In the future i think its not so far fetch after all to play and travel around the world while at home. the way its been described by Cyrus will actually work best for metaverse casinos than what Zuckerberg have in mind. i think this is where we can chat on the poker table and make bluffs.
We can still do it, get all the players on a zoom call and virtual table lol
Anyways, online gambling is already massive. Even in developing and poor nations. You can already sit on a live table and watch its stream. I don't think metaverse will ad anything major to the current experience.
In a way, you can already call online gambling a metaverse of its own.
And alibaba and facebook aren't going to allow gambling to bloom anytime soon in their metaverse. They will be looking for a healthy growth focused on positive interests. Gambling is a very negative activity. It will be censored to hell in the initial stages of upcoming metaverses.