It is a deep problem to use tuition fees to bet. Students who gamble are not just gambling for fun, they are toiling with their future. The supervisors are really right to step in, but forcing it alone won't solve it.
Parents, schools and communities have stronger roles to play in awareness and setting digital boundaries. This is about the system that empowers and profits bad choices not just about the bad choices made.
Off course it's a serious and bothering issue because time and money set out for education get wasted and the moment addiction sets in, it becomes hard to reverse.