This is also connected with the moral qualities of those people who build their careers in politics. And now, in my opinion, nobility and the highest degree of dignity and honor are completely absent from modern politicians. They simply cannot be compared even remotely with the politicians who governed countries 100-150 years ago. Now, in the upper echelons of power, there are some completely random, worthless people. And unfortunately, they are the ones who decide issues that affect the lives of millions of people. And they decide them not at all based on the interests of these very people. And their moral ugliness allows them to do good for narrow groups of the population, to which they themselves belong, and they do not care at all about the rest of the population. And this morality of theirs is crossed out by some concept of "common sense". However, this sense is not common, it is simply filthy.
Those modern politicians is busy to make them rich by doing many illegal things and don't care with their responsibility when they are in the government position. They also not responsibilities with their citizens and only release laws without working and make sure everything runs as their plan. They made a law that gives them a way to make more and more money but public doesn't know for sure so can still operate their business without anyone knows. They don't have morality about their position in the government. If they care with their citizens, they will working for their citizens and always reminds their citizens not to playing slot game excessively or stop playing gambling forever. They will trying to build employment for its people so they will have a chance to earn money and slowly can leaves gambling.
It is no longer a secret that politicians enrich themselves, they look selfish in my opinion, not in accordance with their promises when they will serve as people's representatives, moreover, many politicians are currently addicted to slot gambling, where they openly play during state meetings, so how can they forbid people to stop gambling if they themselves set a bad example
I don't know how you guys connected this topic in a political point of view, but yeah, ALL politicians are selfish. They ran and secure themselves in the office for their own gain. Though, some may not be too obvious because they are doing their job well.
Gambling is one of the few vices that could potentially destroy one's life, career, and even family, but government had a hard time controlling it because it generates huge revenues. That means, huge pocket for the politicians too. So, educating gamblers like these kind of parades won't have any significant results in my opinion.
Most cases on most places on which government wouldnt really be banning out gambling for the sake of their citizens not unless if there's too much noise about gambling addiction and something uncontrollable on which this might be the time that they will be reconsidering on trying out to ban or completely be getting rid out of it. If it wasnt really that imposing any issues or huge concern into their vicinity then it will really be that impossible that they will be totally getting rid of it and as you do mentioned that it does bring out that huge revenue specially that they could milk it out in terms of tax on which if a certain countries does have corrupt officials then it is really that something that will really be that too interesting into their eyes and wont really be letting it slip. Although not all officials will really be having such approach on which there be still those who are doing their jobs on the right way. We do know on how taxes do really being used and having that huge share up in terms of tax because of gambling business revenue then this will really be that helpful in terms of development of a certain country or place. It do really just that only need that moderation and control so that they will really be able to avoid some potential problems later on.