I see it this way that money interest teenagers more at their time since most of them had so many things they want to have or do at that point and they find gambling easy way to increase their money in order to obtain those and that ends up pumping gambling addiction into them.
A winning taste and that's enough to pump addiction ...
It is also a factor that young people want more money for their needs and for this they choose gambling way. They think that gambling is the only way that can give them big money in less time besides they know the bad consequences of gambling. Gradually they become addicted of gambling and then the time comes that they cannot able to quit gambling.