Gambling ads or no gambling ads, we all have a choice. Either we gamble or we don't. The fact that gambling ads or ads for alcoholic drinks, or anything else for that matter, are all around us, it doesn't necessarily follow that we have to act upon them. To blame such ads for addiction is, in my opinion, crap. It is indictactive of the "it's not my problem" mentality, which looks to apportion blame on society, the goverment, the police, the legal system, the education system anybody but not themselves. It's called not taking responsibility for your own actions.