Gambling is only so addicting if you are winning unless you are just gambling for fun. When i am playing poker i don't care how much i lose or i win because poker is my favorite game.
"Problem gambling is characterized by many difficulties in limiting money and/or time spent on gambling which leads to adverse consequences for the gambler, others, or for the community."
From my opinion the original is that everybody want to get rich in a day, everyone try to find the shortcut ways to reach their goals in short period of time, gambling is the only solution because we all think like that, so that by keep trying we get addicted of it and than no way left for us to do a good job in real life.
yeah I think everyone's goal is the same gamble that became rich from gambling or at least profit. I'm not too hypocritical. so I'm sure every ornag certainly know that gambling is a shortcut to get rich yeah if you continue to try to gain an advantage dijudi you will become addicted