Online casinos got their boost in business during the pandemic days.
Just think of new sportsbooks that have been introduced during this period.
We can say, online gambling got their popularity and more players when pandemic hit the world.
That is true, instead of going bankrupt, most of these gambling sites got their good revenue because of increasing popularity of online casinos.
With a lot of advantages offered to gamblers, online gambling is like the new norm to play and place your bets at the comfort of your home.
But in that case it was different. There was a crisis and a downturn in the markets but people stayed at home. And what did they do? In most cases, they ate more and had a lot more online leisure, including gambling. I noticed it in poker because it was like going back 10 years, the rooms were full of fish. Now it is not the same, and gambling is not immune to crises, as shown in the article linked by Davidvictorson