The stress that a person felt when they loss the money that they are not willing to let go, especially if the money is supposedly for important purpose, that kind of stress will swing the attitude of that person and it will be notice as there's changes from the mood of that person, you can't deny that even how hard you will try, it is not easy to control your emotion when you are in regret becuase of a failed gambling.

Undeniable changes that even how hard you want to hide it's uncontrollable and it will comes out in times that you are not intend to release that emotions.

Yes, an addict no longer cares about what is around him and only gets deeper into his addiction. They will not want to do things outside of what they often do because they feel no interest in other things. That's why they also don't think about what would happen to them if all their wealth was used up for gambling, so they had nothing left to survive on. People who have experienced the pleasure of gambling games will postpone other things and consider them not important to them. They will prioritize gambling more than doing other things or activities, even though if they want to do it, they can start reducing their gambling activities. If they can reduce their gambling activities, they will see that what they are doing in gambling is actually not good and they should end it immediately before things get even worse. But we also can't force them to move or even stop them from gambling because they will only think we are disturbing them from gambling.

For me this is already an addiction specially if you are already taking a loan or debt just to continue on playing.
If it is just for fun people wouldn't overspend and only gamble what they could afford to lose, they also wouldn't consider taking debt or loan just to continue.
For me when someone is already willing to take a loan or debt just to continue what they want then it is already an addiction.

Let me correct you, match fixing had nothing to do with the spectators, its all about making more money at a little space of time, the bigger boys meets with the clubs leaders of little clubs and offers them good money that they only dream of making, being poor, they oblige and fix the matches to their sponsors advantage, the match plays and these big gamblers smash the bookies and make huge compensation for themselves, the club owners and  those involved also makes it big too from the bookies and they're satisfied. The spectators of such teams aren't that much influential people that can raise dust, that's why they don't bother about them while fixing matches. Their key aim is to  make a lot of money.

Not all first win gamblers that will finish their money by continue gambling at the moment because, they will have something like this in mind that if the money got finish and people are already know that he or she won big money in the gambling which will be the reason why some wise gamblers will not continue after first win. Despite many gamblers have never win from their gambling but they are very wise and, if they have such opportunity, they will manage it well by saving some money for future betting and invest remaining money on business that will be bringing money to continue gambling in the community.

I think every gamblers in the gambling center knew how gambling work and they know that there are two things that involved in gambling which are gain or loss and anyone that come across gain will be very happy and anyone that will come across loss will not be happy and he or she will not stop gambling.

It is true that not everyone watches sports matches for entertainment or to see the games being played, for those who place bets of course they want victory on the team they place a bet on to be able to win their bet and this depends on each person.
Yes, for some people who like betting on sports, of course they will be more interested in watching it and when they don't bet, they don't like watching the match, but for those who like sports, of course they will still watch their favorite team's match even though they don't place a bet.

I don't really know what kind of gambling there are a lot of addicts today but certainly what I can see now is that everything depends on the perspective and preferences of the addicts and every game must have its own addicts in this case even though there are many and some are only a few but all forms of games in gambling must all have addicts in it.
Currently, maybe for some countries in the absence of land-based casinos, online gambling, especially in slots, has a lot of enthusiasts and that is proven today in the country I live in because most people will definitely be in the slots even though there are some of them in the lottery.

But on the other hand, for those who have a land-based casino and it has been certified by their government, there must be a lot of gambling enthusiasts there because the satisfaction of being online and land-based casinos is different so that surely not a few of them like it and can even be categorized as addicts.

If they don't pay attention to their lives and only care about gambling because they want to chase more wins, they will only experience greater disappointment because they will probably experience greater losses. They have wasted their money even though if they used the money to meet their daily needs, they would not lack anything. But because they saw that several people could win, they were interested and wanted to try it. That is why we may still often see many people who experience losses from gambling and cannot control themselves while gambling until their money runs out.

In fact, with self-control, we will not become curious and want to recover from our loss because we will always remember that recovering from our loss can cause us to experience more losses. Rich people can gamble whenever they want because they have a lot of money so they can use it for gambling and also for other things. They will not experience any problems except the problem of gambling addiction, which all gamblers will still experience. Rich people have more sources of income than most people, so that is what allows them to have more money than other people.

What makes a gambler start to get emotional when gambling? if it's not for money or they don't get what they want, for example winning, then don't intend to gamble to make money because it will make us emotional and try to recover from losses if we don't really achieve our goals, the point is, don't ever hope for more from gambling than just for fun, just for entertainment.

If that is done I think everyone will not start to feel emotional just because they experience defeat, there are many gamblers who really don't understand losing so they consider it something disappointing even though it is part of gambling which until now people have always considered winning and Wealth is the most important part of gambling because actually losing is also a part that must be realized too.

People who worked smarter will have more chances of having a better financial life. I'm working irl for a company and I know that if I want to be financially free, I can't just rely on one source of income. Cause imaging spending 8 or more than of your hours per day and yet you're only earning this certain amount of money based on your salary. While the company you work for, could earn 100x more within those working hours.
If you're contented and want to just stay in the same status you have with working for other people, you can continue doing that. But if you want to achieve more, you gotta start finding other opportunities for you to increase your income. Investments and side hustle that doesn't require much time can be a great way as your other source of income. That's why even if I already have a work irl, I didn't stopped being here in this space

I don't do horse race gambling but I am not so sure about your claim, because I believe that gambling is more entertaining than trading, anyone who goes after trading goes there to make money, there is nothing like entertainment in trading, you are going to be on the edge of your sit watching how things goes, even if you are using small money in trading you are always going to hope you win, but...

I like trading for one reason that I believe its good enough, that's skills, if you are good with trading you are going to make more money with confidence, knowing that you will make more money since all that matter is how good you are, unlike gambling..

I turn gambling into entertainment because

1. The chances of winning is far too slim to risk any high amounts on, there is not too many skills important in gambling than to manage your bankroll.

2. Its you against the house, another human just like you selling you a lottery ticket where the chances of winning only belongs to the house ( the CEO ).

Its just safer to use small money and watch your game, if anything good happens its good and if the other part happens you don't lose any good money.

For me, Skills on anything wins more than taking risks on lucks, you are like a blind man without his walking stick.