The Australian Government once said about abolishing gambling ads as a means of reducing gambling activities amongst underage people. But, I think they'll be no successful way of stopping young people from gambling.
They are not stopping because they can't they just want a reduction if they will not restrict the number will be too high and they will have issues in the future
The Australian government probably came to a conclusion that gambling ads enticed minors to gamble so they planned to abolish it to reduce the number of kids getting engaged to gambling,
As it's in them. Most articles here also say things like gambling addiction being hereditary.
Not only hereditary but inherent, people can easily learn and be attracted to gambling if platforms are easily accessible and this will result in the increase in people playing and losing money in casinos
Kids always follow what they see in an adult so if there is a person engaged in gambling in one family and this person openly show his gambling activities, kids may get influenced and do the same thing.
It made me understand that, despite during those days we had no phones or access to the internet, gambling is somehow embedded to the brain of humans. Then, as a child, we weren't exposed to gambling. I could only remember of lotto, as a kid. But we still said things like "let's bet it"
Children learn based on what they see, hear and from them it just developed so if they see their parents or older people playing and betting with each other they easily pick this up and learn easily because its already inherent in them
I highly agree, just like how kids develop their writing and reading skills, through observation of the environment, they tend to develop the manners and habit of the people around them. That includes being interested on smoking, alcohol and so on.