England of course has had a well regulated gambling environment for literally centuries, and regulated online for the best part of 30 years; in an unregulated/prohibition state, I’d expect the numbers for gambling to look worse. Because that’s what regulation does - it minimises harms.
Probibition does not minimise harms. The 1.5% who are serious problem gamblers will be on black market sites the next day, now with zero protection. The maybe 8% who are at-risk are much more likely to find themselves on a black market site with zero protection, and the remaining 50% who enjoyed gambling and were never harmed by it are the ones that lose out.
Brazil, for avoidance of doubt, did not have a well-regulated sector. I doubt - and I speak from direct experience - that there was a single operator in Brazil that didn’t have someone in the regulator on their payroll.
Brazil’s problem isn’t gambling, it’s corruption. This is just a sideshow.
| Harm | Annual cost to England | Source | | ---- | ---- | ---- | Gambling | £1.05–1.77bn | OHID (UK government), 2023 Illegal drugs | £19.3bn | Dame Carol Black review / UK government response, 2021 Alcohol | £27.4bn | Institute of Alcohol Studies, 2024England of course has had a well regulated gambling environment for literally centuries, and regulated online for the best part of 30 years; in an unregulated/prohibition state, I’d expect the numbers for gambling to look worse. Because that’s what regulation does - it minimises harms.
Probibition does not minimise harms. The 1.5% who are serious problem gamblers will be on black market sites the next day, now with zero protection. The maybe 8% who are at-risk are much more likely to find themselves on a black market site with zero protection, and the remaining 50% who enjoyed gambling and were never harmed by it are the ones that lose out.
Brazil, for avoidance of doubt, did not have a well-regulated sector. I doubt - and I speak from direct experience - that there was a single operator in Brazil that didn’t have someone in the regulator on their payroll.
Brazil’s problem isn’t gambling, it’s corruption. This is just a sideshow.
Source? You’re just posting some AI hallucinations.
The references were given. It’s not my job to do your research for you.
Sure thing bot. Have a day.
If that’s the best you’ve got, then my work here is done.
Good luck with the revolution, or whatever it is you have planned today. Up the proles, and all that.