If there's real counter action made and still they allow online gambling site to operate nothing will happen to what they are supposed to be fighting for. It somehow leave some impression that they are only going after for the money they can get and not actually care about the welfare of their people.
But we cannot see yet the real statistics of current decision they made, if we can really see that those regulation they do could really minimize gambling addiction. Since after all gamblers will always find ways to access online casino since there are VPN friendly platform so for sure most of them would go there.
However, I agree with you that we should waits for the result from that regulation and what will happens in the country. If the result is good and gives a significant good progress, that means the regulations gives a good impact to the country and the citizens.
But as you said, gamblers will search for a ways for them to keep playing gambling. If that is happen to us, maybe we will do the same thing like them. We will difficult to leaves gambling as suggested by the government but we must have control over ourselves so we don't get the problem from gambling. That is what we must concern when we decide to keeps playing gambling. If not, we should leaves gambling and not get in touch anymore.