The benefits of Gambling

[mirakal]

Most of the topics we read are mostly mentioning about the negative side of gambling but I think we also discuss the positives of it...

1. Socialization
2. Income Generation
3. Employment
4. Support to the Gambling Industry

We've seen a lot of things enough to consider why gambling must exist. Maybe we just correct our views that gambling is bad because this also helps other people. We don't just focus on the bad things like addiction and debts that a person may commit by being an irresponsible gambler but also, must see the benefits it gives to the community and in our personal lives.


 

[Hewlet]

The socialization aspect of gambling is something you can't joke with. Before I became active in sports gambling, I hard little knowledge on countries in different part of the world And even in my continent, it was basically a hand full of them that I knew little about but that's not now. With the euros going on at the moment and Copa America also going on, I have become familiar with countries in those continent and that has led me to doing some personal research about those countries and although I'm yet to travel there, with sports betting I can name cities in England, Spain and different part of the world.

When you meet people who are your fellow sports betters, the feeling is different and if you're on a free day and looking for somewhere to just chill around and have some sweet conversations, the company of fellow gamblers is a sure plug you can consider. The aspect of passive income generation is also true and even when you talk about employment opportunities, we have thousands of people that are currently working in betting shops and others establishing betting business that as served as a source of livelihood for them.

[Questat]

That's the positive side of gambling, and I'm glad you were able to see that, as sometimes we just focus on the negative aspects. That's why banning gambling is not really the solution; instead, it should be legalized. While it generates income, it will continue to help the government in generating funds through taxes. This positive impact should outweigh the negative aspects of gambling, making it more acceptable, unless it is strictly against religious beliefs. In such cases, I understand why a country would completely ban gambling as it's against their beliefs.

[yahoo62278]

Most of the people who feel like gambling is bad seem to me to be very religious and following what their parents have taught them. In fact, I believe half of those against gambling wouldn't even be posting in gambling section were it not for them being paid and made to make a certain amount of posts in those sections weekly. Seems hypocritical to me that gambling is ok enough for them to be paid, but they are against it in society.

Your points are all valid and definitely great reasons for why gambling is good. It does create socialization, creates hundreds of jobs, and stimulates the states economy from the taxes the casinos have to pay. Not sure it's the same for online casinos, but I guess that depends on what they have to declare to the governement.

[Upgrade00]

I will include that it adds thrill to activities you already have passion for. As an avid sport follower gambling adds an extra level of excitement when watching sport activities. I gamble within my means so there is no risk of losses I cannot bear, so I have fun whether I win or lose, way more fun whenever I win.

I gamble online most of the time, so the socialization I do is also online, but that counts too and gives us be the communal feeling of belonging to a group.

I assume the employment part of for those employed by the gambling platforms and not the players seeing it as a job.

[goaldigger]

1. Socialization
2. Income Generation
3. Employment
4. Support to the Gambling Industry

You can also add here their corporate social responsibility, and in my country casinos have done a lot of charity to give back to the community why they are still making big profit.

This can only be an income generation if you are part of that casinos but if you are a gambler, you can't consider this as your income generation machine.

There's always a pros and cons, and for a gambler most of the time they suffer with too much cons.

[Oshosondy]

1. Socialization
2. Income Generation
3. Employment
4. Support to the Gambling Industry

Online gambling do not really help in socialisation because you can be gambling even in a way that people will not know.

Income generation for the gambling perform owners and their workers. Not for the gamblers because most gamblers are losing.

You need to also explain what you listed for it not give wrong information to people.

We've seen a lot of things enough to consider why gambling must exist. Maybe we just correct our views that gambling is bad because this also helps other people. We don't just focus on the bad things like addiction and debts that a person may commit by being an irresponsible gambler but also, must see the benefits it gives to the community and in our personal lives.

We also focus on the bad side as a means of telling people to avoid addiction and not to use more than what they can afford to lose to gamble.

[wxa7115]

I will include that it adds thrill to activities you already have passion for. As an avid sport follower gambling adds an extra level of excitement when watching sport activities. I gamble within my means so there is no risk of losses I cannot bear, so I have fun whether I win or lose, way more fun whenever I win.

I gamble online most of the time, so the socialization I do is also online, but that counts too and gives us be the communal feeling of belonging to a group.

I assume the employment part of for those employed by the gambling platforms and not the players seeing it as a job.

The thrill aspect is very important from my point of view, and this is because for a regular person their life is most likely on the boring side, so something is needed to get the excitement they are looking for, and gambling a little bit can produce that effect.

This is why when the pandemic took place, it did not surprised me at all that many more people began to gamble, as they were getting desperate because of the lockdowns, and they found in gambling a way to deal with them.

[Ultegra134]

Most of the topics we read are mostly mentioning about the negative side of gambling but I think we also discuss the positives of it...

1. Socialization
2. Income Generation
3. Employment
4. Support to the Gambling Industry

We've seen a lot of things enough to consider why gambling must exist. Maybe we just correct our views that gambling is bad because this also helps other people. We don't just focus on the bad things like addiction and debts that a person may commit by being an irresponsible gambler but also, must see the benefits it gives to the community and in our personal lives.

This isn't the first time this topic has been discussed, I understand that people find gambling entertaining, but I don't think there are any ACTUAL benefits in gambling, or at least they're not enough to outweigh the drawbacks. The points you mentioned are thoughtful and possibly true up to a degree, but they're certainly not enough. In my opinion, some of us are trying too hard to justify our gambling habits and find benefits in what we're doing, but we need to embrace what's actually true, it's an entertaining activity that may or may not yield profit. 

[swogerino]

Most of the topics we read are mostly mentioning about the negative side of gambling but I think we also discuss the positives of it...

1. Socialization
2. Income Generation
3. Employment
4. Support to the Gambling Industry

We've seen a lot of things enough to consider why gambling must exist. Maybe we just correct our views that gambling is bad because this also helps other people. We don't just focus on the bad things like addiction and debts that a person may commit by being an irresponsible gambler but also, must see the benefits it gives to the community and in our personal lives.


 

Income generation?That poses a lot of questions and the few first ones that come to my mind are how much percent of gamblers are really able to generate income through gambling,we all know the answer to this one and that is that only a very few gamblers can sometimes generate income.Now the second question which is for how long is the income generated and we also know the answer to this one which is that to generate income for the long term is impossible so this point should be removed from those 4 points as it does not stand for the majority of the gamblers.For the other points I agree with them although the socalization can be more in offline casinos rather than in online ones.

[danherbias07]

That's correct and I think I already shared something in other threads about one of the benefits of the city cockpit near our place when it comes to gambling taxes.
Anyway, I am going to share it again since I think this is the best thread for it.

We now have streetlights on our main road which did not exist before and after the cockpit was made. I think it took a year to get funds from that gambling area to make the project happen.
Including the streetlight is the island in the middle of the road to separate what going north and south and then the paved road which before was soil, gravel, and grass.
Then we have the new city hall which is damn beautiful. I just went there a week ago and I saw how cool it is and clean and access to different branches of the government is way easier than the last city hall.
More projects are happening and I heard they are getting all the funds from the cockpit only. If you see this kind of change, no one will go against it.

[freedomgo]

If the benefits include "to support the gambling industry," that's like tossing themselves by the profit they are making. It should be to benefit the country where they are operating, and I guess paying the right taxes would already justify their purpose.

It's called entertainment for a reason, so socialization can be achieved, but this is only for physical casinos. Since more and more gamblers are now shifting to online gambling, I think this aspect could be eliminated. My main point here is that for the gambling industry to grow, it needs to have a positive impact on the community as a whole, because it cannot grow while hurting other sectors.

[$crypto$]

In gambling we always look at the negative side to avoid the addiction of most people so that they do not go bankrupt or stressed out due to gambling, but with the positive side it is clear that there is but many people do not pay attention to this because what they think about gambling is playing with pleasure so they don't care about losing what they spend.

Revenue generation, not for the players but for the casino owners then yes, they sometimes do charity from the revenue they have.

Employment? I don't know how people work more in casino premises, whether more people join I don't think so.

The support for the gambling industry is clear it's a lot in some countries because it's government revenue from taxation so gambling is legalized, so the industry will continue to exist and even grow.

[retreat]

It's true that many people talk about the negative impacts of gambling, but gambling also has positive aspects which make it a pretty good industry in providing taxes to the country and jobs to people. The gambling industry provides taxes to the country which will then be used for the development of the country, for example in Macau, this is one example of how a country benefits from the presence of a gambling industry in their country. Even though in its operations the gambling industry can have a negative impact on society, with good regulations and good public education on gambling, this can be reduced.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Most of the topics we read are mostly mentioning about the negative side of gambling but I think we also discuss the positives of it...

1. Socialization
2. Income Generation
3. Employment
4. Support to the Gambling Industry

We've seen a lot of things enough to consider why gambling must exist. Maybe we just correct our views that gambling is bad because this also helps other people. We don't just focus on the bad things like addiction and debts that a person may commit by being an irresponsible gambler but also, must see the benefits it gives to the community and in our personal lives.

1. Socialization - yeah, specially in land base casinos, I learn to meet a lot of people, maybe not by name but the face and so I can strike conversation with them. And even that sits beside you when you played card games like baccarat or slot machine, you can easily socialized and talk to them.

2. Income Generation - this is the most important, I mean generating money (but it's not guarantee), for us gamblers might be a big help. Specially if you are really lucky and won a jackpot, it might be a life changer.

3. Employment - One good example is Macau, the gross revenue alone is worth millions per year and at least 50,000-100,000 have jobs related to gambling.

4. Support to the Gambling Industry - For government, taxes which in turn can help them build infrastructures.

[SmartGold01]

To me the reason why people are emphasizing on the negative side of it is that is too destructive and should been handled with all means unlike the positive side. let say for instance, I could be hard for someone to regularly win but very easily for someone to regularly lose at this cause of this people would always want to be guided to reduce the rate at which one lose their fund. The other benefits you list is cool but somehow it is related to physical casino, most people over here gamble online and there is less socialisms online except of belonging to one group chat, yet it can't be compared as going to physical to gamble and interacts with people over there.

[boyptc]

Most of the topics we read are mostly mentioning about the negative side of gambling but I think we also discuss the positives of it...

1. Socialization
2. Income Generation
3. Employment
4. Support to the Gambling Industry

We've seen a lot of things enough to consider why gambling must exist. Maybe we just correct our views that gambling is bad because this also helps other people. We don't just focus on the bad things like addiction and debts that a person may commit by being an irresponsible gambler but also, must see the benefits it gives to the community and in our personal lives.

If it's about income generation, many are going to say that you shouldn't include that because gambling is for fun. Well, that's because it is very subjective and dependent to the gambler.

If he's a profitable gambler, that can't be contested then otherwise they're right or entitled for their opinion.

#3 and #4 is what is continue to roll. There are tons of employees and staff behind the operations and that's the entire economy of the industry is also being helped.

[btc_angela]

Most likely gamblers really play to earn more money, regardless if they are playing for fun or for entertainment. Someone mentions Macao as country that really depend on their income on gambling, but according to this numbers, it seems that it is not as it used to be,



https://www.statista.com/statistics/253755/gross-revenue-from-gaming-and-gambling-in-macao/

So obviously, we play to win, that's always been the case no matter what, regardless if it online or offline and I don't think that we intend to socialized if we go to land base casinos. Main goal is to win, simply as that.

[GreatArkansas]

2. Income Generation lives.

I'm kinda against here if you treat gambling as your source of income and you only rely on your gambling profits to feed your family, it's a no-no for me.
We all know how gambling works, and it is pure luck, you can't get profits every time. So for me, I really discourage people who fully rely on gambling as only source of income.

[_act_]

for example in Macau, this is one example of how a country benefits from the presence of a gambling industry in their country.

Macau is a very developed nation under China, but using Macau as an example is what I do not understand. All countries that legalize gambling and collecting tax from gambling are benefiting from gambling despite that people in their country will be employed by the gambling sites.

We all know how gambling works, and it is pure luck, you can't get profits every time. So for me, I really discourage people who fully rely on gambling as only source of income.

They will learn their lesson and know how gambling is when they lose all their money used for gambling. Gambling is not a job. It can not be used as a source of income.