The legalization of online casinos is a problematic initiative that carries many risks. There will be more money in the budget, and many more social problems. On October 23, Deputy Minister of Finance Ivan Chevskov said that the department is considering the legalization of online casinos by analogy with bookmakers. In the most optimistic case, the budget will receive up to 100 billion rubles a year. In reality, probably a little less. Is the game worth the candle? We believe no, it's not worth it. The accounting task of finding money at any cost should not replace social policy. About 9 million Russians play or gamble regularly, at least 150 thousand of them are already suffering from severe addictions and debts, and the status of the state and advertising will expand the audience. A single operator means huge rent and corruption, and purging competitors before legalization looks like redistributing the market. Money is needed, and the model of a "single operator controlled by the state" fits perfectly with the logic of the nationalization of the markets, which has already worked out with the bookmakers. But all this will cause a lot of problems. The fact that children will suffer from malnutrition, and fathers, who have lost all their wages, will become drunkards or enter into drug addiction and other forms of destructive behavior. You can also forget about creating young families. that the country in the 2000s. Pushed the gambling business and banned online casinos - that was a big plus. I wouldn't want to take a step back.