Among the youths, i can see the impact of gambling as majority could factor on one or more advantages this has presented on them than what they expected from the government and couldn't achieve, the gambling industries today are part of the employers of labour, which the government should realized this, aside the opportunities others have from playing bets each time they are gambling, because they make fun and if won a game, they earn from it.
It is the duty to be, the problem with this is that governments or People in government become greedy for power , if you have more power you want more and not to lose it , the control of prohibiting these games is very harmful, at the end of the day a Government is clearly not the best option for any of us , they will Always have their interests above what their people need.
But on the other hand, human beings can't do without the government because right from the creation of the heaven and the earth and everything inside the earth today including humans, God Himself ordained leadership, even while the children of Israel were going to their promised land, God gave them a leader in the person of moses, Joshua and without this people, the journey of the children of Israel to their promised land wouldn't have been a sucesss, it would have failed as they might actually end up fighting and killing one another.
Same applies to the current world that we live in, regardless of the fact that world leaders have become greedy, we still can not do without them for it is them at the top who will make laws to and that will ensure that we continue to live in peace and harmony.
And coming back to the government banning gambling, it is true that they always and only have their own interests at heart most of; if not all the time, but them banning gambling does not stop those who desire to gamble from gambling, there is always a way and thank God for cryptocurrencies today that have made alot of things easy.