I am of the view that gambling should be controlled by the government of each country and that there should be a maximum amount of money one should use in gambling.
If there wasn't any age limit of 18 years and above allowed to gamble, it would have been made possible for the government to control gambling. But since someone above 18 age old is viewed as adults who are old enough to make or take decisions on their own, the government doesn't have control over their lives, and how they live it. The least the government can do is to tell their citizens the disadvantages of gambling. How to deal with it to avoid being addicted to it, that someone can't live without