I think that if the author's daughter is a smart girl (I have no doubt that she is), then he can count on her being able to earn money by gambling and being able to fulfill her dreams with this income.
Teenagers need money for things and accessories, and gambling is a way out of a poor situation for a teenager, but only with a conscious approach.
Gambling is very risky and it can't be predicted tp make money from it. If money is really the problem of people and the reason why they gamble it is better to look for something else doing which will generate money for one as steady source of income. Relying on gambling to make money is dangerous and even more dangerous for teenagers because it is believed that the understanding of teenagers s always poor, and when a teenager believes money can be made from gambling their is nothing can be done to erase the mindset and they become so desperate to make more money from gambling.