Better shift focus on something else. Something interesting yet beneficial and not too risky. Well, we all know gambling addiction is like a cancer eating us slowly slowly until we are left dead. Dead in terms of finances, focus and right point of view. This feeling that we get whenever we are losing drives us to be more crazy. Good for you then for making that decision.
If you think you're already addict in gambling, better to have some break and enjoy your life outside that world. Gambling is really not good to anyone, whether you make profit or not simply because in the long run your life will be broke because of that addiction. Its good to have some focus in other things that can also make you money with just a small amount of risk, investing and trading can be more beneficial that to depend on any gambling.
Better for him if he can take break form the gambling as it seems addiction is getting high on him and if now he does not stop it then it will be high time that he will start losing out a lot of stuff including money as well. Hopefully will listen to our advice and take appropriate action on it.