GAMBLING SHOULD BE REGULATED
This refers to the editorial ‘Legalise Gambling’ [April 22]. Gambling is a basic instinct of human beings. India has a long tradition of gambling, the first and most celebrated instance being the gambling between Pandavas and Kauravas during the Mahabharata episode. That gambling is injurious to the gambler and his family has been amply demonstrated by the plight of Pandavas in that great epic. Hence ideally gambling should be completely banned and the governments should effectively enforce the ban. However the experience the world over is that the bans have not succeeded. Neither the governments have been able to curb gambling. Therefore the only alternative is to legalise and regulate it in such a way that the poor people are not ruined by such legalizing. The governments can also derive some moolah by suitably taxing the gambling. By such an action at least the ill effects of illegal gambling can be curbed.
NARAYAN PAGA. BSc (Agri), CAIIBI.
Ex-Chairman (o), Varada Garmin Bank.
Ashirwad, 68-A, 1st Main Road, Rani Chennamma Nagar, Dharawad-580001, Ph (0836)2771920
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