Is gambling acceptable in your country?

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I saw on the news in my country that the police had searched the cell phone of someone who was caught gambling, so the cell phone was confiscated and checked after it was proven that someone would be arrested.
Because of the strictness of gambling in my country, more and more people are now hiding to do online gambling activities.

The decision of the police to search over the phones of people that have been apprehended gambling can be regarded as reasonable in the following manner. In some countries criminogenic consequences of illegal gambling entail social and economic impacts, therefore, such gambling is normally regarded as requiring close supervision. However, that option restricts the choice enough to make it easier to prevent more people from accessing online gambling, which is not easily policed. This proves that no matter how much prohibitions are made on the usage of technology it does present tough times for the authorities. Still, it is also obligatory to control activities taking place on the Internet to minimise the negative effects on society.