A new government came into power, and enacted a law that nobody should gamble anymore in the country i.e gambling becomes illegal. Will you just behave yourself and abide to this new law that is depriving you from having fun as a good citizen ? or will you ignore the law and keep on gambling since there are online casinos that you can gamble secretly with your mobile phones with out no one knowing ?
It depends on the government. If it is the Chinese government or a dictatorship, I would surely leave it. In a Western country, not that it is my opinion, it is that many people do not care about government restrictions. Let's look for example at the prohibitions on gambling in the USA. People gamble anyway. If you live in a dictatorship where if you are caught moving the dice cup to throw the dice, you get your hand cut off, people think more about it but in developed countries it's a laugh.
Yes, there are some countries where gambling is completely illegal. Where gambling is considered a serious offense or crime. As you said if someone gambles even his hand is cut off. Gambling in that situation is very risky which can make your life miserable. But in the modern world, there are many other countries such as England, America, Canada where this gambling is legalized. Basically you have to decide depending on your geographical location.
in countries which is gambling was legalized it be their income source, tax from money circulation was so huge and maybe it could not ignored. at west countries most of them freely gambling , and even government give facility such as money privacy sources. but in some countries we didnt see it , some of them still said it broke their policy and even could enter to jail while catched.