If we compare online gambling with just being locked up because of a lockdown, then of course it will be a very exciting opportunity (and by the way, usually in online casinos there are chats where you can even get a little human communication and emotions). But I think any person who has visited an offline casino at least once will say that when compared to an online casino, an offline casino always guarantees a lot more emotions and pleasure.
this is true
can't compare both experiences, there are things on the physical world that we won't be able to have on digital
and the opposite also applies
Another good example is a massage parlor and a porn site

Although in the (not close) perspective, the differences will seriously diminish and may someday become minimal.
Facebook’s future lies in virtual ‘Metaverse’, Mark Zuckerberg says - quite an interesting article showing the plans of global corporations to blur the distinction between online and offline. From the point of view of technical capabilities, the development of this area is completely satisfactory to me.