It's symptomatic of the prevailing belief that states know better than people - and that therefore the state's view should prevail over people's private morality. Can you gamble online responsibly? Plenty of people do - and just because some people tip over into addiction doesn't provide a sufficient intellectual basis for banning or curbing an entire class of activity.

Educational schemes like Gamble Aware are a far better long-term bet to take,

The whole thing is farcical really. The trouble is that just from a perspective of pure human psychology, hardly anyone is going to dare to admit that they are wrong or have been duped - especially people who've built their career around their beliefs. Shouting "flat-earthers" at people with an opposing view is just the natural point you end up at when that happens.

It took geologists decades to admit that the theory of tectonics was right. Why? Because they'd all pinned so much of their personal credibility on the theories that preceded it.

This article totally failed to live up to the premise of the title. I shall now crawl away, limply.

Hey - what kind of man would come on here complaining about a chick wearing not very much clothes. Get a grip people!