~ It is true that gambling have become modernized, technology have affected and changed almost everything, trying to stop gambling right now will only push people into the older ways gambling was practiced before the internet came into existence.
And also worthy of note is that, every activity in life have their pros and cons, their advantages and disadvantage, gambling in itself is not a bad thing to do, abuse is what lead many people into becoming gambling addicts, those who respect the rules of gambling always enjoy and have fun doing it.
Sorry, I don't understand what do you mean by that? You mean gambling addicts after undergoing a therapy start gambling in land-based casinos? Are there such cases? Because I think it's harder to get rid of internet gambling addiction, and people who are cured from it will not even think of going into land-based casinos.
I totally agree with the second part of your post though. It's not gambling itself that ruins people's lives, it's abusing it is what's bad.
i think what he meant here is that if online gambling will be banned or stopped, people will just go back to the traditional way of gambling which is land-based casinos. it is not that online gambling addicts after stopping their addiction, will go back to offline casinos.