Lol! Good initiative by the people, but I feel that such parades do very little to help out of control gamblers fight their addictions. What truly matters the most is inner willpower in these cases.
The ones that posess strong willpower can overcome their gambling addiction while the ones with weak willpower will probably never overcome this issue.
Yep, a little willpower and a helping hand can go a long way for a gambling addict. Someone who acknowledges the fact that the addiction is a problem and they want to get rid of it can find a person who can help them get away from gambling slowly by engaging them with other activities and not allowing them to gamble at all, or maybe let them gamble but keep reducing the time every day so that they can get rid of the addiction after some time, like a month or so.
Such parades, seminars, or any other event that is held for educational purposes can only raise awareness among people who aren't into gambling yet just to give them a general idea of what it can cause them if they get addicted to it, these events cannot make an addicted gambler stop gambling.