In Tom W. Bell’s address before the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, he presumed that eventually, internet gambling will be legalized. There are ongoing debates on the advantages and disadvantages of the legalization. It is also studied whether the claim of creating business opportunity in internet gambling is true. But experts say that, sooner or later, other states will also demand the same leeway that is given to Las Vegas in terms of gambling legality.
But even though there are designated gambling sites in the country, the development of technology makes it easier for people to access gambling sites online. In fact, people responded in recent studies that they will not fly to Las Vegas just to play in a legal casino daftar sbobet. This is probably the reason why illegal gambling sites and fly-by-night gambling areas in the suburbs are created.
Well-meaning people who want to prevent gambling from being legalized have other interests to protect. Because the internet is readily accessible even to the youth, they fear that legalizing internet gambling might expose the young to early gambling activity. But currently, there are indeed minors who do play in online gambling sites. And there is very little that the government could do because the World Wide Web is too immense a sea of information to be monitored constantly to prevent minors from accessing it.
Another good thing about the business opportunity in internet gambling is that competition will beef up among gambling site operators. Each site will invest in its website and gambling games, making it as close to the physical gambling games as possible. The recreation of the experience in a real casino will become the ideal. And contrary to claims that gambling in one’s home is addicting and dangerous, it is not true. Going to a real casino poses real danger because that place is a controlled, carefully studied layout of making people spend everything that they brought there. Everywhere people go, there’s a slot machine waiting to get played. But if people would rather gamble online, people are still subject to external hindrances such as a crying baby or a spouse warning they’ve to stop after they’ve reached their 8th hour in gambling online.
Legalizing internet gambling is the best way to regulate these businesses. There is nothing much that laws can do in order to curtail gambling online. So instead of inhibiting online gambling, the government must legalize it and regulate it once it has been legalized. For now, they can simply focus their efforts on studying how to legalize the activity in order to generate more tax for developing social services. Once it has been legalized, online gamblers can be assured that this move will encourage more companies to join the online gambling industry.
With enough competition in the field and with regulation from the government, there can really be a lucrative business opportunity in internet gambling. Besides taxes that can help the government earn more, the creation of more gambling sites online will also create business opportunities for many people
The other day, I was contacted by an eBook author with a new gambling eBook on Amazon, made for Kindle Users, he asked if I’d like to review it. Alan Samonte’s newest book on gambling; “The Gambling System That Works,” does sound interesting, and I think he’s touching on a real uptrend here. It is as if just recently we’ve seen a bit of growth in the number of gamblers out there in recent months.
Interestingly enough, I’ve done a bit of writing on the topic of gambling. You see, after traveling across the US, I have visited all the major gambling areas, and some small ones out of the way too, mostly on Indian Reservations or near state lines, rivers, or other areas in the gray area of law, allowing for such.
Indeed, I’ve seen mesmerized senior citizens at slot machines, brought in by the busload, Asian tourists, and high-rollers. I’ve also visited the outskirts of Las Vegas where the “Shanty Towns” are similar to the depictions in the movie “Pay it Forward” and I’ve met gambling addicts, as well as those who love to have some fun in moderation, so my experiences and observations indeed run the gambit. Still, it seems that things are on the rise in the gambling world, why I can only guess.
My conclusion is that the economy and prospects for the future are causing some of this. Of course, the rest is just good casino marketing, branding, and all the special offers, players clubs, and incentives. For those who just like to have a little fun and don’t blow it or gamble beyond their means it is a great way to entertain. For others, well, there are some sad stories out there of course, but being as we do live in a free country, we must also understand choice.
Why do I see gambling on the rise? Well, it seems everywhere I look, in the media, online and in the real world, there is growth in the gambling sector, and it’s very competitive, not just in the USA, but world-wide – and not just in the real world but online too.
Recently in Japan Today newspaper there was a story about how Japan is wants to open up gambling in the country stating that the government needs the money and could tax the revenues, rather than losing out as Japanese travel to Macau, Singapore, and Las Vegas.
There have been reports that the US Congress may yield to pressure to make online gambling in the US legal, as they clean up the current illegal online gaming sector first. For instance the WSJ had an article “Gambling Site Bodog Shut Down Amid Ongoing Crackdown,” and “US Shuts Sports-Betting Site, Indicts the Founder of Bodog,” published on February 28, 2012.