by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker

Dec 14, 2006

Legalized gambling is being made legal by the government of the country. Many rules and regulations needed to be followed to get involved in legalized gambling. Gambling is very common in society of today. Government can earn lot of revenue through legalized gambling. Gambling is bad for both economy and society as a whole. Gambling is popular among every age group starting from college students to old age people. People who are involved in gambling generally have the feeling that they control their destiny and have the ability to take risk.

Effect of gambling on the society:

Increase in the legalized gambling will lead the economy towards the declining path instead of progress. Gambling, leads to decline in local business, because people get more involved in gambling than other entertainment activities. Gambling does provide with some employment opportunities but because of gambling has legalized, gambling costs very high to the tax payer. The positive aspects of legalized gambling are very less as compared to its side effects that are very harmful to the society. Gambling makes the person habituated to it. Gambler will start spending more of his time and money on gambling that is required for other activities. Time and energy that the gambler is supposed to devote towards his work and family is being wasted in gambling. Money that should be used for family well being is now diverted towards the gambling. Needs of the family are not satisfied creating lot of tension in the family. Children suffer the most in families, which are affected by the gambling. They lose their confidence and feel lonely. Family stop taking part in social gatherings, which further makes them support less. Family becomes more pressurized and married life also gets affected. Progress becomes very slow where people in economy face such problems.

Gambling is very closely related to the crime. Gambler needs lots of money to fulfill his desire of gambling. It is not always possible to win through gambling. Gamblers may first steal money from their home and after that they may continue stealing from outside. Crime makes the growth of economy really difficult. Gamblers may follow practices like mortgaging their house and other worthy items. This further creates more problems for the family of the gambler.

Increase in gambling and problems go parallel, some gamblers or his family members also commit suicide due to uncontrollable circumstances. Legalized gambling leads to grow gambling at much faster rate. People are not afraid of government and they can play more freely. Legalized gambling also act as initiative for people to start gambling as there is no fear.

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