Can war make a country legalize gambling

[Accardo]

So gambling will then be used to sponsor war and the killing of young Ukrainian youths in tens of thousands. However, Unbanning gambling in Russia will also increase employment rate in the country, but, Putin may not allow or approve the proposal because he wouldn't want Georgians to go ahead in taking over the industry in Russia, unless the Russian government would be the sole Operator of all gaming halls in the country which may not be possible. Because from the previous bans, it was speculated that the ban was as a result of a poor tie with Georgians.

[mcdouglasx]

Governments always think about what's best for their country, and since Bitcoin is mined in Russia, we might be drawing exaggerated conclusions about their investment in the war. Only someone who lives in Russia will have a better opinion on this. As for allowing gambling, I don't see anything wrong with it. I think it's a source of income for the country, and if they need it, why not allow it? I'm sure Russian gamblers also gamble illegally, so it wouldn't make much sense to prohibit it at this point.

[YOSHIE]

What do you think, will Putin allow the legalization of gambling just to sustain the economy, and sustain the war against Ukraine

The gambling industry is known for its high taxes, where countries that legalize gambling from the data I have seen from these countries will get extraordinary income, gambling is known for the most disciplined taxation throughout the world and in every country.

For this reason, we can understand that in countries that treat gambling as legal, these countries can be said to be rich countries, but I don't know what Russia's next steps will be in understanding the legality of the gambling industry in Russia. Maybe if it can help the overall Russian economy withstand the turmoil of war, perhaps Putin will consider such a policy.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Gambling business has always been a great source of revenue due to the number of gamblers that gamble on a daily basis and the frequency at which they gamble.
It's only funny how Russia had to wait till they have a war with Ukraine, to see that there's a lot of revenue that has been ignored coming from gambling.
Brazil, Australia and some other countries that has legalized it and regulated its activities even in this countries where only tourists can gamble, enjoy the use of the massive revenue coming from it, just as they are queuing up to regulate cryptocurrency and gain much more revenue from it.

[JiiBs]

Governments always think about what's best for their country, and since Bitcoin is mined in Russia, we might be drawing exaggerated conclusions about their investment in the war. Only someone who lives in Russia will have a better opinion on this.

It’s not obvious that in times when a nation tends to spend way more than the budget, they always look out for a source of revenues especially, when the service exist, even when it isn’t officially legalized, people always find a way to use the service so, what better option do you have than to legalize and generate revenue off it.
It’s apparently the best step as, it’s both beneficial to the nation and gamblers as, the service would be readily available, it wouldn’t come at a great cost and the nation’s purse would be filled.

[Floxynice]

But even if online gambling is illegal, the industry still made a $39 billion profit; just imagine the profit from taxes it would make if gambling were legal.

The government isn't doing this for the citizens. The sole purpose here is taxation, they are trying to get money from all sectors of the economy. With this figure above, they just realised how much they are losing from making gambling illegal. Now, they can charge taxes and make money from gambling even as the citizens too will be trying their luck in gambling.

[demonica]

Gambling really generates such huge amount of money for the government. Even here in my country, we're just a small country, yet the government still acquires huge money off of gambling taxes.  So legalizing it, will indeed bring them more funds regardless of what or where they will be using it for. Just imagine how much money they could've made in the past years if they legalized it earlier.

I don't really know what would be Putin's final decision regarding this, but the sure thing is that they can definitely earn huge amount of funds once it happens. Especially if online gambling has been considered illegal for a long time, their people would be thrilled to try online gambling as soon as it gets legalized.

[Furious 7]

Gambling is still one of the profitable aspects to do so that this can be used as a good option for a country especially when the country has geopolitical problems.
Because surely what is thought here is profit, as long as it still provides benefits then surely this will be a focus that can be considered enough, especially when we know that gambling sometimes does not look at anyone no matter old or young, male or female, all of them will definitely gamble and when gambling is legalized then it can increase gambling activities in the country so that this will be profitable for them.

For an initiative I think it would be very good but it might be possible for countries where the culture is a little bit open not all countries can be like that.

[Salahmu]

The fact that they are trying to help boost the Russian economy it will be good but come to think of it, will Putin allow it? That's the question we should be asking because from what I'm seeing so far it will be hard to predict if Putin will legalize online gambling or not. As a matter of fact, Russia really need to allow online gambling but since Putin haven't yet made any public speech concerning this it will be difficult to predict if he will allow it.

There is how your economy will drop to, everything that could give you a means to boost your economy will be accepted without any biased or how you hated it, so actually another question is how has there economy dropped to because is from there you could predict the possible legalization of gambling by the president of Russia because if he is still able to sustain it then is a goodbye to there gambling legalization. What some countries could actually do on this case is a temporary legalization lifting so that after they have use the gambling tax to assist there economy into stability they could do as they want in the future or permanently ignore it.

[Bluedrem]

I don't think countries at war will legalize gambling to keep their economies afloat. Although the government may receive high taxes from this, it cannot be said that money laundering through gambling platforms will not occur. Yes, the owners of gambling platforms located in a country may have to pay high taxes to the government to operate gambling. But in countries where the situation of war is such that the citizens of those countries are often financially cornered and struggle to meet their basic needs, it is also a matter of seeing how much they will gamble. I don't think they will bet their luck on a platform that can lose money while not eating at that moment.

[Moreno233]

There have not been record of a country that legalized gambling due to war, maybe Russia wants to be the first so lets see how they do that. If they eventually legalized gambling because of war, that will be the height of hypocrisy because something you consider bad for your citizens will not suddenly become good because you need the money from that area, that is hypocrisy. I don't see why some countries even banned gambling, an industry that can generate millions in taxes every other year.

[Pi-network314159]

from your statement at op, I think Russia may legalize online gambling since they are already making billions of dollars from it through illegal means, but this can only be done since they are lacking fund due to the ongoing war between them and Ukraine. The truth of the matter is that at this point, no one knows if that will happen anytime soon or not, but with the look of thing it is possible that this make come in to reality. But for now everything remain speculation.

[Pandu Geddon]

What do you think, will Putin allow the legalization of gambling just to sustain the economy, and sustain the war against Ukraine

No one knows for sure the real reason. But when you're in his situation, what would you possibly do when the country's financial issues might be threatened? Every resource that can generate money quickly would be pursued. It doesn't require a long process like processing natural resources; the gambling industry can generate huge profits if managed correctly.

[CryptSafe]

Gambling has a good revenue generation record anywhere it is, so I would not be surprised if they implement it by allowing their citizens to gamble while they generate revenue from it to power their economy. As it stands now, Russia has a lot going on, which would require it to have more sources of revenue to support its economy as a nation. So if they decide to legalize gambling, it is still for their own good, and I have nothing bad against it, after all other nations legalize gambling, and Russia should not be the only country to capitalize on that legalized gambling.

[Fortify]

Online gambling has been illegal in Russia since 2009, but because of the growing budget deficit brought by on going war against Ukraine, officials are proposing to legalize online gambling.

But even if online gambling is illegal, the industry still made a $39 billion profit; just imagine the profit from taxes it would make if gambling were legal.

What do you think, will Putin allow the legalization of gambling just to sustain the economy, and sustain the war against Ukraine

In an effort to bolster state revenues amid a growing budget deficit, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has proposed the legalization of online casinos. The plan, presented to President Vladimir Putin, aims to provide a new source of income to offset the rising costs of the war against Ukraine. Siluanov’s suggestion, reported by Kommersant, aims to draw illegal online gamblers into the legal market, while also introducing stringent safeguards to curb addiction.

Russia does nothing normal but the leaders their right now are very desperate, so any source of income to their national treasury will be accepted. The stupid thing is their economy could be fixed in a few months if they withdrew from Ukraine and started to normalize relations with the West again, like they did for such a long time. I am not sure that it was only war that might have made gambling legal again, because we see a much more liberal and open approach to it in many countries around the world right now. It's an easy source of extra income and if people really want to gamble online they are finding ways to do it already, so why not have the local government raise a bit of tax from it instead?

[Charles-Tim]

What do you think, will Putin allow the legalization of gambling just to sustain the economy, and sustain the war against Ukraine

Gambling is not that bad at all, because as Russia did not legalize gambling, do not be surprised that many Russians will be gambling. Gambling is what that is inborn about humans, the government of the countries that do not legalize gambling are only losing tax to illegal and offshore gambling sites. But war should not be the reason they should make gambling legal, it should be because of something better like tax generation and to mitigation illegal gambling.

[Mhizlove]

In matters like this, it is better to first know why the country would want to legalize gambling, if it is for their benefits of which in this case yes because according to Political philosophers like Hans Morgenthau, States pursue power and national interest, not moral ideals, especially in foreign policy. This means that no state would choose moral values over what will benefit its interest and I think before the Russian government is putting the act of legalizing gambling into consideration, there is something good they have see that will come out of it.
President Putin is too strict and direct to allow something that he does not like or will not be good for the country he has been fighting for.

[shinratensei_]

Online gambling has been illegal in Russia since 2009, but because of the growing budget deficit brought by on going war against Ukraine, officials are proposing to legalize online gambling.

But even if online gambling is illegal, the industry still made a $39 billion profit; just imagine the profit from taxes it would make if gambling were legal.

What do you think, will Putin allow the legalization of gambling just to sustain the economy, and sustain the war against Ukraine

Putin will allow the gambling legalization. His country desperately needs additional income to keep their economy to run and to fund the war against Ukraine. So he has no choice other than legalize gambling that may give his country some money. However, this is indirectly telling us how his country is facing a recession by doing something that they prohibited before.
Let's say his country can take from the 10% from the total profit recorded. It's already huge some of money.

So i don't think he will keep to disallow it caused by his people will be ending in the crisis if his country keeps deficit. This is surely telling us about how he's built a wonderful future for his country.  

[alastantiger]

Online gambling has been illegal in Russia since 2009, but because of the growing budget deficit brought by on going war against Ukraine, officials are proposing to legalize online gambling.

But even if online gambling is illegal, the industry still made a $39 billion profit; just imagine the profit from taxes it would make if gambling were legal.

What do you think, will Putin allow the legalization of gambling just to sustain the economy, and sustain the war against Ukraine

When you look at it realistically, the idea isn’t that shocking, i mean if online gambling is already thriving underground and pulling in billions despite being illegal, it naturally raises the question of why the state shouldn’t step in, regulate it, and take its share, you get? even with the war stretching Russia’s finances and i know sanctions are limiting other income streams so legalizing something people are already doing could seem like a practical way to ease budget pressure without building new industries from scratch, at least that is just how i see it

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Online gambling has been illegal in Russia since 2009, but because of the growing budget deficit brought by on going war against Ukraine, officials are proposing to legalize online gambling.

But even if online gambling is illegal, the industry still made a $39 billion profit; just imagine the profit from taxes it would make if gambling were legal.

What do you think, will Putin allow the legalization of gambling just to sustain the economy, and sustain the war against Ukraine
Russia Considers Legalizing Online Casinos Amid Financial Strain

From the article above, it clearly stated "financial strain", which in other words also means lack of sufficient finances for the government to commerce it's legitimate duties, and considering the fact that the gambling industry is a multi billion dollars industry, that is the exact reason why Russia is thinking about legalizing gambling, and not war, because war has absolutely not to do with this proposed policy. So in a nutshell, if you ask, "Can war make a country legalize gambling? The answer is NO... Because gambling is the last thing a country will need in times of war, as the basic things they will need if more ammunition, personnels and food for survivors.