Recently while playing dice, I saw a person who was wagering with large funds to recover the loss. By the time he has lost part of what I have lost. I texted him my experience, and suggested to stop it before things go out of his hands. He didn't responded, finally he lost everything. Have any of you got such experience.
You did a great job responding to an "addicted" gambler but unfortunately, his mind is stronger than your words that is why he faced what he must face and it is losing all of his money.
Sometimes, you just need to leave behind an addicted gambler because there are times that instead of letting them stop they will confront you and say bad things. I didn't tried this in real life because I didn't saw anybody who is gambling in my community but I know the feeling of a person trying to stop a gambler for losing more money but the problem is they want to recover their losses so it would be beneficial for you as a helper to just let him do what he wants. It isn't your money though so let him use his money.