In our country gambling is like a culture or tradition and never it did happen that government remove this kind of activity here in our country and the best solutions the government do? Well, regulating and giving license this kind of activity was the government's solutions because gambling is hard to remove or eradicate in our place.
We should let it made that way for there are solutions that could be done in those users that had gone gambling addiction and it will be the friends or the immediate family could help one from gambling addiction.
I guess instead of trying to fight them, they want to control them and make money by doing so.
If the government bans any gambling activities, it is not going to go away magically. They know it. The players will find another country to play and your country will be losing money.