to ban something does not work. even in prisons are the drugs for example.
think it should be classified as a disease, such as alcoholism, and that there should be support to get.
It may be considered as a disease in the mental aspect of the individual. Once someone gets addicted to gambling, their mental and emotional health deteriorates slowly. This poses a problem when they formulate ideas and this also affects their decision making skills making them indecisive at some point. Compared to any other addiction, I see it more as a problem than a disease. But when their addiction takes-over their mental capacity, then we may also consider it as a disease.
Disease can be passed to another person or get spread and addiction doesn't do that. It could be categorized as a mental problem that range from mild to a very serious addiction on gambling.
Yeah and mental problem is a disease. So gambling addiction is disease. Well maybe you do not think of mental problems as disease, but I do. Gambling addiction must be cured, if it is extreme and the gambling addict is aware he is addicted and wants to quit, rehab can be a solution, but if you want to slowly in his own way can also work, it's just that you should be more patient and should not easily give up.
The cure for an addiction is self-control and rehabilitation. Intervention of third-parties are necessary in order for the well-being of the individual may soon recover. But if they still continue their vices despite support from professionals, expect them to contribute to crime rates in the near-future.