Thesis deals with the gambling industry in the Czech Republic since 2012, when the major amendment of lottery act was introduced, which allowed municipalities to regulate or eventually completely prohibit gambling with generally binding ordinances. The complete ban, which began to be implemented within some municipalities, caused an emergence of the black market. This economically interesting phenomenon is in terms of the thesis resolved - its origin and forms of expression. Furthermore, the thesis deals with the emergence of new laws that will gradually apply from 2016 and 2017. It analyses the impact on companies operating in the sector, the state budget and municipal budgets. There is also research of background data and economic models that the Ministry of Finance results from and in contrast to the critical analysis of the social costs of gambling it is being considered whether prepared regulation in the form of substantial increases in taxes is adequate or not. As the solution method was chosen descriptive analysis of relevant materials, especially the outputs from the Ministry of Finance, specifically established institutions, municipalities and real companies operating in the sector, as well as explanatory reports from lawmakers proposing new laws. The executed analysis provides a critical look at some of the background bases of the regulator. It impeaches the calculation of the social costs of gambling, which are further imbedded into a broader context in order to revalue the severity of the problem. Also is examined the estimation of the additional revenue from gambling after the tax increase, shifting the point of profitability and the transition to the emergence of a black market. The main contribution of this thesis is the emphasis on the greatest possible objectivity in the analyzing and processing of a wide range of inputs, which are further critically evaluated. This thesis comprehensively summarizes the situation of the gambling industry, its present and future regulation considering its bases and possible impacts.

This thesis examines gambling as one of the causes of poverty in households. Gambling is very widespread in Czech republic because of outdated legislation governing gambling. Higher availability of gambling causes higher incidence of pathological gambling, which is the worst type of gambling. Negative impacts of pathological gambling on society are described based on results of foreign empirical studies and statistics from the Czech gambling market. The following topic is the legislative regulation of gambling in Czech republic and abroad. Two approachs of regulation are described in detail and compared to each other. These are liberal approach and strict approach to the regulation of gambling. The practical part analyzes economic indicators of the Czech gambling market, approach of Czech municipalities to the regulation and upcoming drafts of mendments to the Lottery Act which should be valid in 2016 and 2017. The results of the analysis indicate that the current drafts of the new regulation do not effectively address the sissues of pathological gambling in Czech republic. In the conclusion of the thesis there are some recommendations which should be included in a new regulation. In this thesis, data published by the Ministry of Finance and the Department of Health Information from the period 2003 - 2013, is used. There are also used data published by various international bodies.

Šiame darbe atskleidžiama azartinių lošimų santykių prigimtis, jų specifinis pobūdis ir poveikis visuomenei. Pagrindžiamas specialaus azartinių lošimų reglamentavimo poreikis, formuojami tokio reglamentavimo uždaviniai bei reikalavimai šių uždavinių įgyvendinimo būdams. Azartinių lošimų srityje nurodomi svarbiausi socialiniai pokyčiai, keliantys naujus reikalavimus nagrinėjamų santykių teisinam reglamentavimui. Remiantis Lietuvos Respublikos ir pasirinktų užsienio šalių (Austrijos, Belgijos, Didžiosios Britanijos, Lenkijos, Šveicarijos ir kitų šalių) norminių teisės aktų bei kitų šaltinių analize išskiriamos specialios azartinių lošimų reguliavimo priemonės. Vertinamas šių priemonių bei jų taikymo būdų atitikimas suformuluotiems reglamentavimo uždavinių įgyvendinimo reikalavimams (suformuluotam bendrajam idealumo kriterijui). Remiantis autoriaus gautomis išvadomis darbo pabaigoje pateikiamas abstraktus, aprašomojo pobūdžio idealus azartinių lošimų reglamentavimo modelis, kuriame siūlomos principinės nuostatos, orientacinės gairės azartinių lošimų reglamentavimo modeliui šiuolaikinėje demokratinėje valstybėje. / In this graduation work the nature of gambling, specific character of it and the influence of gambling to the society is being disclosed. Also, the special regulation of gambling is being justified and the main goals of such special regulation are being formed as well as the requirements to the implements of these goals. In the area of gambling games the main social changes that brings new chalenges for gambling regulation are being pointed. The law and special sources of gambling in Lithuania and other countries (Austria, Belgium, United Kingdom, Poland, Switzerland and others) is also being analyzed. Acording to the mentioned analysis, the special instrumentalities of gambling regulation are being parted. After that, the parted instrumentalities of gambling regulation are being considered to the formed general perfect gambling regulation criterion. Finally, according to the author's conclusions, an abstract, descriptive model of gambling perfect gambling regulation is being proposed. In this model principled attitudes, orientational guidlines of gambling regulation in modern democracy are being proposed.

This diploma thesis is focused on comparison of two political approaches to a quite new e-commerce industry -- internet gambling. These approaches are prohibition on the one hand and regulation, free market environment, on the other hand. Internet gambling became the worldwide phenomenon. However, American legislators had passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act 2006 in 2006 which outlawed an internet gambling. The declared purpose of this Act is protection of families against ill effects, such money laundering, underage gambling and problem gambling on society. This paper argues that regulation and free market environment established in Great Britain is much more effective way how to solve these key issues. There is demonstrated in the paper that free market stands for economically preferable option and contains better instruments for solving the issues at the same time.