These days I'm seeing many Youtubers and Twitch streamers are promoting Gambling websites [Dice, Sports Betting] and Poker Apps.
I know it's ok to gamble for having fun and socially but I don't think young people should be exposed to this when they're in school.
Most of them will only imagine "What 'IF' i win 1000x of this amount and i'll be able to do this and that"
The first thing where will they get the money, even if they get pocket money and use that to gamble then they'll slowly develop the habit of gambling disregarding short-term winnings - if they occur.
They'll pay a huge price with the tension they'll have thinking about this when their whole life is ahead.
It would be far better in terms of gambling to try and practically explain how odds work, how compounding works, what mortgages/interest rates/credit cards/debts are and how making the wrong decision (like borrowing then wasting large sums) can really affect them long term. They need to be taught some of the many tricks that put psychological pressure on them and be taught as independent thinkers, rather than simply following the crowd.
It would be a great idea indeed. I remember when we were studying probabilities at school, but it was all theoretical and extremely boring. There were imaginary dice and balloons, probabilities if picking certain ones of them, cumulative probabilities, etc. But it would have been so useful if we had the real-life approach, and were told in this module about probabilities in gambling. Maybe, it could also be part of subjects like economics or something like that.
However, education doesn’t guarantee anything. Sometimes people forget all they know when they see dollars in their eyes, social and emotional education plays an important role here, as well. I bet there are plenty of math teachers that lose in gambling as well