IMO, this decision is not good. I may not be living in that country but with millions of people living there, I bet they also didn't like what happened. It's not just because their entertainment is cut off but it's because it may lead to illegal gambling if those gamblers will try to find a way to keep on gambling.
The government will just receive more problems. It may not be now but somewhere in the future they will regret that they banned those online games.