Many gambling addict you see today, most of them became addicted to gambling as a result of lack of understanding. Addicted gamblers dont easily accept advice and they cant even keep to their own decisions, this is why pnd needs to understand gambling very well because when one male mistake to the point of being addicted it is always difficult.
Most people that are addicted today are just after momey, they had wrong understanding about gambling, most of them believe gambling is just a place where you come, you gamble and you will be rich already, but they don’t know things don’t work like that. Most addicted gamblers are brainwashed by their fellow addicted gamblers, that’s why even when one of them is about to give up, they are always motivating the person to keep on gambling, and will end up hitting jackpot.
No matter what you tell addicted gambler, they just going to take you as a fool, and make you feel like you don’t even have knowledge about what you saying, they take you as a bad person.
Not every gambling addict out there are really gambling because they want to get rich, there are gamblers that just chase the dopamine feeling that comes with losing and chasing losses. Not every gambling addict gambles to win, some don't care if they actually win or lose as long as they satisfy their urge to keep gambling. personally I feel like this is worse than those that are even after money. Addict Ed gamblers are always zoned out so it doesn't matter the type of advice you give to them it's not going to change their mindset