Selasa, 17 Agustus 2010

The Ball and The Gambling Phenomenon

"Soccer Mania", that's the nickname for enthusiasts (fans) and even soccer enthusiast, because the average soccer enthusiasts willing to spend the time to sleep, rest and other activities in order to watch the ball or their favorite football team. Thus, although the roar of thunder and rain which flushed a soccer enthusiast will be desperate to reach the place where he could watch the ball, though sometimes have to pay for electricity exceeds the bag because due to budget overruns and electrical ON TV to watch the ball.

Indeed the ball, where the fight over a ball game to put his opponent's goal was to invite serious attention, both among children up to adults, the farmer until the authorities, both men and women of all sections of society even in noisy party swept away their favorite ball. Not only are they, any television station scramble to become the sole publisher's news coverage based on the opinions and assessments even some foreign news media mention that the first football ratings have occupied the largest audience among other sports.

Favorite sport of all is the rights and prerogatives for penyukanya. Especially in the era of the all demokatis, free, open and easy access makes balls siara every citizen is entitled to enjoy the football broadcast without barred by the applicable law in this country. But that freedom was still used by some people to make an entertaining spectacle has become a place to make money by gambling.

Gambling is inviting her head because of the difficulty to eradicate this game, but added police had made several raids and raids against groups that conduct gambling activities. As reported by one private TV (06/28/2010) that the police has conducted raids against the people who was caught doing a cockfight gambling in the Jembrana district of Bali. This incident not only done by police officers but are often carried out similar raids but still provide a significant impact on changing patterns of society.

Contrary to the context of gambling, along with still over World Cup (World Cup) in 2010 in South Africa was used by most Soccer Mania or balls to conduct gambling enthusiasts via SMS. Gambling is done with the technique of anyone who chooses one of the team who compete with the agreement with the amount of money bet on either the term portable, single, half or quarter that proved to this day is still ongoing with the players who do not know where to be because they are doing in cyberspace .

Soccer gambling phenomenon even in neighboring countries is taken for granted, whereas for the Indonesian people is a new mode because it uses SMS as a means of game. But for the people of this nation is a disease that must be eradicated because it is very disturbing.

The first impact that will arise is the generation that had dared to leave the game with the religious norms of the religion are forbidden because it would be detrimental to either party. Second, gambling will never give benefit but will give ugliness and losses, because although the way gambling can win some money, but it will not last long because it will not be long before they will be defeated. Third, there will be a horizontal conflict between society gambler with the community that actually enforce Shari'a Islam because in the near term and long practice of gambling will be known by the public at large. Fourth, a lesson that does not educate the gambling culture when performed by a foreign nation that in fact do not respect their religion followed by the generation of the nation, so that eventually generations will be born the old gambler who would anesthetize society's creativity and hard work by simply relying on acquisition money from gambling. This condition progressively difficult to overcome and would be very difficult to overcome.

Simple solution is to use the pleasures of a football game with enough fun to not interfere with the practice of harmful gambling joints household economy, and the nation, the existence of community control for daring to report to the authorities that the practice of gambling can be addressed immediately or at least can be reduced . Last is only by returning to Allah SWT all desire to do gambling can be avoided because if faith was no longer binds the soul adherents, religious just a spectacle, and only become totally rules have no effect on his flock, when circumstances and fate of such children and grandchildren This country is at stake.

Wallahu a'lam bishawab