Gambling actually is beneficial for economy, casinos' and other gambling establishment pays taxes and provide jobs it's the reason why gambling will always be a part of economy in some country. Illegal gambling on the other hand has no benefits at all, of course there is a reason why it's called illegal.
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1. Gambling in fact has many negative externalities. If someone gets addicted, the likelihood is much higher to be depressed. Depression is factor, which leads to high costs for the society.
2. Gambling addiction leads to economic costs because of crime actions. Other market actors have to increase their security standards, which means higher costs.
3. Many gambling addicts go as a consequence to jail. Jail means EXTREMELY high costs to society.
What are your thoughts on this topic?
I don't agree with this, gambling addiction is a problem that caused by the gambler itself. Being a gambling addict is already a mental disorder and it doesn't need to become a depression just to be noticed or treated, if someone is indeed goes to jail because of depression there no way to know that it's the gambling that causes it.
The main reason why I disagree is that Gambling is just a factor for depression and with or without Gambling a person can build depression nonetheless, so gambling can be a factor but cannot be a major reason for these crime actions, meaning it eliminates the argument of gambling directly affecting the economy. Gambling does affect the economy directly but not because of this reason.