Agreed. Gambling legalization (like drug legalization) should be viewed primarily as a tactic to cut off the money supply to organized crime, with a legal environment established such that it is just marginally more convenient than seeking out black market alternatives. Boring, minimally advertised, with plenty of clear and non-judgemental offramps for addiction counseling and treatment.
Let the vice be legal because people will do it anyways and I don't feel like additional punishment really makes sense to spend time/money on.
Treat it like the vice it is and don't try to pitch it to my family/kids on TV constantly.
Honestly, I'm basically "anti-advertising" entirely at this point, but the gambling ads soaking into every aspect of sports are genuinely disgusting.
You want to gamble? Fine - bad choice but it's yours to make. You want to entice people to make that bad choice for profit? I'm fully in favor of fining you out of existence or throwing you in jail.
