Today evening, I was spending some free time by surfing various websites. Suddenly a website caught my attention which talks about the benefits of gambling. I was surprised because negative thoughts about gambling is so common, but positive thoughts are rare to find. So I went ahead and read the entire article. The article actually talks about the positive sides of gambling which I believe everyone should know and it made a lot of sense to me!
The article lists 7 points as the benefits of gambling:1. Gambling Stimulates Local Economies
2. Gambling Is a Form of Entertainment
3. Gambling Can Take Place in a Safe Environment
4. You Could Win
5. Gambling Contributes to Government Budgets
6. Gambling Creates New Forms of Revenue
7. Gambling is a Form of Game Play
The article is actually a tight slap on the popular belief that "gambling is harmful to the society". So I encourage everyone on this forum to read the article and understand it, especially the non-gamblers! Gambling is not a fools-heaven, it's just another business and an opportunity to the gamblers! Hope this article would clear your mind!
Article Link: https://www.benefitsof.org/what-are-the-benefits-of-gambling/1. Not really sure about that.
2. Isn't this supposed to be the point of gambling? You can't make money from gambling. Some did, but most can't. It's still debatable that gambling is entertaining. A moment of entertainment in exchange of that much money? Not a good deal if you ask me. Watching Netflix is way entertaining.
3. Not really. I guess it's "safe" when you're inside the casino but anywhere but that, it's not really safe. Gambling happens in other places and when someone gets hot-headed, I don't think it's exactly a safe place.
4. See, "could" that means not "always".
5. Honestly this is the only "benefit" of gambling that I can see. After you have lost money, just remember that some of those money will actually be given back to the society. It's the casino's way to have a good reputation and not be kicked out of the country.
6. Yep.
7. Ugh? Is that a benefit at all?