Controversial opinion but I agree with this. We do not show adult content in the day time and only show it past a certain time because of young people that could be watching. Gambling is the same because with cryptocurrency gambling websites KYC is not a requirement and it is easier than ever for children to illegally gamble I think reducing the amount of exposure they have is the best option we have until we can get more regulations with cryptocurrency websites to stop young people gambling.
Unfortunately this is not a long term solution.
The root cause of young people gambling is definitely not this. People don't feel the urge to gamble just because they see a celebrity/athlete wear the banner of a certain sportsbook company on their jersey.
Yes they do why are you wearing a gambling signature? because it generates traffic for the gambling website that is renting it out. Children are not immune to advertising and they will be interested just as much as adults.
The government's approach may not be very efficient.
But for sure, they already done their assessment of why they are implementing such protocol.
In a way, it may help reduce the possibility of younger generation to get interested with gambling.