have you ever been to prison? it is a tough life in there. no matter what you did or whether you were wrongly accused for something, prison is not for everyone. it is obviously lonely as you gets separated away from your family. it can get boring, not being able to do what you want.
but gambling, even tho is prohibited, is often what entertains most prisoners. there is no actual money in prison so they often exchange in other forms of currencies like food or smuggled items. even their way of gambling is smuggled. cards, dice and even information from the outside are all smuggled.
the reason why gambling is prohibited tho is because it might escalate into fights if someone for example loses and doesn't pay their debts
just shows how gambling will always exist anywhere
For the fact that you are in prison, you have being captured of all your freedom and rights, but in as much as they are not authorized to gamble in prison, they still have their way of doing it, mainly those that have been sentenced, like we watch in the films, yes gambling is prohibited in prison,but gamblers are still gambling in prison with the help of the waders, and it is done within the higher level of prisoner in the country because they have a lot of support behind them.
The government does not support gambling because of the problem it will be causing in prison which might eventually leads to more problems or even murder which the government .