His comments come after research by the University of Bristol found 25 per cent of men between 18 and 24 years old had some form of gambling addiction.
The study of 1,000 men also suggested those with depression and people with drug or alcohol addictions were more likely to have a problem with gambling.
Speaking on Premier News Hour, Justyn Rees Larcombe a former gambling addict who founded RecoveryTwo, a Christian charity helping those with a gambling addiction, said technology played a major role in the rise of the habit among young people.
Larcombe said: "Young people are so much more adept at smartphone technology and gambling is so much easier to do.
"When I was younger, I'd have to go into a bookies to place a bet. Today, people can place bets really easily through smart phone technology."
He added that gambling companies also targeted young people through advertising.
"Gambling adverts have gone up in real terms by 1400 per cent since 2007. 18 per cent of every advert on TV is a gambling advert and those adverts try to bring people in when they are young so they have a customer for life."
Larcombe said that the Government can do more to prevent young people becoming addicted to gambling.
"I'd like to see compulsory education about gambling in schools and I'd like to see something done about the advertising because there is just too much of it."
Listen to Aaron James speaking to Justyn Rees Larcombe here: