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Board Gambling discussion
Re: Government agency’s reliance on online gambling
by
Felicity_Tide
on 04/09/2025, 16:38:17 UTC
I saw this report saying my country’s government agency that regulates gambling gets most of their profit from online gambling. I was shocked to find out thst 59.9% of their revenue comes from online gambling.I know how much online gambling has grown over the years but to see this number was still shocking. Anyway, some thinks that the agency’s reliance on online gambling for profit makes them inefficient in actually regulating gambling activities in the country. People are asking for them to be more effective and not just consider the gambling operators’s profits because my country has poor healthcare and won’t be able to accommodate addict patients well.

Regulating gambling in some countries might actually be a bit difficult considering the high level of revenue being generated. Of course, it is the duty of the government to put the well being of the citizens first, but in a case like this, I'm sorry to say, they won't think twice before putting the revenues first. But I wonder how severe gambling has become in your country judging by the fact that it contributes 59.9% revenue, which is quite above average. Then it means there are a lot of gamblers and platforms within that region that could possibly raise such a number for a country.

In as much as having health care centers are very important, I don't think the main goal should be to improve them just for the purpose of addiction cases. it's just like seeing the possible cause of a problem, and choose not to address it, but choose to create a solution for those that have being affected.