Sup, often gambling is blamed for making people part with their money, or casinos are blamed for existing, or government is blamed for allowing gambling in particular country, and along the lines.
Point being, just because there is gambling available, at the end of the day, it's individual's own choice that (s)he decided do it, and no one is to be blamed except oneself if something bad happens.
Do you take responsibility for your losses, or do you play blame game?
One thing, is I've never blamed my own failure or addiction on someone else, I'm more than 18 so yeah I take full responsibility of my actions in what ever I choose to do. I've been in gambling for quite some time now, not addicted ( never been addicted to anything in my life ) just a casual gambler, losing and winning some times but I never see need to blame the Govemment for my misfortunes.
I've never seen anyone the Govemment made to gamble, it's always a choice. I see so many adults crying over gambling ads and I'm like "dude no one is forcing you to play" if you don't like what you see, the best way to react is to ignore.