1 00:00:01,389 --> 00:00:06,389 When the British government offered a bounty for dead cobras with the intent of increasing the wild cobra population, 2 00:00:06,389 --> 00:00:09,390 a lot of cobra breeders appeared to benefit from this measure. 3 00:00:09,390 --> 00:00:14,390 As soon as it was scrapped, it caused an unintended effect contrary to its intentions, 4 00:00:14,390 --> 00:00:20,390 that made all the new cobra breeders release the now the world's worst snakes. 5 00:00:20,390 --> 00:00:25,390 Causing the wild cobra population to increase, this was called the Cobra Effect. 6 00:00:25,390 --> 00:00:30,390 Good morning, my name is Jorge and together with my teammates we will be standing against the moment 7 00:00:30,390 --> 00:00:33,229 should online gambling be banned in Spain? 8 00:00:33,229 --> 00:00:36,329 Compulsive gambling is the only uncontrollable urge 9 00:00:36,329 --> 00:00:39,350 to keep gambling despite the toll it takes on your life. 10 00:00:39,350 --> 00:00:41,149 We have knowledge that online gambling 11 00:00:41,149 --> 00:00:43,030 presents a lot of dangers. 12 00:00:43,030 --> 00:00:46,170 Nonetheless, we will be showing how bad these activities 13 00:00:46,170 --> 00:00:48,789 would not do anything but causing more harm. 14 00:00:48,789 --> 00:00:51,990 And we will do so by talking about the mitigation of harm, 15 00:00:51,990 --> 00:00:53,369 the hypocrisy of the state, 16 00:00:53,369 --> 00:00:55,450 and the loss of money for the government. 17 00:00:55,450 --> 00:00:56,909 First, the mitigation of harm 18 00:00:56,909 --> 00:00:58,969 can only be achieved by regulation. 19 00:00:58,969 --> 00:01:05,250 Despite Spain's previous legislation not being passed, it has achieved its essential purpose of protecting the consumer. 20 00:01:05,510 --> 00:01:07,569 Inside regulated casinos, you cannot be scammed. 21 00:01:07,890 --> 00:01:11,030 It is excessive if you are in the government's compulsive gambler's list. 22 00:01:11,569 --> 00:01:20,590 If the state decides to completely ban it, the only alternative for addicts would be to turn it into a legal and regulated and thus dangerous online casino, 23 00:01:20,590 --> 00:01:23,409 in which scams and lack of protection are inevitable. 24 00:01:24,269 --> 00:01:26,049 Second, the hypocrisy of the state. 25 00:01:26,049 --> 00:01:29,689 When you gamble online, the taxes are only taken from your earnings. 26 00:01:30,170 --> 00:01:34,650 On the other side, physical gambling contributes from earnings both yours and the casino's, 27 00:01:34,909 --> 00:01:39,290 which include drinks, food, labor and energy to mention only a few. 28 00:01:39,730 --> 00:01:47,590 Without counting all of this, it currently means 638 billion euros going to the government every single year. 29 00:01:48,170 --> 00:01:55,209 Are they truly aiming for protecting the consumer or to take advantage of the people who suffer from an addiction by taking even more money from them? 30 00:01:55,209 --> 00:02:00,969 The state is aware that this harms the consumer, but chooses to ignore it in order to gain 31 00:02:00,969 --> 00:02:01,969 more benefit. 32 00:02:01,969 --> 00:02:07,450 This is exactly why banning this will cause more harm than good, and therefore it shouldn't 33 00:02:07,450 --> 00:02:08,449 be happening. 34 00:02:08,449 --> 00:02:10,449 Lastly, the loss of money from the state. 35 00:02:10,449 --> 00:02:15,449 Even if the government looks after benefiting from this method, it will only lead to a cobra 36 00:02:15,449 --> 00:02:18,449 effect that will cost a loss of money for the entire population. 37 00:02:18,449 --> 00:02:22,449 Online gambling is around 140 billion euros in taxes. 38 00:02:22,449 --> 00:02:27,449 Losing even a small part of it will bring catastrophic consequences for Spain's economy. 39 00:02:27,449 --> 00:02:31,449 So, in online gambling, additions should be imposed gradually, with regulations, and not 40 00:02:31,449 --> 00:02:33,449 drastically, with the banning. 41 00:02:33,449 --> 00:02:37,449 So, to the question, should online gambling be damned in Spain? 42 00:02:37,449 --> 00:02:42,449 Our answer is definitely not, as banning it will cause Poland more harm and good, and 43 00:02:42,449 --> 00:02:47,449 we will prove so through our three main points, the mitigation of harm, the state being hypercritical, 44 00:02:47,449 --> 00:02:49,449 and the loss of money for the government. 45 00:02:49,449 --> 00:03:01,409 This method, even if it may or may not come from an overall objective, will force the population to release the coverage that the government may or may not be trying to hide, only achieving the goals of our entire proposition. 46 00:03:01,789 --> 00:03:02,590 Thank you very much.