Yes, clear clear, gambling is business and casinos use every possible lever to attract players, including advertising and psychological manipulation.
However, to say that ?we cannot blame any party? is a bit simplistic in my mind
Of course, individual responsibility is essential, but platforms also play a role in creating mechanisms that encourage addiction. Budget trick works for me.
I also see a lot of advertising in cities and I see how it is designed, it attracts attention, launches a trigger in the head even of those who have never played and they want to try themselves and test their luck. And those who have stopped playing may want to do it again. It does not affect me at all, but still unnecessary memories try to get into my head, although I have long learned to control myself after many years in gambling and I understand how this happens, unlike newbies or old players who cannot resist and try their luck in the game every time as if for the first time.
Yes, that is the purpose of the casino doing promotions which the main purpose is to attract the attention of gamblers which is simply to attract new people to be tempted and involved along with attracting the attention of gamblers who have stopped, honestly I really feel about how I respond when I see various tempting advertisements like that which make my mind remember all the big wins that I have previously gotten and of course when you do not have strong self-control then it will be very easy for you to fall back into it.
But on the other hand I am quite happy to hear your statement that you are not at all affected by such advertisements, I am sure you have good self-control and are firm about the decision you have made not to get involved in gambling again, I hope you can maintain that awareness longer and also I hope that gamblers who have the wrong approach can immediately realize because only they can save themselves.