You make strong points that gambling bans just do not work anymore because people can easily get around them with VPNs which ultimately puts citizens at greater risk and helps only casinos as governments miss out on tax revenue. Instead of bans definitely it is better approach educating people about gambling dangers possibly paid for by taxes on legal gambling and providing job training and opportunities to address why many young people turn to gambling in first place.
Influencers on social media is the main culprit why gambling is so popular nowadays on teenager. Gambling is blatantly being promoted by social media influencers even though their followers has minors due to their content.
I believe government should start cracking down gambling promotion on social media since audiences on social media can’t be controlled since some teenagers usually fake their age when they register their social media account.