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[QUOTE="DS3, post: 5953163, member: 407846"]
If the question is being asked honestly someone needs to answer honestly.

Many countries attempt to ban gambling from a moral perspective - the culture believes it can lead to bad habits and financial ruin. That belief likely stemmed from a political or religious foundation but still many think gambling is a scourge on society.

And lets just add that a recent post here in General Poker is by someone who has a gambling problem and he is afraid he will ruin himself..

The fact is the UK government (amongst others) is now trying to limit the gambling problem they helped foster in British culture and the likes of Gamblers Anonymous would not exist if people did not repeatedly succumb to their gambling addictions.

I am a non-gambler. I am only attracted to poker because of the game and am not curious about any other form of betting. But even if  I cannot 'understand' an addiction such as gambling, I know full well it exists and causes great damage to individuals and families.

I can therefore understand why some societies want to discourage (even block) gambling as they regard it as nothing but a vice and unfortunately poker gets caught up in that net.
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