Can war make a country legalize gambling

[fruktik]

The problem with the Kremlin regime is that in order to remain in power, it must continue the war. The reason is simple: none of the goals announced by the criminal Kremlin regime have been achieved. Moreover, in some areas, the result has been diametrically opposite! In addition, Russia's economy is falling apart, the people are becoming poorer, there is a dire demographic problem, and a huge population decline. In short, it is a complete failure, which means that stopping the war now and presenting it as a “victory,” even to complete idiots, will not work and will create enormous tension and mistrust.
 Conclusion: the Kremlin regime will seek any means to finance its terrorist war, such as raising taxes, imposing additional indirect levies, and seizing deposits. Deposits will not be seized directly, but most likely through the mechanism of compulsory purchase of government bonds/securities, which “we will buy back from you sometime in the future.”
 Legalizing gambling could also be a solution, as in difficult situations, a desperate population often “escapes” into games, lotteries, and other activities that distract them from reality, believing in miracles and solutions to their problems. So this is a perfectly viable solution.

The problem is, there's no time. We need the money now, not sometime later. So, we need to hurry with the bonds.

Yesterday, news broke that the regional budget deficit for January alone was over 1.5 trillion rubles. Just think about that figure. The projected deficit for the entire year was just over 3.2 trillion. Only 30 days have passed. The situation is so dire that the catastrophe will be obvious in just a few weeks. That's it, the budget has collapsed, along with the entire national economy.

[drangos]

I don't think that's possible, as it poses too many risks for citizens themselves. Soldiers who sign contracts receive good salaries, and online gambling can drain all of a player's savings, with consequences that can vary greatly. I think special gambling zones will appear, something like Monaco, but it's difficult to say what the demand will be.

The law is not going to force people to gamble. The law will only make it legal for citizens to gamble without fear, as some of them are already gambling even when it's not legal, and the gambling industry will have to legally be taxed, which will bring in more revenue to the country not looking at it on the war currently going on but from an economic standpoint.

Even war may not be enough to make a country legalize gambling since the dangers to citizens are high especially to the soldiers who are on a guaranteed contract with a fixed pay. Gambling may soon empty personal pockets and cause severe social impacts. More probable to be witnessed are prescribed gambling districts, like Monaco, in which the sport is regulated and checked. Legalization does not make people gamble, it will just enable those who do it illegally to continue doing so without the fear of being caught. Economically, a decision to regulate and tax gambling will be a significant source of income, regardless of the aspects of war.

[Grace333]

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.

So far, with the data I’ve come across, I don’t think Russia was oblivious of the revenue generated by gambling on annual basis, but the online casino ban was put into stand for the benefit of the citizens, though there might be some other reasons that warranted the ban which I don’t have much data on. But then, there are land base casinos still active in Russia, in places like, Altai, Kaliningrad, Primorye, Sochi and Crimea, what I’ve come to understand is that, the Russia Government is looking for centralized control transparency over gambling, to the extent that the Government limited the land based casino to few areas just to address social concerns related to gambling addiction. 

[Awaklara]

So far, with the data I’ve come across, I don’t think Russia was oblivious of the revenue generated by gambling on annual basis, but the online casino ban was put into stand for the benefit of the citizens, though there might be some other reasons that warranted the ban which I don’t have much data on. But then, there are land base casinos still active in Russia, in places like, Altai, Kaliningrad, Primorye, Sochi and Crimea, what I’ve come to understand is that, the Russia Government is looking for centralized control transparency over gambling, to the extent that the Government limited the land based casino to few areas just to address social concerns related to gambling addiction. 

A government that cares will have regulations and oversight in place. The existence of restrictions for certain sectors shows that the government is still managing and protecting those businesses, not just seeking high tax revenue. We know Russia is in a prolonged war. Anything that provides a source of funds for economic stability is certainly worth doing. Perhaps a country that initially prohibited gambling might, under high economic pressure, change regulations and legalize gambling.

[fruktik]

Yes, you are correct that in certain nations, war (or other natural calamities) has caused the government to legalize gambling as a means of boosting the economy and making money. This is the case of post-war Europe and some parts of Asia. But, as fruktik mentioned, in totalitarian states, much more easily manageable measures, such as taxation increase, reduction of social services, or even nationalization of bank funds, etc., are more likely to be recommended. The pressure in economy does not necessarily result in liberalization. As such, although war may be a reason to have a nation edge towards legalizing gambling, it is very much reliant on the governmental set up, priorities and readiness to make what it considers risky economic decisions.

Is there any other option? If there really was, such a measure wouldn't even be considered. The federal budget is in such bad shape that it's time to start panicking. Which, in fact, is already happening at the highest levels of government. There are no longer any sources of budget revenue whatsoever. Officials at all levels are scrambling for money wherever they can. That's why even worse decisions will be made. I wouldn't be surprised by anything now. They'll resort to the most radical measures. Legalization of casinos is just the beginning.

[Fredomago]

So far, with the data I’ve come across, I don’t think Russia was oblivious of the revenue generated by gambling on annual basis, but the online casino ban was put into stand for the benefit of the citizens, though there might be some other reasons that warranted the ban which I don’t have much data on. But then, there are land base casinos still active in Russia, in places like, Altai, Kaliningrad, Primorye, Sochi and Crimea, what I’ve come to understand is that, the Russia Government is looking for centralized control transparency over gambling, to the extent that the Government limited the land based casino to few areas just to address social concerns related to gambling addiction. 

A government that cares will have regulations and oversight in place. The existence of restrictions for certain sectors shows that the government is still managing and protecting those businesses, not just seeking high tax revenue. We know Russia is in a prolonged war. Anything that provides a source of funds for economic stability is certainly worth doing. Perhaps a country that initially prohibited gambling might, under high economic pressure, change regulations and legalize gambling.

Indeed, if there's pressure and a big need for collecting more taxes those regulation might be change up and adjustments may happen, I agree that there are countries who are strict in terms of regulations but like what you said, if there's emergency that urge the government to seek for venues where they can gain more tax it might be study and be regulated to favor the need and to have some extra to fill the urgency.

[programmer3666]

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.

It is very possible but not that guaranteed. Because in times of war!! governments look for fast ways to raise money and gambling can surely generate revenue quickly through taxes and licensing. But legalizing gambling also comes with some social and political risks, especially in a conservative system. So while war pressure can push governments to consider new revenue sources, it would not be an easy or automatic decision.

[Alonso_]

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 Considers Legalizing Online Casinos Amid Financial Strain

I never thought of this, because I have been thinking that gambling is legal in Russia, but if a situation of this magnitude have happened, well there is a possibility that it could reverse because if you see a means of making money for your country in a different way from legalizing gambling I think there is every tendency that it would quite work for them and also become beneficial for them.

With the possibility of being able to be legalized because of this wars, most of the government in the world would want a situation where they device a means of making money for their country, now that US government have stop some of their oil business and transaction with other countries.

[Pandu Geddon]

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.

It is very possible but not that guaranteed. Because in times of war!! governments look for fast ways to raise money and gambling can surely generate revenue quickly through taxes and licensing. But legalizing gambling also comes with some social and political risks, especially in a conservative system. So while war pressure can push governments to consider new revenue sources, it would not be an easy or automatic decision.

In making a policy in a government, there will always be conflicts related to social and political issues, especially when it comes to gambling. I am sure that the government in such a situation would definitely consider all the risks. If there are other alternatives to generate income in terms of state revenue, the government would certainly choose a way with fewer risks, especially regarding public opposition.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

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

Wars are no friend to man and his laws and values, a man with laws and value could bend in the face of war if that will help preserve his life, this is how fragile life in general is..
Laws are made and maintained by man (aside the laws of the universe which are made and maintained by the universe, like the law of karma, the law of gravity and the rest), and this laws can be adjusted to suit the present situation of the man who made and maintained it..

So if Russia is bending on her law of outright ban on online casinos operating in the country and it's jurisdictions, then I am not surprised at all, in the face of war, the government of a country must take decisive decisions to keep getting resources needed to keep running the country, and as it stands, if lifting the ban on online casinos operating in the country proves as a worthy means of the country creating another stream of income for the government, then good luck to them.

[$weetne$$]

Looking at the profit margin, taxing gambling especially casinos will add to the revenue generation of the country, and obviously they will want to consider how much of profit they will make or get if they should  legalize this venture and tax them, if it is such that will really be of economic benefit to the country enough  to get them some economic improvement, they they definitely will opt for it, otherwise they may not consider it as an option.

[Wakate]

Looking at the profit margin, taxing gambling especially casinos will add to the revenue generation of the country, and obviously they will want to consider how much of profit they will make or get if they should  legalize this venture and tax them, if it is such that will really be of economic benefit to the country enough  to get them some economic improvement, they they definitely will opt for it, otherwise they may not consider it as an option.

When a casino is taxed, they also look for a way to tax gamblers too especially from the region they are taxed.
Countries like United States that do in tax gambling platforms, casinos that have their services in the US would also want to tax gamblers too even though it is a little taxation.

[impulse709]

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.

It is very possible but not that guaranteed. Because in times of war!! governments look for fast ways to raise money and gambling can surely generate revenue quickly through taxes and licensing. But legalizing gambling also comes with some social and political risks, especially in a conservative system. So while war pressure can push governments to consider new revenue sources, it would not be an easy or automatic decision.

In making a policy in a government, there will always be conflicts related to social and political issues, especially when it comes to gambling. I am sure that the government in such a situation would definitely consider all the risks. If there are other alternatives to generate income in terms of state revenue, the government would certainly choose a way with fewer risks, especially regarding public opposition.

I concur with the above opinions. War may compel the government to seek easy sources of revenue and gambling appears to be appealing since it is a source of easy money in form of taxes and licenses. But nothing can be automatically legalized. There are social, cultural and political dangers of gambling and people may strongly oppose because of the conservative societies. The pressured governments tend to consider all alternatives. In case of alternatives, which may be foreign aid, emergency taxes, or exploitation of resources, the latter are frequently selected. War can trigger some thought, but it does not mean that it will be legalized.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

War and gambling, i don't even know why some countries have to ban for gambling and denied their citizens from playing bets, also, in some conditions, some countries also allows that only the physical gambling casinos be allowed or some in other case, the online gambling casinos, but it is more obvious that gamblers have been facing serious challenges from regulators in their countries.

[o48o]

Anything can be considered to become legal, if it would produce more income to otherwise strained economy. Especially when there's no light at the end of the tunnel.

But given their hypocrite ultra conservative pretentious high ground, they are in dangerous waters.

Because making more things legal is revealing their hypocrisy, as things like gambling was considered by them to be degradation of decline of moral values.

And this moral pretentious moral "high ground", is a leverage to justify their corrupt authoritarianism to their more conservative citizens. Removing that act probably has consequences to their status quo.

[Webutxo]

Even war may not be enough to make a country legalize gambling since the dangers to citizens are high especially to the soldiers who are on a guaranteed contract with a fixed pay. Gambling may soon empty personal pockets and cause severe social impacts. More probable to be witnessed are prescribed gambling districts, like Monaco, in which the sport is regulated and checked. Legalization does not make people gamble, it will just enable those who do it illegally to continue doing so without the fear of being caught. Economically, a decision to regulate and tax gambling will be a significant source of income, regardless of the aspects of war.

Why make money from innocent people because we want to make money of it. Whenever there is war, there are people that are going to lose plenty of life's, and there are people that are going to lose small but remember that life's are going to be lose on both end. That means the two both side lose, so why do we have to make bet on those kind of things when we can focus on the traditional style of betting that we have been doing for a very long time.

When I see prediction website makes predictions that involves politics and war, I just shake my head how bad we have become because we want to make money from gambling sitting right in our house. The only reason why people will make predictions about war and politics to make money is because they don't know how to gamble normal casino games and sport. Let's give this some times, this predictions are going to run out on time.

[imamusma]

I concur with the above opinions. War may compel the government to seek easy sources of revenue and gambling appears to be appealing since it is a source of easy money in form of taxes and licenses. But nothing can be automatically legalized. There are social, cultural and political dangers of gambling and people may strongly oppose because of the conservative societies. The pressured governments tend to consider all alternatives. In case of alternatives, which may be foreign aid, emergency taxes, or exploitation of resources, the latter are frequently selected. War can trigger some thought, but it does not mean that it will be legalized.

That is true, when a country is under pressure due to disrupted state revenue as a result of war, a government may consider legalizing gambling. However, this is highly situational and also depends on the leadership and ideology of the country. If the country had never legalized gambling before, it is unlikely that gambling would be legalized after the war.
There are many ways a country can recover quickly in the post-war period, and in my view, tax revenue from the gambling sector is relatively small compared to other sectors, such as the exploitation of natural resources.

[Royal Cap]

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

But I think it is not only about money. A government knows very well that gambling is something that attracts people easily and many people gradually become dependent on it, So if any decision is ever to come to the point of legalizing it then it is not only about bringing in more revenue, but is also equally important that safety of people is ensured, allowing something like this without strict rules, monitoring and control can also increase social problems in the long run.

[Bluedrem]

Anything can be considered to become legal, if it would produce more income to otherwise strained economy. Especially when there's no light at the end of the tunnel.

But given their hypocrite ultra conservative pretentious high ground, they are in dangerous waters.

Because making more things legal is revealing their hypocrisy, as things like gambling was considered by them to be degradation of decline of moral values.

And this moral pretentious moral "high ground", is a leverage to justify their corrupt authoritarianism to their more conservative citizens. Removing that act probably has consequences to their status quo.

Yes, it is true. When there is no other way to earn money, various prohibited financial systems are considered legitimate to enrich the state treasury. Especially in war-torn countries. When war-torn countries fall into extreme economic crisis due to war, the government tries to collect money in any way to meet the expenses of the war. In this case, they legalize sites like casinos with the condition of paying high taxes and the government receives high taxes from these sites.

[Cgrexp]

So far, with the data I’ve come across, I don’t think Russia was oblivious of the revenue generated by gambling on annual basis, but the online casino ban was put into stand for the benefit of the citizens, though there might be some other reasons that warranted the ban which I don’t have much data on. But then, there are land base casinos still active in Russia, in places like, Altai, Kaliningrad, Primorye, Sochi and Crimea, what I’ve come to understand is that, the Russia Government is looking for centralized control transparency over gambling, to the extent that the Government limited the land based casino to few areas just to address social concerns related to gambling addiction. 

A government that cares will have regulations and oversight in place. The existence of restrictions for certain sectors shows that the government is still managing and protecting those businesses, not just seeking high tax revenue. We know Russia is in a prolonged war. Anything that provides a source of funds for economic stability is certainly worth doing. Perhaps a country that initially prohibited gambling might, under high economic pressure, change regulations and legalize gambling.

You are right, no government leaves any sector of its country completely unregulated, they keep it under control through supervision. There may be some reasons for the government to impose restrictions on a business, perhaps to reduce risk, provide consumer protection and try to control the impact on society. I think that all the countries that banned gambling were mainly doing so considering the social harm. The strategy for survival according to the situation is to change the country's policies.