So what are your thoughts? lets discuss.
I always have this question in my mind.
Would people still gamble or casinos business will boom if money is not involved as the jackpot but instead the prizes is things that we use in our daily life like food in form of gift cards or vouchers to pay our utility bills. Imagine casinos will offer a $100k worth of gift card that can be use on a particular grocery store that they support, use to buy gas, etc. There could be other prizes too like a brand new car or house. Would people still gamble if we are living in a world like that because we all know that the main reason of gambling addiction is money.
I think if the casino offered that 100k jackpot as a gift card to buy food in a franchise of grocery stores then most probably gambling and casino business would not boom so easily as they have done until now.However offering a brand new car or a brand new house which can be sold for money and then the person to buy or invest what he wants I think in such scenario the gambling and casinos would boom just like they have done up until now.
The thing is that gambling is a minimum of 4000 years old so I believe the urge to gamble is buried deep inside our genes since early human history but that just my opinion though.