Gambling is addicitive only if you have some kind of greed inside. I know we all have it, me too, but the trick is to suppress the greed. If you can do that gambling is not addicting, it's fun like any other game.
Debt
Persuaded to get easy money and the fear of debt that you can lead to addiction to gambling. This is especially true if you've got some small victories. You will continue to gamble to get the money you need to pay your debts. But, sometimes you can not stop there and you are even more exposed to debt when your winning streak ended.