India has a lot of changes to make to come into step with reality. The puritan-like banning of gambling was unhealthy. There has to be a concept of gambling for fun, without fear of losing your shirt. The concept of responsible gambling was needed. India will make a lot of money from this new attitude. I'm so glad about this.
That is the advantage of letting your citizens gamble. Yes, more gamblers might be addicted to gambling by legalizing gambling but the thing is that the government will be able to create great tax reforms on these casinos resulting on great improvements not only on the people but on the country as well. It is not bad legalizing gambling, in fact it is really great.
In my opinion Indians are in great number of gamblers throughout the world. Most of Indians bet in sports because they love sports games and sport betting. There are thousands of bookies in India and they make millions of dollars in one game. Gambling is become an industry in India and thats the reason that Indian government allow gambling freely.