Yes, no one will give them money for reasons about this case, once they are given money then they will do it again and again, it would be better to help him get out of gambling addiction by getting him to work or anything that basically there are still many solutions another better and more effective way to help her get out of this suffering.
There will be his willing friend that will support him, but this is not the right thing to do, his friend needed to give him advice not many, he only just tolerating his friend if he did that and it only make his friend mo are addict and can worsten his life. They need to give him jobs that are not related to gambling for him to start again.