I do not have a gambling problem but I must say that I never had a problem because gambling was for me pretty easy to be honest and also not addict able.
Well for first timer I guess that will be the effect but if you are gambling for a long time now then I think that your gonna be addicted too if your will is not strong enough then you will fall in the depths of gambling addiction.
There are a lot of people that have a gambling problem and that is because you are addicted to it and that is the biggest problem in gambling, you have to control yourself.
The best thing in gambling is that you have to know to stop and that is the most important one.
Then how would you control yourself if your really addicted to gambling? an addicted person does not have a self control anymore and I think that he will certainly need help from a psychiatrist because of his condition.