Is online gambling a threat to the U.S.’s economy?
Seeing that the matter of gambling over the internet has been particularly controversial in recent years, since of the deleterious effect it seems to have had on our economy, it certainly seems that we can hold online gambling websites as one of the multiple culprits of our country's money loss. Citizens all across America are losing millions of dollars collectively due to their payments to online websites such as FanDuel and DraftKings, just two of the umpteen companies that offer online betting opportunities. If the government does not put their foot down in one way or another, they can kiss America’s riches goodbye.
Currently, the government seems to believe that announcing online gambling as illegal will stop this rapid loss of profit, however simply banning these sites may not be enough to stop people from throwing away all their money.
Even if the government was to ban these sites, gamblers will just find another way to gamble. …show more content…
For example, just because it is technically “illegal” to cross the street unless you remain in a crosswalk does not allude to the fact that there are people who defy this law and cross the street when there is no crosswalk in sight. A further example of this sort of behavior could also be the interdiction of drugs such as marijuana. Even though this drug is illegal, users still manage to acquire it, sometimes committing an excessive amount of other, violenter, crimes in the process. It is simply an aspect of being human. Once we become addicted to something, nothing can stop us. Not even the
Seeing that the matter of gambling over the internet has been particularly controversial in recent years, since of the deleterious effect it seems to have had on our economy, it certainly seems that we can hold online gambling websites as one of the multiple culprits of our country's money loss. Citizens all across America are losing millions of dollars collectively due to their payments to online websites such as FanDuel and DraftKings, just two of the umpteen companies that offer online betting opportunities. If the government does not put their foot down in one way or another, they can kiss America’s riches goodbye.
Currently, the government seems to believe that announcing online gambling as illegal will stop this rapid loss of profit, however simply banning these sites may not be enough to stop people from throwing away all their money.
Even if the government was to ban these sites, gamblers will just find another way to gamble. …show more content…
For example, just because it is technically “illegal” to cross the street unless you remain in a crosswalk does not allude to the fact that there are people who defy this law and cross the street when there is no crosswalk in sight. A further example of this sort of behavior could also be the interdiction of drugs such as marijuana. Even though this drug is illegal, users still manage to acquire it, sometimes committing an excessive amount of other, violenter, crimes in the process. It is simply an aspect of being human. Once we become addicted to something, nothing can stop us. Not even the