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If gambling got legalized in your country, then it would not be necessary for casinos to pay bribes any longer.
So in that sense, society gets only the worse from unregulated: corruption, casinos not paying taxes, and addiction with no formal recognition or recognition by the state.
(Since there is no registered casinos in the country, then the state does not actually any reason to invest in rehabilitation for addicts).
Hahaha you really understand the conditions that occur in my country, It is indeed regulated and illegal gambling is even protected.
Even though the police know where the bookie or the owner of the business is, the police only arrest those who play and become gambling addicts, not address the problem.
Corrupt politicians or internal parties who get bribes from illegal gambling provide a smooth path for new gambling,
there is no complete eradication because the turnover of money in illegal gambling is very much.
Individuals who get a profit share protect the development of illegal casinos.