Why Governments Banning Gambling Is Never About the Gambling

[LittleBitFunny]

Most govt don't ban gambling for moral reason. They do so mainly to stop competition in their monopolies. They don’t actually hate gambling, they just hate when they aren't the ones making money from it.

Japan Cash gambling is banned. But pinball/pachinko industry is making billions of dollar through three-store loophole.

China Destroys all private casino, while govt itself runs two huge state lottery. Welfare & Sports, that print billions every year.

Indonesia Despite the closure of government lottery under religious pressure, VPN and offshore casino have now created huge black market there.

Pattern is pretty clear, when govt ban gambling, they either own the business themselve or push ordinary people into illegal market.

Whats your take?

[AmoreJaz]

They have their own reasons but we can see that either way, their people still gamble no matter what. They will always find a way to gamble because this is innate to people. So when the government ban any type of gambling is just useless as their people will just do it in the black market.

[uneng]

That used to be the pattern worldwide before online sports betting got heavily popular. Since then, I see governments are changing their stance towards the industry, since it's very profitable for them to profit through taxes, instead of relying on the federal lottery and similars ir order to do so.

Politicians are greedy to approve new regulations on betting platforms, and you can also expect there is a lot of money being negotiated on the backgrounds in order to make such regulations come to reality in a benefical way for casinos operators.

[Asiska02]

The importance of regulating these gambling casinos has already been known and felt by the government, so there is no way that they’re not going to show interest and keen into them now. Casinos may wish to operate without the government knowing and everything they make will be own by them but with regulations, they have to pay tax and also the government given them a convenience platform to operate on.

It is a win-win game and as long as the government is not going to benefit, they would ban them and stop talking about them. They the government pay little details to scam casinos and just try to put their interest of tax payment more prioritise than regulating a casino and limiting their scam on the people.

[Oshosondy]

87% of people living in Indonesia are Muslims. Do not see it as a surprise that a Muslim country ban gambling. Many countries that banned gambling are Muslim countries.

People that are gambling in China are very many. I do not see the reason gambling is not allowed in China despite that many people are gambling there. Some governments just do not go for public interests.

[Bitcoin.com97]

I think they have a reason of doing that ,so whatever there reason maybe is best known to them ,this countries mentioned still find a way to gamble,there government banning it get no hold on them ,but if it's for there selfish reason,all I can say it's well , because most government can be greedy and selfish, most people whatever that is not benifitcery to them it's always seem as something  against  the law,so I won't be surprised if such comes up in those said countries.

[Ayers]

Yes, in many case government really want to keep money flowing under their control, so state-run lotteries are legal but private operator are subject to stricter measure.

So is the whole thing just a matter of "government wanting to make money"? no man,, there are some valid reason too.

Governments that have banned casino/gambling usually ban them because of addiction, money laundering, match-fixing, Drug or the risk of organized crime, etc.

You can't just call all of these are excuses. Although in reality you will see double standards in policy in many country. As you said Indonesia, despite strict bans, online and offshore gambling has not been completely banned.

[Zigabel]

Sowm government say they do ban it for economical reasons and some even makes mention of Moral reasons amongst their many reasons for banning casinos,  some also talk about money laundry and terrorism financing,  in as much as I do not have a really deep knowledge on how all of this works, I have seen and heard stories from different sources  and from most of them, this has been headline reasons for some government around the world that are against or wants to place a ban on casinos.  In situations where do do not get to completely eliminate it, they switch to owning it, that way, they get as much control as intended on such investments and still make sure illicit activities are not done underneath.

I just wish ot will always be on the actual grounds of morals,  then it will be far more beneficial to the society than some really selfish motives by the government and others in power who are just opportunistic eu⁴4

[9ja Amaka]

A common business strategy used by the government to bring down competitors in every industry. It is either government-owned or a private company owned by a government representative.

Government shutdown crypto apps in my country for this same reason, and I am sure the reason why gambling is still functioning very well is as a result of the revenue it's generating for the government.

[Crypto_Timothy]

Whats your take?

Sometimes we can forget that the government is made up of people with enough greed to just do whatever they like and when it pleases them to do, I mean at least that's how I see them at times. Gambling is not banned in my country but it's heavily frowned on especially where I stay but it is not banned, I suspect is because they are making money some how by allowing these operators to operate but of course it won't be on record, so no evidence or anything like that.

[Charles-Tim]

Government shutdown crypto apps in my country for this same reason, and I am sure the reason why gambling is still functioning very well is as a result of the revenue it's generating for the government.

If government ban gambling, that means the gambling industry in the country are operating illegally and have no tax to pay to the government. The government will not be generating any taxes from it.

But if you mean government officials, that is very possible. There could be some government officials that are making money from the illegal gambling industry.

[blockman]

Pattern is pretty clear, when govt ban gambling, they either own the business themselve or push ordinary people into illegal market.

Whats your take?

That is true, it's the same in the Philippines. It's known that the POGOs(Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator) which targets foreigners as their customers are now banned. But look at our online gambling communities, there's a bunch of it that were launched and targets our countrymen which have a lot of irresponsible gamblers. It's true that it's with the monopolies and they have probably want to lessen the competition. And there's even a stock or a gambling company which is publicly listed in our Philippine stock exchange.

[EluguHcman]

Most govt don't ban gambling for moral reason. They do so mainly to stop competition in their monopolies. They don’t actually hate gambling, they just hate when they aren't the ones making money from it.

You are very foresighted to see the act of the government in gambling this way.
It is common to be truth of what you have said about the governments having sentimental reasons of their banning of gamblings in their jurisdictions.

I am never going to be surprised about this news in discussions like this because, if the government can ban Bitcoin and crypto simply because they are not the one controlling it, they can equally ban gambling but as it is, gambling has become a business between investors and governments licensing while unauthorized companies are banned.

[HyperCodexV]

Governments don't hate gambling they hate competition. When they ban it, it's usually because they want to control the money flow themselves. In a country like the UK gambling is fully legal, heavily taxed and tightly regulated. The government gets a cut from every bet placed. They have found a way to benefit from it rather than fight it.
The same goes for the US. States like New York and New Jersey have all legalized sports betting and are raking in billions in tax revenue. They’ve turned gambling into a major income stream for the state.

[Questat]

That is why some governments do not resort into banning gambling, they just set strict regulations for the casino business owners to follow and impose to their players. Aside that they can  benefit from the taxes collected, they will also gain commissions from some of those shady casinos that are still operating in the market.

But its true, banning gambling is not actually about having to stop gambling. In fact, we have seen some government officials are still active in gambling, they just do it in private casinos. And they are mostly the big whales, the high rollers, and they benefit a lot from under the table commissions they secretly received.

[Bryan jessy]

A common business strategy used by the government to bring down competitors in every industry. It is either government-owned or a private company owned by a government representative.

Government shutdown crypto apps in my country for this same reason, and I am sure the reason why gambling is still functioning very well is as a result of the revenue it's generating for the government.

If the government are getting revenue from the gambling industries, I am sure they will not bring anyone down regardless of the competition because no matter how many casinos that is in existence, there will still be lot of gamblers patronizing them except the government are just being unnecessarily greedy because I do not think it's right to bring down other's business just to satisfy their own interest or make all the profit alone, if such mindset is applied generally there is going to be large numbers of business that will go down because every establishment has competition.

[Karl_3000]

A common business strategy used by the government to bring down competitors in every industry. It is either government-owned or a private company owned by a government representative.

Government shutdown crypto apps in my country for this same reason, and I am sure the reason why gambling is still functioning very well is as a result of the revenue it's generating for the government.

If the government are getting revenue from the gambling industries, I am sure they will not bring anyone down regardless of the competition because no matter how many casinos that is in existence, there will still be lot of gamblers patronizing them except the government are just being unnecessarily greedy because I do not think it's right to bring down other's business just to satisfy their own interest or make all the profit alone, if such mindset is applied generally there is going to be large numbers of business that will go down because every establishment has competition.

You are very right but I think what he can mean is that some people in the government are doing underground work by making money from gambling but not allow gambling in the country. This is very possible and it will stay between some government people and do as if there is nothing going on. But another thing is that some government people may like something that the government against and they have nothing they can do about it.

[Miles2006]

Real fact, the government wants to control everything yet they’ve not gotten full control in gambling aspect not minding the ban and restriction.
This issue and news is always recurring severally, I will not be surprised if the government decides to be in charge of all casino including the funds management then probably you’ll notice the government is never concerned about citizens and addiction instead they’re after the profit, they’re just overly protective because they also need just one source where revenue is made and it must be associated with the government as op stated, the government still request tax payment as usual but, when it comes to gambling ban there’s always something behind it and the least reason we should believe is government caring for addicted gamblers well, despite these laws gamblers living in areas like this usually find a way to gamble.

[bitbollo]

the best approach in all places/countries/land would always have been the same approach = legalize it - making it easy and accessible to everyone.
this is the only solution to avoid any grey area, any further issue, and in the same way this is also beneficial for the governement since can have an easy and secure way to earning from taxes.
most of these blocks look to me just a silly apology before new regulations arrival.

[Iranus]

So when the government ban any type of gambling is just useless as their people will just do it in the black market.

But how is banning gambling completely pointless? It has some impact on society.

Yes, you can say that ban alone may not stop someone's gambling tendency. In many cases, we use VPN, offshore site. So if there is no legal alternative or the control is not realistic then illegal operators benefit.

In many countries, bans make the market smaller and depositing become much more difficult, as a result of which a significant number of people gamble less. Or those who play with VPN also reduce their gambling activity due to the hassle of deposit and various problems.

So you can't say that it is useless.