Reason 2: Social acceptability
Certain entertainment carries a greater degree of social acceptance compared to others. For instance, bingo is commonly regarded as harmless, while roulettes, sports betting, poker, or blackjack often carry negative associations, including addiction and irresponsible behavior.
Many people have a negative attitude to gambling, not even realizing that their passion for bingo is also gambling addiction. This case is interesting because people generally don't classify bingo or lotteries as forms of gambling.
In the country where I reside, the perception towards gambling has always been from the negative side. Gambling is influenced by the social perception. Parents caution their kids against gambling because for them no responsible person who has goals gamble and the religion is not in support of gambling. However, as modernity and technology are creeping in, kids are listening more to social media influencers and not their parents with regards to gambling particularly sports betting. It is slowly becoming acceptable as there are conversations around sports betting. Unfortunately, the society is unable to control underage gambling and its addiction. There are no mechanism to checkmate these...this leads us back to why there is a negative perception about gambling in my society.
Maybe you are from Islamic country because their religion doesn't allow it. Not only gambling but I heard there are so many restrictions there but I'm glad that you can still access a Bitcoin forum. I guess it shows that crypto is still legal there? Hhmm. Those parents you are talking about are wrong but actually, there are lots of professional and successful people who still plays gambling and they have more discipline than those who are not successful yet.
It can be normal for an influencer to do a promotion but they should be transparent. They shouldn't encourage scam and illegal casinos. Fair and legal casinos must have a restriction for the underage people, so don't worry.