Government banning of casinos are at their own loss.

[Luzin]

That’s politics, they talk about what ever they want to impress the public and do what ever that will put in something into their bank account, even if that will cost the citizens to suffer they really don’t care as long as they are in office, we should all be aware of this their partial and corrupt way of ruling it’s no longer new to us all.

Whatever it is, they will make promises with ambiguous statements that they are ready to change the meaning of when they become the winner, because that is what happens in my country. Actually, there are some parts that other people may not believe, namely the issue of belief in God. The majority believe that their religion has prohibited it and that belief has been agreed upon in their scriptures. So religion is a powerful magnet of trust that influences the decisions made by the state in governing the country, including gambling.

[xenomorfo]

Well said...
Politics all over the world is now like a business, they spend as much as they can to get the office by all means within their power, and when they finally get there, the first thing is recovering all the money they spent while trying to buy the favour and votes of people. It'll only take an honest government to really decide to ban gambling within their jurisdiction, considering the fact that they usually tax casinos and collect their cuts. And like we know, most of the government we know doesn't have such honestly, because they're mostly concerned about how they'd benefit from something and not whether it'll affect the people.

Yes, since the dawn of time, the politicians in power has never really cared about people, but only about their own personal gain; in other words, putting themselves in a position to rule and to have power.
So it doesnt never surprise me that this kind of thing can still happen today.
My invitation to you, in fact, is to pay close attention to what they say, and above all to understand that some rules can also be stupid; and in my opinion, it doesnt make sense to follow stupid rules

[Fredomago]

Sad truth when politicians speak out of their agenda, most of those words if not all are lies and just to bring votes but most are just promises that will be forgotten after winning the office, relating that to banning gambling businesses, though they are talking about supporting it but most of them in power are the sole protectors of this business, either directly related or they are the one who mostly using their services, they don't care about it as long as they are collecting their shares.

Yeah, I agree with that. Politics is a very dirty profession, and I think most of them are corrupt. It's very rare to see a politician who will really abide by the rules. Most of them use their power to bend the law and take advantage of their position to step on others. I am not saying they are all like that, but most of them are.

About them supporting the gambling platforms, especially the local ones, there's a chance they are invested in it, or they are paid to do so. Well, they are unable to play according to the rules, but it doesn't mean they can offer their support and protection in exchange for money.

They don't need to risk their name I guess but surely there's a negotiation behind, gambling business either legal or those who are being facilatated underground, they just need to act as blind and allow the businesses to proceed, that's already a gain on both sides. As gambling owners just need that silent protections to continue business and they will provide whatever the agreed percentages for those politicians that's involved.

[summonerrk]

Many countries have banned gambling due to religious restrictions, and there are some countries that have banned gambling in their countries to maintain the economic situation of their countries, but beyond that, there are many developed countries that have direct permission to play gambling and there are physical casinos in all those countries. In countries where gambling is officially allowed, all the gambling companies that have online sites in those countries pay annual taxes to the government, and the amount of this tax is very high. What I am talking about here is that even though gambling is banned in a country, the citizens of those countries gamble in online casinos by adopting various secrets, that is, the government of the country does not receive any taxes from the gambling companies in the middle. I think that in all the countries where gambling is now banned, in the next few years, these countries will allow gambling in their countries considering the financial benefits.

No, there are a number of countries where the government adheres to Islam - of course, I'm talking about the eastern countries, and there they are very religious, so it is more important to them than profit, so they will never allow gambling in a casino. Well, of course not, there are no guarantees that citizens of these countries quietly, through exchange, enter online casinos and play using cryptocurrencies, for example.

There are many countries in the world that strictly follow their religion, such as most countries in the Middle East. Just as there are many countries in the world that are strict about religion, there are also many countries in the world that are indifferent to religion. The governments of some countries may think that legalizing online casinos in their countries will improve their economic situation, but some countries may go against the prohibitions of their religion and legalize gambling in their countries. I don't really want to argue about these things, but I think that's why I said it like this.

One thing that always seems different to me is that if the government of a country wants to completely ban any site in their country, they can, but they ban all these banned sites in their country in such a way that the people of their country can access these sites using VPN, in this way, banning a site or not is the same thing.

The thing is that governments often want to completely ban sites so that they don't even open with a VPN. But in reality, VPN technology is extremely powerful and many governments have absolutely no resources or technologies to ban a site that won't even open with a VPN.
I didn’t know about this from my own experience before, I only heard about it, but when the government of the country I live in started trying to ban everything, I saw that they really were powerless.

[iBaba]

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Yes, since the dawn of time, the politicians in power has never really cared about people, but only about their own personal gain; in other words, putting themselves in a position to rule and to have power.
So it doesnt never surprise me that this kind of thing can still happen today.
My invitation to you, in fact, is to pay close attention to what they say, and above all to understand that some rules can also be stupid; and in my opinion, it doesnt make sense to follow stupid rules

If you want to know whether a politician cared about you or not, get into financial troubles then call them for a rescue if they will. I can guarantee you that many of them will not. They might just give you one excuse or the other. If you want to know if a politician truly cares about you, start up a business and go to them for financial breakthrough. You will know whether they are really there for you or not just by the way they will treat you. I haven't seen a set of individuals who are so self-centered and greedy like politicians. Who care more about themselves than anyone. Politicians are not just your best friends or partners and they are mostly those who make business environment difficult for people within or outside the gambling industry.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

While I have to agree, financially it's a loss for certain countries. But I also have to say that I believe they do this for a reason. Gambling can be dangerous if not handled right. Banning is a way to protect their people, can't blame a government for that. Obviously losing out on tax and other things because of the ban seems a bit off for some people, yet it also shows that they care, which you can't blame them for, don't you think?

Money is not everything.

[xenomorfo]

If you want to know whether a politician cared about you or not, get into financial troubles then call them for a rescue if they will. I can guarantee you that many of them will not. They might just give you one excuse or the other. If you want to know if a politician truly cares about you, start up a business and go to them for financial breakthrough. You will know whether they are really there for you or not just by the way they will treat you. I haven't seen a set of individuals who are so self-centered and greedy like politicians. Who care more about themselves than anyone. Politicians are not just your best friends or partners and they are mostly those who make business environment difficult for people within or outside the gambling industry.

Look, I'm old now, I'm of a certain age, in my life I've seen hundreds of politicians pass by, of all races and all colors
not one told the truth, all liars from the first to the last, for that reason years ago I happily embraced anarchy, with my brothers

[gunhell16]

There are many countries placing ban on gambling operations in their country on both online and offline, for either religious reasons or as measure towards curbing gambling addiction. But is it making result? while several other countries are rather lifting their bans with less restrictive regulatory policies.

If there's any government officials reading this, it is important you all understand that the ban doesn't in anyway stopped your citizens from still accessing these gambling platforms online with their phones either through VPN. And this evening makes the citizens risk losing their money to the casino whose ToS is against the use of VPN. Your citizens now lose more to these casinos without the country receiving any royalties as revenue raising. Invariably, it all ends in favour of the casinos at the end of it all. Because you can't really stop your citizens from gambling at this digital age, except you plan on manning one policeman to a citizen 😜 , which is not possible.

There are modern better ways to fight gambling addiction such as which I have proposed in my opinion:
> Regularly educating your citizens on national TV programmes about the negatives of compulsive gambling. You can be sponsoring these programmes through the revenues accrued from taxes paid by these gambling companies. Or these companies could as well partner with initiatives and sponsor it.

> Provide skills acquisitions programmes and avenues of adequate job opportunities, because a lot of young people trooping into gambling are doing so as a result of a lack of sustainable means of income which makes them to see gambling is the all embracing means to make money.

You know dude, what you’re saying is true. In my country, the government declared a ban on POGOs related to online gambling, but in reality, online gambling was never really banned.
In fact, online casinos have become even more widespread here.

And even more people have become hooked on gambling, ruining their lives because of promotions from famous celebrities in our country, along with popular local influencers
who often promoted illegal online casinos—and now they’re promoting legal ones instead.

[LUCKMCFLY]

When a government is corrupt, they themselves know that the public does not trust them. They try to stay in power. Those governments make new laws only for their own benefit. Whether the public accepts them or not is not important to them. If the government of a country understands this well, they will understand that since they will not stop gambling by banning casinos, they will not want to lose their taxes either. Only when a government is intelligent enough do they take a decision like banning casinos.

The thing is that prohibitions are something so primitive, that the truth is I don't see a way out, the best thing is freedom, having freedoms in a country is something that we should have, each one decides how to play or what to do, governments should be by AI that are impartial and that corruption is eliminated, at this point things should be seen like this, well with so much corruption I prefer an AI as a government, even if it sounds crazy.

[LogitechMouse]

While I have to agree, financially it's a loss for certain countries. But I also have to say that I believe they do this for a reason. Gambling can be dangerous if not handled right. Banning is a way to protect their people, can't blame a government for that. Obviously losing out on tax and other things because of the ban seems a bit off for some people, yet it also shows that they care, which you can't blame them for, don't you think?

Money is not everything.

Life of a person > the possible revenues that they will lost. What a humanitarian move by the governments.

Well, as long as the whole country isn't affected negatively with the loss of these possible revenues that will came from these gambling websites, I don't see anything bad with banning it totally. I agree with what you said that gambling can be dangerous if not handled right, and it's because of the decision of these people as well. It's us gamblers who are making gambling way dangerous because of our own decisions. Gambling is just a tool, but our decisions is what makes gambling a bad thing. That's how I look at it.

As for losing on tax, I guess those who imposed a total ban will just be fine despite banning it. I commend them for totally banning it on their country, but the question is, is the total ban the ABSOLUTE solution for it? I mean are those gamblers on their country can't really access these gambling websites anymore. Well at the end of the day, banning will help a lot of people not getting addicted into gambling.