Playing games is something that is intrinsic to human nature, it is universal, and all cultures play games. Gambling is also intrinsic in human nature and while some people play the game for the fun of it and winning is enough, others will wager money, their wives, their cars, homes or kingdoms on the outcome of a game.
This concept has not changed for millennia and online casinos are not going to create more gambling problems, if the problem was there to begin with. Illegalizing gambling does not work; the first thing that happens is games go underground. They are still played and fortunes are still won and lost.
For the lover of games of chance, the online casino is the icing on the cake and the cherry on top! Why? Because it is so convenient! Access to high speed broadband is available world-wide, perhaps more so in some countries than others, but chances are that records will be broken and online gamblers will sit atop Mount Everest and play a game of online blackjack before descending.
Every game you could possibly imagine and more is available at online casinos, roulette, craps, blackjack, video poker, bingo, poker, rummy, backgammon, baccarat, keno, slots, scratchies and even arcade games are becoming pay for play. They are developing and evolving all the time!
One coin, the right coin placed on a pay line in a slot machine can win a player millions of pounds, dollars or whatever currencies you please, and change their lives forever. But the UK industry has evolved far more than the US industry because of the law. US operators have to contend with UIGEA which is another stupid attempt by this government to stop people from doing something they want to do and have in fact been doing since time immemorial.