Without realizing that a lot of gamblers fall into gambling addiction because the government lacks in providing job opportunities for these gamblers that's why they turn into gambling to find a source of income.
So in other words, are you now blaming lack of job opportunities as the reason why people gamble? Are you??. Because if that's the case, how about those who have a high paying job and yet still gambles, what have you to say about them? Example, the likes of
"Michael Jordan, Kerry Packer, Tony Bloom, Bill Benter, Edward Thorp & Alan Woods" who are all self-made billionaires and millionaires, and yet still gambles and are proud to be known and associated with anything gambling. Because the truth of the matter is that while some gambles for money, a decent percentage of people also gambles for the fun of the game.
When the talk about if lack of jobs is the reason for gambling to an extent it means the increase of numbers of gamblers can well be attributed to lack of jobs, loneliness of not having money to take to another activities for fun like visiting of recreational activities, swimming pools, site seeing etc. All the big names mentioned are not able to make up the huge numbers of gamblers, they are professional gamblers who most times they only want to keep their names afloat and keep being popular to get endorsements because if their names are not heard they keep losing business. They therefore catch fun by gambling but most gamblers making up the huge numbers of gamblers are doing gambling for the profit that they are looking for.