[aquariusDue]

Is water addicting? /s

We can endlessly debate morality, ethics and all that regarding lots of things, but in my humble opinion gambling could be reduced to:

"Would people still engage in those games of chance if there was no monetary aspect to it?"

And then how many of those people who would still engage with them are "notorious" gamblers on whom those games had a clear negative impact (in most people's eyes).

[Kinrany]

This is easy to legislate at least: casinos must use play money that no one is allowed to exchange back for real money.