Also, many countries have official gambling age but their citizens also violate this age standard.
All these abnormal ways of gambling promote gambling abuse and possible addiction which further makes gambling a societal menace.
Instead of outrightly banning gambling, how about if the concerned countries officially include gambling education in their academic syllabus, just like sex education is taught in schools. Gambling education will teach the young ones the dangers of gambling and promote moderation in gambling. Will this not be a better way to handle the gambling cases?
Teaching young kids about gambling education is actually a good idea to teach them about the possible risks about it such as addiction and financial problems, but I don't think that it must be included in the academic syllabus.
Sex education, on the other hand, are being taught in schools because it is a necessary thing for every human for it teaches us to be aware about our sexual health and about the human anatomy. Which, I think is quite different from the gambling education because not everyone will relate to it and not everyone should be involved in this type of discourse. If we really want to teach gambling education, I believe that it should start in our home and the community might help as well. This is just my opinion, I am not saying that gambling education is not important, it’s just that there are more important things that children should learn in schools.