Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on Today at 05:10:30 AM

Quote from: blockman on August 26, 2025, 11:15:20 PM

I remember during the pandemic in our country OP where our former President, allowed the online gambling because it pays a huge tax that has helped in distribution for the aid of every citizen. But later on was stopped when so much addiction has happened already. And this on purpose of recovery is different because who they target are not their own people but the tourists, I think the same law is also being governed in Thailand where they are not allowing their citizens to gamble but only the tourists. Correct me if I am wrong but there are some countries that also does this because economically, it's good.

There is a country, I think Japan if I still remember correctly, that outrightly banned their citizens from gambling, I mean physical casinos are scattered all over the country in different locations but before you are allowed into any of this casinos, you have to prove that you are not a citizen of the country, this is the only way you can gain access into the Casino, and if paradventure, as a citizen of Japan you try to gain entry into the Casino to gamble, and you are caught, you just might end up doing some jail terms.

That is a good approach, I did not know about that. Although blanket bans are always a bit questionable on anything as people try to find ways around it. Actually there are studies that bans encourage the behavior for a good portion of the population. Their brains are just broken like that, you can easily manipulate them.

Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on Today at 05:10:30 AM

And i tried to find out the reason for this type of laws, and I learnt that the government simply wants to collect money from tourist, visitors in the country through gambling in other to use for developing the country more and giving her citizens a better life, and I was like, what's the essence? Does it really make sense to rob Peter to pay Paul? If as a president you know something isn't good for your people, why allow other people do it in the same country you head?

Well, why would you care about the people of other countries? Think of it in terms of a market. There is a demand, there are tourists who want what Japan offers and gambling. If you close the gambling venues, all you do is divert these tourists to another country instead. In practice it does not take away the gambling at all, you just lose some revenue to someone else. As long as there is a demand, there will always be a supply.