Recently many countries around the world are now introducing gambling taxation on it citizens and even charging betting houses and casino's some amount of money to operate within it jurisdiction, and recently my country just introduced a 5% Revenue sharing and taking from both betting houses and gambler's winning and this news make me to ask why the government takes such money from gambler's but won't protect the gambler when their is troubles with the betting house.
According to the rules of every country, when someone crosses 18 years, he becomes an adult and then he can make any decisions he wants. So if gambling is legal in a country it is only natural that the government would demand a tax on it. If gambling is legal in your country, your government may charge a VAT that is fair and you must pay it. Since you are old enough to take responsibility for your own decisions. In this case you cannot blame the government. Because you are making your own decisions. The government will not force you if you do not gamble and neither the government nor anyone else will stop you if you gamble