Restrictions can`t stop 100% of anything. Always someone will break it. It is true for gambling too.
But as i said in that thread, restrictions will stop lots of gamblers. Someone don`t know how to use VPN, someone is afraid to break the law, etc. As the result someone will continue the game, but someone will change the way how they spend their free time.
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Do you remember the moment it was prohibited? Do you have some statistics before ban and after?
I understand that number of gamblers growing up - young men begin their protests, a part of adults learn what is VPN, etc.
But the difference before and after ban would say, that the number of gamblers decrease. So it means, that the government can use such tool. If the number of gamblers would grow up seriously - they can increase fines or make something about it.
It's hard to get specific statistics, and such data is not that available. There is a lot of talk in my neighborhood and on TV channels about the increasing number of gamblers, and they are taking it as a serious issue. Since this issue is being discussed in the media and there are reports of teenagers becoming addicted to gambling, this suggests that the number of gamblers is increasing.
And teenagers use VPNs for various things, including watching adult videos, and then using them to access gambling websites. So now technology is easy, no one can be stopped. People are more attracted to illegal things to know what's there.