. You can’t blame the government for the decision because I believe that they are doing what they see to be best. It’s good they didn’t ban it so people will get the message and it wouldn’t seem like it was an aggressive attack on gambling .

When the government makes laws in a country, it makes laws keeping in mind the overall welfare of the people. In this case, the government has legalized the casino or gambling but made the promotion of gambling or casino illegal, maybe the government has a big plan in this regard. The government never wants the misfortune of a country but always wants the welfare of the people and may have made this rule. Although the rule may seem strange temporarily, if its long-term perspective is considered, there are certainly good reasons for the government to make this law. If people think this law is strange, I think that the people of that country will follow a discipline towards gambling and casino and this law seems to be effective enough for students and young generation.

[Oilacris]

I think they are seeing the damage caused by the promotion of gambling content and hence the ban. It could be children who see these content, people losing too much money in gambling, or anything that is just not right. You can’t blame the government for the decision because I believe that they are doing what they see to be best. It’s good they didn’t ban it so people will get the message and it wouldn’t seem like it was an aggressive attack on gambling .

When the government makes laws in a country, it makes laws keeping in mind the overall welfare of the people. In this case, the government has legalized the casino or gambling but made the promotion of gambling or casino illegal, maybe the government has a big plan in this regard. The government never wants the misfortune of a country but always wants the welfare of the people and may have made this rule. Although the rule may seem strange temporarily, if its long-term perspective is considered, there are certainly good reasons for the government to make this law. If people think this law is strange, I think that the people of that country will follow a discipline towards gambling and casino and this law seems to be effective enough for students and young generation.

Actually this is kind of a good step or decision because government is really that still minding about into their citizens sake when it comes to gambling addiction on which we know that this is really that something that will really be avoiding or lessening creating new addicts. It would really be that something that totally opposing on the overall intent on gambling revenue.
I dont see something anything wrong with this on which as long they could really be able to control too much gambling addiction without sacrificing their gambling industry revenue.
So it would really be that better that let them be on how they would really be handling out but if its for the sake of betterment of its citizens then it would really be just that fine.

As a citizen then you wont really be having any options or choices but to obey on whats mandated or what are the rules if you dont like to get into jail.
So it would really be just that a normal that you would be following the rules.

[adpinbr]

I don’t really know how to contribute what is in my mind because the country seems to be confused on what they want. How would you legalize gambling and have a law that if anyone pulls gambling online it is a crime, but it is legal in the country, I don’t See sense. Or smartness in this process well I would see that it is just time they are waiting. Maybe they will also legalize it online or they have the reason that is the only thing is your country and they know what you are doing to protect you that is just it.

[EluguHcman]

This is because of these content creators who abuse their followers with deceptive marketing that if they are going to join using his link they will likely make a lot of money, they even show how they won a lot of money from manipulative spins on their dashboard.

The bill should be specific on who gets penalized not just random people who just posted their winnings or announced the winning numbers.

The bill is good for curbing the deceptive promotion of gambling you can make a lot of money if you gamble, there should be provisions and specifics so you don't put innocent people in jail or fine them.

I don't think if there is something else attached to such situations other than what you have just said.
In such state of gambling dominance, they would be likely individuals whom had ruined their lives at the course of take gambling for source of income couples with the influences of the content creators who manipulates the minds of the people with false adverts that whoever follows their leads would stand the chances to win

[shasan]

I think they are seeing the damage caused by the promotion of gambling content and hence the ban. It could be children who see these content, people losing too much money in gambling, or anything that is just not right. You can’t blame the government for the decision because I believe that they are doing what they see to be best. It’s good they didn’t ban it so people will get the message and it wouldn’t seem like it was an aggressive attack on gambling .

I could not agree with you because if the government considered the promotion is bad for human specially for the children then why they are not banning the service of gambling. If they ban gambling then the large portion of people will be able to stay away from gambling.

[entertheabyss]

I don’t really know how to contribute what is in my mind because the country seems to be confused on what they want. How would you legalize gambling and have a law that if anyone pulls gambling online it is a crime, but it is legal in the country, I don’t See sense. Or smartness in this process well I would see that it is just time they are waiting. Maybe they will also legalize it online or they have the reason that is the only thing is your country and they know what you are doing to protect you that is just it.

Smart gamblers should implement their solid strategies and ensure they're not caught by the government, that means they will stay safe. We should ready to face the decisive actions from the government and also aiming for the best, I know it's not ways to go against the contrary rules of the government but some rules are mainly for average class and they should tens to break them if they're fighting to be free to gamble. Funny how it sounds because this is just to entrapped gamblers that have hits lotto and become very promising in the system.

[oktana]

I think they are seeing the damage caused by the promotion of gambling content and hence the ban. It could be children who see these content, people losing too much money in gambling, or anything that is just not right. You can’t blame the government for the decision because I believe that they are doing what they see to be best. It’s good they didn’t ban it so people will get the message and it wouldn’t seem like it was an aggressive attack on gambling .

I could not agree with you because if the government considered the promotion is bad for human specially for the children then why they are not banning the service of gambling. If they ban gambling then the large portion of people will be able to stay away from gambling.

Yes but I think that they don’t necessarily have to ban gambling yet. But I can guarantee that if they still notice that gambling is greatly affecting people in the country, they will definitely ban it. That is how the government operates. This step is to reduce whatever damage they have seen, so it’s probably not enough to put a ban yet.

[Marvelockg]

I find this unusual and weird I live in a country where gambling is legal there are lotto outletss in every corner, there are horse racing betting outlet and there are online betting station that originates in our country and yet there is a pending bill that if you're going to post or talk about gambling you'll likely going to get fine of 500k pesos or $90k and you will also land in jail.

So if you post that you won in horse racing or you post the winning bets in daily lottery you will likely get charged and penalize, so what do you think of this law, is this right?

"In this regard, this representation proposes the prohibition of online publication of materials that instruct or demonstrate gambling, commentaries, and advertisements that promote awareness of gambling activities,"

Any person who will be found publishing gambling-related content may face six months to one year imprisonment or a fine ranging from P300,000 to P500,000.

Senate bill seeks ban on pro-gambling online content

isn't this strange?  How do you allow physical location and practice of gambling activities in your country while citizens can't talk about their gambling experience. That's a total hypocrisy that's even baseless and bent on bringing a chaotic situation.
Like, I'm allowed to gamble but can't talk about how my gambling went? Who does that?

Gambling laws should mostly centered on making regulations that prevent bad gambling habit and if the reason for making such laws is to prevent younger ones from getting involved in gambling at a tender age, then it's reasonable to some extent but anything outside of that is just not it.

[wiss19]

the laws will really be strict in a country especially if they see its effect on the people, and it is necessary to follow it in order to respect the decision of the government. Why is the promotion of gambling prohibited when gambling is legal in the country? There are many possible reasons, but the first one here is the wrong way of promotion, which many minors see and possibly imitate, just to avoid that even young people may become addicted to gambling.

It may not seem as if it makes any sense, but as stated before there are some products which are legal but that are not allowed to advertise, what this means is that the government does not want to go through the trouble of actually banning something that people like and that realistically they have no way to really ban, however they are trying to reduce the rate at which people use that product, and an effective way to achieve this goal is to forbid those products to advertise.

It's understandable for some products, such as some countries have restrictions on advertising products such as condoms, however, the use of the product or the production isn't illegal and it is sold without any problems but they just don't allow you to advertise the product for some reason. There are many things such as that, however, this is something completely different than gambling and casinos.

They might be doing this to prevent the youth from getting addicted to gambling or starting gambling, but there must be other ways of doing this. It shouldn't be allowed on TVs, and advertisements shouldn't be allowed online by platforms, but if an individual is discussing about it, that shouldn't be a problem.

[nullama]

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I could not agree with you because if the government considered the promotion is bad for human specially for the children then why they are not banning the service of gambling. If they ban gambling then the large portion of people will be able to stay away from gambling.

Yeah, but the thing is that sometimes you need to be able to allow people to make their own choices.

The government can always make incentives one way or another to try to persuade the people, but I think it is in the end a choice every person has to make.

Gambling is also a very lucrative thing if you are providing the services.

[Ever-young]

It's true that each country do have their own laws and regulations concerning gambling. And yes it can be really contradictory and complicated at the same time when they try to actually publicize gambling wins and at the same time also trying to ban gambling ads. It's indeed a very complicated situation and a tricky balance for the government to strike, especially when it has to do with online gambling where the regulations are even more difficult to implement. Due to how tricky and complicated this situation can be, most countries have completely placed a ban on gambling while some other countries still believe they can regulate it by employing some measures. Like requiring licenses from online gambling sites or imposing of taxes on winnings.

It is true that different countries has different laws and regulations but the rule of the country of the OP is too contradictory and I relay hate this type of law cause the country supports gambling but they do not support promoting it. If they can't support promoting then they should stop supporting gambling.

Maybe, just maybe completely restricting or placing a bann on gambling may be beyond they judicial jurisdictions, according to their laws and since they can't exercise judicial power over gambling activities, they decided to use an alternative measure to make sure gambling doesn't spread like wildfire all over the counyand that's why they decided to attack promotion or advertising of gambling through social medias or other means, which could actually turn out to be quite an effective way to control the spreading of gambling, because the way people gets to know about gambling is through ads and that's how most People even end up getting the wrong idea about gambling and going into gambling with the usual misconception that gambling can suddenly make someone rich. So if this is the case, I don't think the government of that country has done anything wrong by restraining people from advertising gambling.