These ads will more or less affect us when using cellphones because the advertisements will appear often and our attention will be distracted and press on the advertisements. It has often happened where people who see an ad just skip it but over time, they become curious and eventually click on the ad and that's when they start gambling.
Maybe blocking ads can be a solution but it requires good control and self-discipline not to care about any ads that appear when we use ads. If you can do that, it means you already have good control and self-discipline.
I don't think blocking ads would impact someone's curiosity. It would only increase illegal ways to promote a casino. In my country advertisement of alcoholic beverages are banned on media. To counter it these companies came up with an alternative. They started promoting sparkling water with the brand name on media. Knowing gambling industry they would come up with alternative options to counter such a ban. Moreover this topic is about Australia and not the globe. Internet is available in Australia and the gambling industry would use this mode to advertise their casinos.
Illegal promotions had also happened in many countries and they keep doing this.
And to the point that gambling is not allowed online, then they'll offline. But for me, banning is meant only for those who have no permits or illegally operated but those who comply with the necessary permits, I don't think so. Because as long as it abides by the rules of advertising, that was still okay and so the advertising companies must be strict with that kind of promotion so whatever happens, they will take the blame.