Why focus so much on individuals? Look at the countries where gambling is 100% legalized, such as Macau and Monaco. These countries have become super-rich due to the tax revenues from casinos. Also, huge number of jobs are created as a result of gambling.
Bad effects will occur and the impact will be greater than the good one. Not all countries can legalize gambling even though the potential state revenue that can be obtained from this sector is quite tempting.
It depends on what country we are living, gambling is just a form of entertainment but it's an expensive type.
Poor countries are against gambling because they know it will only make their people poorer as people are desperate to make instant money without knowing their chances.
Yeah some in developed countries legalize gambling like in vegas and macau, their government is smart that only rich people come in and that can be an advantage for the government because of the big taxes, they don't care about the effects of gambling given to players, because of a large number of players are rich people
We may keep trying to look at the good part, but we all know the good part is only applicable to the government and the casino owners and very little percentage of those that luck was on their side and wise enough to know when to stop.
Every other person outside these category shares a huge loss and from what I can see, a higher percentage of gamblers always end up at the negative end of gambling at the end. Sure, I really do not care if some rich dudes have so much to throw around and feel gambling is the next thing for them, but for someone who is trying to survive and make a living, that perturbs me.