Is It Fair to Ban Gambling for Everyone Because of Addicted Gamblers?

[Africolo]

You can see that the government in countries that gambling is legal are not planing to ban gambling. Do you know any country that gambling site are allowed, but just suddenly their government said they want to ban gambling?

There is nothing the government can do than to regulate gambling, but they will focus most on collecting tax as usual. People should learn how to avoid gambling addiction or they should not gamble at all.

Government can't ban gambling because of the huge tax it generates and I think the possible way this issues can be curb is by having a regulatory laws that binds gamblers on how they gamble and these bodies should check mates the statistics of every gambler and possibly exclude them when they have gambled beyond the lay down limits, that's just the solution to the issue of gamblers being addicted to it.

You can't advise people not to gamble at all because most of this gamblers are gambling for survival but you can only advise them to bet within their budgets and try to control their emotions in other not to be addicted to it, gambling is not entirely bad the way people put it but it's because of some individual who have refused to gamble responsibly that has made it look as if it's bad. Those who are gambling should gamble with caution and with the amount they can afford to loose, I don't see government banning gambling because of the tax they collect.

[Yablee0]

First, the government needs to create other means of income for the country.. Then when people are no longer depending so much on gambling, then they can start reducing it step by step..

I agree with you on this. For the  government creating an alternative source of income rather than taking the only or major sources that the people only rely on is not really a lasting solution but will also worsten the situation the more. Gambling should be a game of fun and not something that we will be relying on as a source of survival, therefore what can really be a possible way out in situations like this is for the government to create Job opportunities, skills enrollment program for people to be more engaged with so that the idea of depending more on gamble to survive will collapse automatically.

[Betwrong]

~ Responsible gamblers, workers, businesses, and even government income will be affected too.

So what do you think governments should do instead of banning gambling completely?

Yes,  of course it's not fair to ban gambling for everyone because of some people that can't control themselves(or simply don't want to). Instead of banning gambling completely, I would propose banning it for those people in particular. How to do it is another question. That's not gonna be easy, for sure. But if society sets that goal, I'm sure it will figure out how to do it.

[Bitcoin.com97]

Instead of banning gambling activities entirely,the addicted once should be banned ,anyone find in such habit should be handle adequately, because banning gambling in a country won't make any sense,aside the negative impact on addicted once, it's also has a positive side of it,at least those working for the Casion ,it's also a job , imagine those who always get drunk ,telling breweries to stop the supplies of achol drinks ,it won't make sense,instead anyone find in a such situations will be discipline properly.

[viljy]

The government may resort to a complete ban on gambling if there is a growing public outcry that threatens the legitimacy of the government or poses a risk of electoral problems. For example, if there is a widespread outrage among women who accuse the government of causing their husbands to become addicted to gambling (with all the consequences for the family). Moreover, for this prohibition, it is not even necessary that the majority of gamblers become addicted. It is enough that the phenomenon is constantly covered in the information field, the most striking tragic cases are made public, etc.

The government will not take into account the interests of rational gamblers or care for addicted gamblers, but will make decisions based solely on their own interests. Their only interest is to maintain their power. Therefore, if casinos interfere with their popularity, they will ban casinos; if chocolate interferes, they will ban chocolate; and if tennis interferes, they will ban tennis. These are exaggerated examples, of course, but when a ruler feels that he might lose power, he is truly capable of anything, including absurd decisions and even mass murder. So, any government bans are not a matter of justice or injustice, but rather pragmatic political decisions.

[Outhue]

If gambling is one of the major sources of income for a country, is banning it completely really the best solution just because some people are addicted?

I know gambling addiction is a serious problem, but sometimes governments go straight to the last option which is banning it totally, instead of trying other ways to reduce the addiction first. Because if they ban gambling, everyone gets affected, not only the addicted gamblers. Responsible gamblers, workers, businesses, and even government income will be affected too.

So what do you think governments should do instead of banning gambling completely?

That's not you and I decision to make, if it's truly that significant and noticeable that the major source of income in the country is gambling them parliament has to vote and it's your government or president decision to either keep allowing it or completely ban it, could be impossible only if the country and government are making a lot of money from the casinos, they wouldn't want to end that even though some citizens are suffering from addiction. Although some countries would rather prefer to ban it if the situation is getting out of hands, there are few countries who have done it so it's not impossible.